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1872 in paleontology

Significant paleontological discoveries and events published in 1872

Plants

Gnetophytes

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Synonymized taxa	Notes	Images

Molluscs

Taxon	Novelty	Status	Author(s)	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
last1=Billings	first1=E.	title=On some fossils from the primordial rocks of Newfoundland	journal=The Canadian Naturalist	date=1872	volume=6	issue=4	pages=465–479	url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3338261;view=1up;seq=485	series=2nd series}}	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Billings	Cambrian	Brigus Formation	Canada
(Newfoundland and Labrador)	The type species is S. reticulata.

Dinosaurs

Taxon	Novelty	Status	Author(s)	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Agathaumas	Gen. et sp. nov.	Nomen dubium	Cope	Maastrichtian	Lance Formation	Wyoming	Dubious ceratopsid
Colonosaurus	Gen. et sp. nov.	Jr. synonym	Marsh	Santonian	Niobrara Formation	Kansas	Misidentified as a marine reptile, before association with body of Ichthyornis recognized
Eucamerotus	Gen. nov.	Nomen dubium	Hulke	Barremian	Wessex Formation	England	Later given the type species E. foxi
last=Marsh	first=O.C.	year=1872	title=Notice of a new species of Hadrosaurus	journal=American Journal of Science and Arts	volume=3	pages=301}}	Sp. nov.	Valid	Marsh	Santonian	Niobrara Formation	Kansas	Later given the genus name Claosaurus
Tylosteus	Gen. et sp. nov.	Jr. synonym	Leidy	Maastrichtian	Lance Formation	Montana	Suppressed synonym of Pachycephalosaurus

Other animals

Taxon	Novelty	Status	Author(s)	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aspidella	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Billings	Ediacaran		Canada
(Newfoundland and Labrador)	A discoid fossil of uncertain affinity. The type species is A. terranovica.	[[File:Aspidella surface.jpg	150px]]

References

(1872). "Einige in Bernstein eingeschlossene fossile Zweige einer untergegangenen Gnetaceen-Gattung.". Schriften der Königlichen Physikalisch-Ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg.
(1886). "Die Flora des Bernsteins und ihre Beziehungen zur Flora der Tertiärformation und der Gegenwart.". Commission-Verla von Wilhelm Engelmann, Danzing.
(2017). "Diverse early dwarf mistletoes (''Arceuthobium''), ecological keystones of the Eocene Baltic amber biota". American Journal of Botany.
(1872). "On some fossils from the primordial rocks of Newfoundland". The Canadian Naturalist.
Marsh, O.C.. (1872). "Notice of a new species of Hadrosaurus". American Journal of Science and Arts.

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