1888 in paleontology explained

Dinosaurs

Publications

• Richard Lydekker published a catalogue of reptiles in the British Museum of Natural History, their collection information, and their classification.^[2]

Newly named taxa

Name	Status	Authors		Location	Notes	Images
Ceratops	Nomen dubium	Othniel Charles Marsh		(	Preoccupied by Rafinesque, 1815. Later unnecessarily renamed Proceratops.
Cumnoria	Valid	Harry Govier Seeley			A member of Ankylopollexia.
Pleurocoelus	Valid	Othniel Charles Marsh			A contested synonym for Astrodon.^[3]
Priconodon	Nomen dubium	Othniel Charles Marsh

Birds

New taxa

Plesiosaurs

Newly named plesiosaurs

Pterosaurs

New taxa

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Location	Images
Palaeohatteria	Valid	Credner
Phocosaurus	Valid	Seeley

Notes and References

1. Book: John Wright. The Naming of the Shrew: A Curious History of Latin Names. 2014. Bloomsbury Publishing. 978-1-4088-2035-3. 47–49.
2. Book: Lydekker, R.. 1888. Catalogue of Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia and Pterosauria. Taylor and Francis. 247–248.
3. Rose . Peter J. . 2007 . A new titanosauriform sauropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Early Cretaceous of central Texas and its phylogenetic relationships . Palaeontologia Electronica . 10 . 2.