1877 in paleontology

List of years in paleontology       (table)
… 1867 .  1868 .  1869 .  1870  . 1871  . 1872  . 1873 … 1874 1875 1876 -1877- 1878 1879 1880 … 1881 .  1882 .  1883 .  1884  . 1885  . 1886  . 1887 …

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 1877.

Dinosaurs

Name Status Authors Notes Allosaurus Valid Othniel Charles Marsh Amphicoelias Nomen dubium Edward Drinker Cope Apatodon Nomen dubium Othniel Charles Marsh Possible subjective synonym of Allosaurus. Apatosaurus Valid Othniel Charles Marsh Atlantosaurus Nomen dubium Othniel Charles Marsh Possible subjective synonym of Apatosaurus or Camarasaurus. Camarasaurus Valid Edward Drinker Cope Caulodon Jr. synonym Edward Drinker Cope Junior subjective synonym of Camarasaurus. Dasygnathus Misidentification. Thomas Henry Huxley A misidentified ornithosuchid archosaur whose name was preoccupied by MacLeay, 1819. It was later renamed Dasygnathoides. Dryptosaurus Valid Othniel Charles Marsh Dystrophaeus Valid Edward Drinker Cope Nanosaurus Valid Othniel Charles Marsh Palaeoctonus Misidentification. Edward Drinker Cope Dubious genus of misidentified phytosaur. Stegosaurus Valid Othniel Charles Marsh Suchoprion Misidentification. Edward Drinker Cope Dubious genus of misidentified phytosaur. Tichosteus Nomen dubium Edward Drinker Cope Titanosaurus Nomen dubium Richard Lydekker Titanosaurus Preoccupied. Othniel Charles Marsh Preoccupied by a genus erected by Richard Lydekker this same year. Later renamed Atlantosaurus.