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1886 in paleontology

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Flowering plants

=Superasterids=

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Stewartia kowalewskii{{cite journal|last1=Sadowski |first1=E.-M. |last2=Hofmann |first2=C.-C. |title=The largest amber-preserved flower revisited |year=2023 |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=13 |issue=1 |at=17 |doi=10.1038/s41598-022-24549-z |pmid=36635320 |pmc=9837116 | doi-access= free }}

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Sp nov

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Jr synonym

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(Casp.) Sadowski & Hofmann

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Eocene
Priabonian

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Baltic Amber

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A Symplocaceous flower species.
Moved to Symplocos kowalewskii in 2023).

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file:Symplocos kowalewskii holotype BGR X4088 Fig1d.png]]

Ichthyosaurs

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Ichthyosaurus cornalianus

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Valid

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Bassani

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Late Triassic (Carnian)

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Besano Formation

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Type species of the mixosaurid genus Mixosaurus Baur, 1887.

Archosaurs

=Newly named basal archosauromorphs=

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Tribelesodon

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Junior synonym

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Bassani

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Late Triassic

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Junior synonym of Tanystropheus, a member of Protorosauria.

=New pseudosuchian taxa=

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Pallimnarchus pollens{{cite journal |last1=De Vis |first1=C.W. |author1-link=Charles Walter De Vis |year=1886 |title=On remains of an extinct saurian |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland |volume=2 |pages=181–191}}

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Nomen dubium

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De Vis

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Pliocene

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Darling Downs

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Pallimnarchus was informally named, but the name acquired widespread use. The syntype material consisted of multiple individuals of different crocodilian species and a later erected lectotype was lost. It was eventually declared a nomen dubium, with much of the material transferred into the genus Paludirex.{{cite journal |last1=Ristevski |first1=J. |last2=Yates |first2=A.M. |last3=Price |first3=G.J. |last4=Molnar |first4=R.E. |author4-link=Ralph E. Molnar |last5=Weisbecker |first5=V. |last6=Salisbury |first6=S.W. |year=2020 |title=Australia's prehistoric 'swamp king': revision of the Plio-Pleistocene crocodylian genus Pallimnarchus de Vis, 1886 |journal=PeerJ |volume=8 |page=e10466 |doi=10.7717/peerj.10466|pmid=33391869 |pmc=7759136 |doi-access=free }}

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File:Pallimnarchus lectotype.jpg

Synapsids

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Haptodus

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Valid

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Gaudry

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Early Permian

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Millery Formation

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Naosaurus

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Invalid

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Cope

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Early Permian

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Red beds

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References

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