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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 1874.
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid | Seeley | Middle Jurassic (Callovian) | Anophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur. |
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid | Seeley | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Acryptoclidid, new genus for"Plesiosaurus" megadeirus Seeley, 1869 | ||||
Valid | Seeley | Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian) | A member ofMicrocleididae; new genus for"Plesiosaurus" rugosus Owen, 1840. | ||||
Hector | Late Cretaceous (lateCampanian-Maastrichtian) | Anelasmosaurid. | |||||
Valid | Seeley | Middle Jurassic (Callovian) | |||||
Valid | Seeley | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Arhomaleosaurid; new genus for"Plesiosaurus" cramptoni Carte and Bailey, 1863 |
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid | Owen | Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) | A member ofOrnithocheiridae. | ||||
Jr. synonym | Owen | Jr. synonym ofOrnithocheirus. |
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Taniwhasaurus | Valid | Hector | Late Campanian | Conway Formation |  |
