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Newly named plants

Name	Status	Authors	Notes

Dinosaurs

Richard Lydekker published a catalogue of reptiles in the British Museum of Natural History, their collection information, and their classification.

New taxa

Taxon	Novelty	Status	Author(s)	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Allosaurus medius	Sp. nov.	Nomen dubium	Marsh	Albian	Arundel Formation	Maryland	A species of Allosaurus
Ceratops montanus	Gen. et sp. nov.	Nomen dubium	Marsh	Maastrichtian	Laramie Formation	Montana	Preoccupied by Rafinesque, 1815. Later unnecessarily renamed Proceratops
Coelurus gracilis	Sp. nov.	Nomen dubium	Marsh	Albian	Arundel Formation	Maryland	A species of Coelurus
Cumnoria	Gen. nov.	Valid	Seeley	Kimmeridgian	Kimmeridge Clay Formation	England	A new genus for Iguanodon prestwichii	[[File:Cumnoria incomplete skeleton.jpg	200px]]
Iguanodon dawsoni	Sp. nov.	Valid	Richard Lydekker	Barremian	Wadhurst Clay Formation	England	Later given the genus name Barilium
Ornithopsis manseli	Sp. nov.	Nomen dubium	Lydekker	Kimmeridgian	Kimmeridge Clay Formation	England	A species for "Ischyrosaurus" Hulke, 1874
Pleurocoelus nanus	Gen. et sp. nov.	Nomen dubium	Marsh	Albian	Arundel Formation	Maryland	A sauropod possibly synonymous with Astrodon
Pleurocoelus altus	Sp. nov.	Nomen dubium	Marsh	Albian	Arundel Formation	Maryland	A species of Pleurocoelus
Priconodon crassus	Gen. et sp. nov.	Nomen dubium	Marsh	Albian	Arundel Formation	Maryland	A nodosaurid
Sphenospondylus gracilis	Sp. nov.	Nomen dubium	Lydekker	Barremian	Wessex Formation	England	A species for Sphenospondylus
last=Lydekker	first=R.	year=1888	title=Note on a new Wealden iguanodont and other dinosaurs	journal=Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London	volume=44	pages=46-61}}	Sp. nov.	Nomen dubium	Lydekker	Albian	Cambridge Greensand	England	A species of Trachodon

Birds

New taxa

Name	Status	Authors	Notes
Neochen pugil	Valid	Oluf Winge

Plesiosaurs

Newly named plesiosaurs

Name	Status	Authors	Location	Images
Trinacromerum	Valid	Cragin

Pterosaurs

New taxa

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Location	Images
Palaeohatteria	Valid	Credner
Phocosaurus	Valid	Seeley

References

John Wright. (2014). "The Naming of the Shrew: A Curious History of Latin Names". Bloomsbury Publishing.
Lydekker, R.. (1888). "Catalogue of Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia and Pterosauria". Taylor and Francis.
Lydekker, R.. (1888). "Note on a new Wealden iguanodont and other dinosaurs". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.

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