1870 in paleontology explained

Arthropods

Newly named insects

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages
Bibio lartetii[1] Sp. novjr synonymOustalet, 1870OligoceneA bibionid,
moved to Plecia larteti in 2017
Protomyia lugensSp novjr synonymOustalet, 1870OligoceneA bibionid,
moved to Penthetria lugens in 2017

"Fish"

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages
Asineops[2] Gen et Sp novvalidCopeEocene
Ypresian
Green River Formation
A fish of possibly Percopsiformes affiliation.
The type species is A. squamifrons
Cyprinodon levatus[3] Sp novJr synonymCopeEocene
Ypresian
Green River Formation
A percopsid fish
Moved to Erismatopterus levatus in 1871
thumb|center|upright|Erismatopterus levatus

Archosauromorphs

Newly named non-avian dinosaurs

NameStatusAuthorsLocationNotesImages
Antrodemus Nomen dubiumJoseph LeidyPossible subjective synonym of Allosaurus.
OrnithopsisNomen dubiumHarry Govier SeeleyEarlier it was believed that the fossils were those of a pterosaur. But now it is known that they were the bones of a Sauropod.
StruthiosaurusValidBunzelA dwarf ankylosaur.

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

NameStatusAuthorsLocationNotes
TaphrosaurusValidCope
UronautesValidCope

Pterosaurs

New taxa

NameStatusAuthorsLocationNotesImages
AmblydectesJr. synonym.SeeleyJunior synonym of Coloborhynchus.
CycnorhamphusValidSeeley
RhabdopelixMisidentificationCopeAt first it was thought to be a Triassic pterosaur, but is now known to be (at least in part) a kuehneosaurid

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Notes and References

  1. Skartveit . J. . Nel . A. . 2017 . Revision of fossil Bibionidae (Insecta: Diptera) from French Oligocene deposits . Zootaxa . 4225 . 1 . 1–83 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4225.1.1 . 28187637 .
  2. Grande . L. . Paleontology of the Green River Formation, with a review of the fish fauna. Laramie, Wyoming . Bulletin of the Wyoming State Geological Survey . 1984 . 63 2nd ed..
  3. Grande . L. . Paleontology of the Green River Formation, with a review of the fish fauna. Laramie, Wyoming . Bulletin of the Wyoming State Geological Survey . 1984 . 63 2nd ed..
  4. Cope, 1870. Observations on the Reptilia of the Triassic formations of the Atlantic region of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 11, 444-446.