1868 in paleontology
Encyclopedia
Newly named dinosaurs
| s="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"> | ||||
| Name | Status | Authors | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aublysodon Aublysodon Aublysodon is a name given to a large number of carnivorous dinosaur teeth of a certain form found in numerous late Cretaceous period geological formations... |
Nomen dubium Nomen dubium In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application... |
Joseph Leidy Joseph Leidy Joseph Leidy was an American paleontologist.Leidy was professor of anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania, and later was a professor of natural history at Swarthmore College. His book Extinct Fauna of Dakota and Nebraska contained many species not previously described and many previously... |
Possible subjective synonym of Albertosaurus Albertosaurus Albertosaurus is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in western North America during the Late Cretaceous Period, more than 70 million years ago. The type species, A. sarcophagus, was apparently restricted in range to the modern-day Canadian province of Alberta, after which... or Deinodon Deinodon Deinodon is a name assigned to tyrannosaurid teeth of the Late Cretaceous of Montana by paleontologist Joseph Leidy in 1856... . |
|
Diplotomodon Diplotomodon Diplotomodon is a dubious genus of dinosaur from New Jersey. It is only known from a single tooth found in either the Navesink or Hornerstown Formation, dating to the Maastrichtian age of the late Cretaceous period... |
Nomen dubium Nomen dubium In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application... |
Joseph Leidy Joseph Leidy Joseph Leidy was an American paleontologist.Leidy was professor of anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania, and later was a professor of natural history at Swarthmore College. His book Extinct Fauna of Dakota and Nebraska contained many species not previously described and many previously... |
Possible subjective synonym of Dryptosaurus Dryptosaurus Dryptosaurus was a genus of primitive tyrannosaur that lived in Eastern North America during the middle Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous period. Although largely unknown now outside of academic circles, a famous painting of the genus by Charles R... . |
|
New taxa
| s="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"> | ||||
| Name | Status | Authors | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Elasmosaurus Elasmosaurus Elasmosaurus + σαυρος sauros 'lizard') is a genus of plesiosaur with an extremely long neck that lived in the Late Cretaceous period , 80.5 million years ago.-Description:... |
Valid |
Cope |
||
Non-mammalian
| Name | Status | Authors | Discovery year | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pristerodon Pristerodon Pristerodon is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid.-References:*... |
Valid |
Huxley |
||||||