| List of years in paleontology |
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Paleontology or palaeontology is the study ofprehistoriclife forms onEarth through the examination of plant and animalfossils.[1] This includes the study of body fossils,tracks (ichnites),burrows, cast-off parts, fossilisedfeces (coprolites),palynomorphs andchemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as ascience. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1892.
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | Upper Richmond Group, Minnesota | transferred toSimilodonta in 1964 | ||||||
Sp nov | Lamont | Upper Richmond Group, Minnesota | transferred toSimilodonta in 1964 |
| Taxon | Novelty | Status | Author(s) | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Claosaurus annectens[3] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Marsh | Maastrichtian | Laramie Formation |  Wyoming | A new species ofClaosaurus later namedEdmontosaurus annectens | |
| Claorhynchus trihedrus[4] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Nomen dubium | Cope | Maastrichtian | Laramie Formation | Wyoming | Possible synonym ofTriceratops | |
| Iguanodon hilli[5] | Sp. nov. | Nomen dubium | Newton | Cenomanian | Hertfordshire |  England | A species ofIguanodon | |
| Manospondylus gigas[4] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Nomen dubium | Cope | Maastrichtian | Laramie Formation | Wyoming | Possible subjective synonym ofTyrannosaurus | |
| Ornithomimus sedens[3] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Marsh | Maastrichtian | Laramie Formation | Wyoming | A species ofOrnithomimus |
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| Name | Status | Authors | Discovery year | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid | Seeley | |||||||
Valid | Newton |
