1879 in paleontology explained

Plants

Ferns

Arthropods

Insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes	Images
Buprestis saxigena^[2]	Sp nov	valid	Scudder	Ypresian	Coldwater Beds		A jewel beetle
Buprestis sepulta	Sp nov	valid	Scudder	Ypresian	Coldwater Beds		A jewel beetle
Buprestis tertiaria	Sp nov	valid	Scudder	Ypresian	Coldwater Beds		A jewel beetle
Cercopis selwyni	Sp nov	valid	Scudder	Ypresian	Allenby Formation		A froghopper
Cercyon? terrigena	Sp nov	valid	Scudder	Ypresian	Coldwater Beds		A water scavenger beetle
Coelidia columbiana	Sp nov	valid	Scudder	Ypresian	Allenby Formation		A leafhopper
Hygrotrechus stali	Sp nov	jr synonym	Scudder	Ypresian	Allenby Formation		A gerrine water strider moved to Telmatrechus stali (1890) moved to "Gerris" stali (1910)^[3] returned to Telmatrechus stali (1998)^[4]
Nebria paleomelas	Sp nov	valid	Scudder	Ypresian	Coldwater Beds
Penthetria similkameena	Sp nov	Jr synonym	Scudder	Ypresian	Allenby Formation		A plecian marchfly moved to Plecia similkameena (1885)^[5]
Planophlebia gigantea	Gen et sp nov	Jr synonym	Scudder	Ypresian	Allenby Formation		A hemipteran of uncertain placement^[6]
Tenebrio primigenius	Sp nov	valid	Scudder	Ypresian	Allenby Formation		A darkling beetle
Trox oustaleti	Sp nov	valid	Scudder	Ypresian	Allenby Formation		A hide beetle

Ichthyosauromorpha

Ichthyosaurs

Archosauromorphs

Newly named non-avian dinosaurs

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Anoplosaurus^[7]	Valid	Harry Govier Seeley		middle Cretaceous (late Albian-early Cenomanian)	Cambridge Greensand		A nodosaurid ankylosaur, a member of Struthiosaurinae. The type species is A. curtonotus.
Brontosaurus	Valid	Othniel Charles Marsh		Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian)	Morrison Formation		An apatosaurine diplodocid.
Camptonotus	Preoccupied.	Othniel Charles Marsh		Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian)	Morrison Formation		Preoccupied by Uhler, 1864. Later renamed Camptosaurus.
Coelurus^[8]	Valid	Othniel Charles Marsh		Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian)	Morrison Formation		A basal coelurosaur. The type species is Coelurus fragilis.
Eucercosaurus	Nomen dubium	Harry Govier Seeley		middle Cretaceous (late Albian-early Cenomanian)	Cambridge Greensand		An dubious ornithopod.
Labrosaurus^[9]	Valid	Othniel Charles Marsh		Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian)	Morrison Formation		Junior subjective synonym of Allosaurus. The type species is Allosaurus lucaris Marsh, 1878.
Syngonosaurus	Nomen dubium	Harry Govier Seeley		middle Cretaceous (late Albian-early Cenomanian)	Cambridge Greensand		A dubious ornithopod. The type species is S. macrocercus.
Vectisaurus^[10]	Nomen dubium	Hulke		early Cretaceous (Barremian)	Wessex Formation		A dubious iguanodont. The type species is Vectisaurus valdensis.

Synapsids

"Pelycosaurians"

Notes and References

1. Book: Dawson . J. W. . 1879 . Appendix B. List of tertiary plants in the southern part of British Columbia, with the description of a new species of Equisetum . Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress for . 1877-1878 . 187 . Dawson Brothers . Montreal, Quebec.
2. Scudder . S. H . 1879 . Appendix A. The fossil insects collected in 1877, by Mr. G.M. Dawson, in the interior of British Columbia . Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress for . 1877-1878 . 175–185.
3. Handlirsch . A. . 1910 . Canadian fossil Insects. 5. Insects from the Tertiary lake deposits of the southern interior of British Columbia, collected by Mr. Lawrence M. Lambe . Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology . 2 . 3 . 93-129.
4. Andersen . N.M. . 1998 . Water striders from the Paleogene of Denmark and review of fossil record and evolution of semi aquatic bugs (Hemiptera Gerromorpha) . Biologiske Skrifter . 50 . 1-157.
5. Scudder . S. H. . 1890 . The Tertiary insects of North America. . United States Geological Survey of the Territories, Washington . 615 .
6. Book: Szwedo . J. . Lefebvre . F. . 2004 . Fossil planthoppers of the world (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha). An annotated catalogue with notes on Hemiptera classification. . Studio, 1. . 48–49 . Warszawa . 83-912236-8-X.
7. Seeley, H. G., 1879, On the Dinosauria of the Cambridge Greensand: Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, v. 35, p. 591-636.
8. Marsh, O. C., 1879. Notice of New Jurassic Reptiles: American Journal of Science, 3rd series, v. 18, p. 501-505.
9. Marsh, O. C., 1879. Principal Characters of American Jurassic Dinosaurs. Part II: American Journal of Science, 3rd series, v. 17, p. 86-92.
10. Hulke, J. W., 1879, Vectisaurus valdensis, a new Wealden Dinosaur: Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, v. 35, p. 421-424.