1892 in paleontology

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Paleontology or palaeontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils.^[1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1892.

Mollusca

Newly named bivalves

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Tellinomya similis.[2]	Sp nov	synonym	Ulrich	Ashgillian	Upper Richmond Group, Minnesota	USA	transferred to Similodonta in 1964
Tellinomya recurva.[2]	Sp nov	synonym	Lamont	Ashgillian	Upper Richmond Group, Minnesota	USA	transferred to Similodonta in 1964

Archosauromorphs

Newly named dinosaurs

Name Status Authors Notes Claorhynchus Nomen dubium Edward Drinker Cope Possible subjective synonym of Triceratops. Manospondylus Nomen dubium Edward Drinker Cope Possible subjective synonym of Tyrannosaurus.		Manospondylus may be a synonym of Tyrannosaurus.

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Name Status Authors Notes Cryptocleidus Valid Seeley

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Discovery year	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Delphinognathus	Valid	Seeley
Diopaeus
Geikia	Valid	Newton

References

1. Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
2. Cope, J.C.W. (1999). "Middle Ordovician bivalves from Mid-Wales and the Welsh Borderland". Palaeontology. 42 (3): 467–499. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00081.