1875 in paleontology

List of years in paleontology       (table)
… 1865 .  1866 .  1867 .  1868  . 1869  . 1870  . 1871 … 1872 1873 1874 -1875- 1876 1877 1878 … 1879 .  1880 .  1881 .  1882  . 1883  . 1884  . 1885 …

Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (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. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, coprolites, palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because mankind has 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 in the year 1875.

Dinosaurs

Name Status Authors Notes Arctosaurus Misidentification. Adams Dubious genus of non-dinosaurian reptile. Bothriospondylus Valid Sir Richard Owen Marmarospondylus Nomen dubium Sir Richard Owen Omosaurus Preoccupied. Sir Richard Owen Preoccupied by Joseph Leidy, 1856. Later renamed Dacentrurus. Priodontognathus Nomen dubium Harry Govier Seeley, Pterosaurs New taxa Name Status Authors Notes Doratorhynchus Valid Seeley Paleontologists Birth of Friedrich von Huene, the well known German paleontologist. References