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Paleontology or palaeontology 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 1890.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Carpolithes dentatus[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
"Stump lake", Allenby Formation |
A small betulaceous fruit; |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
moved to Azolla primaeva in 1955 |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Cymatomera maculata[5] |
Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
A palaeorehniid ensiferan. |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
A dictyopharine planthopper. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Middle Jurassic (Callovian) |
A metriorhynchid thalattosuchian, |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
A diplodocid, |
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gen et comb nov |
Valid |
A hadrosaur. New comb for Hadrosaurus agilis Marsh 1872 |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Late Cretaceous (Lancian) |
An ornithomimid. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Dames |
Middle Triassic |
A pachypleurosaur. |