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 1871.
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Fish
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Gen et Sp et comb nov | valid | Apercopsid fish. |  |
Archosauromorphs
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edit| Taxon | Novelty | Status | Author(s) | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Crocodilus carcharidens[3] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Bunzel | Campanian | Grünbach Formation |  Austria | Later given the genus nameDoratodon | |
| Zatomus | Nomen dubium | Cope | Dubious genus of non-dinosaurian archosaur |
Dinosaurs
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| Danubiosaurus[3] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Nomen dubium | Bunzel | Campanian | Grünbach Formation | Austria | Believed to be alacertilian, a possible synonym ofStruthiosaurus | |
| Hadrosaurus cavatus[4] | Sp. nov. | Nomen dubium | Cope | Maastrichtian | Navesink Formation? |  New Jersey | A species ofHadrosaurus | |
| Iguanodon suessii[3] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Bunzel | Campanian | Grünbach Formation | Austria | Later given the genus nameMochlodon | |
| "Megalosaurus schnaitheimii"[3] | Nomen nudum | Bunzel | Late Jurassic | Schnaitheim |  Germany | An invalid species ofMegalosaurus mentioned in passing | ||
| Struthiosaurus[3] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Bunzel | Campanian | Grünbach Formation | Austria | Anodosaurid |
Pterosaurs
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Jr. synonym. | Seeley | Jr. synonym of Pterodactylus. | ||
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References
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- ^Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001).Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd.ISBN 9780070887398.OCLC 46769716.
- ^Grande, L. (1984). "Paleontology of the Green River Formation, with a review of the fish fauna".Bulletin of the Wyoming State Geological Survey. 63 2nd ed. Laramie, Wyoming.
- ^abcdeBunzel, E. (1871). "Die Reptilfauna der Gosauformation in der Neuen Welt bei Weiner-Neustadt".Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt.5:1–18.
- ^Cope, E.D. (1871). "Supplement to the "Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia and Reptilia of North America"".Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.12:41–52.