1890 in paleontology

Plants

=Angiosperms=

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Carpolithes dentatus{{cite journal \|last1=Pigg \|first1=K.B. \|author2=Manchester S.R.\|author3=Wehr W.C. \|year=2003 \|title=Corylus, Carpinus, and Palaeocarpinus (Betulaceae) from the Middle Eocene Klondike Mountain and Allenby Formations of Northwestern North America \|journal= International Journal of Plant Sciences \|volume=164 \|issue= 5 \|pages=807–822 \|doi=10.1086/376816\|s2cid=19802370 }} \| Sp nov \| jr synonym \| Penhallow (in Dawson) \| Eocene Ypresian \| Okanagan Highlands "Stump lake", Coldwater Beds \| {{flag\|Canada}} {{Flag\|British Columbia}} \| A small betulaceous fruit; moved to Palaeocarpinus dentatus in 2003 \|
Comptonia columbiana{{cite book \|last1=Dawson \|first1=J. W. \|year=1890 \|title=On fossil plants from the Similkameen Valley and other places in the southern interior of British Columbia. \|publisher=Royal Society of Canada \|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=aeu.ark:/13960/t0xp7hf36&view=1up&seq=11}} \| Sp nov \| valid \| Dawson \| Eocene Ypresian \| Okanagan Highlands Allenby Formation \| {{flag\|Canada}} {{Flag\|British Columbia}} \| A Sweet fern \| file:Comptonia columbiana SRIC SR 05-09-01 img1.jpg]]

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Carpolithes dentatus{{cite journal |last1=Pigg |first1=K.B. |author2=Manchester S.R.|author3=Wehr W.C. |year=2003 |title=Corylus, Carpinus, and Palaeocarpinus (Betulaceae) from the Middle Eocene Klondike Mountain and Allenby Formations of Northwestern North America |journal= International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=164 |issue= 5 |pages=807–822 |doi=10.1086/376816|s2cid=19802370 }}

Sp nov

jr synonym

Penhallow (in Dawson)

Eocene
Ypresian

Okanagan Highlands
"Stump lake", Coldwater Beds

A small betulaceous fruit;
moved to Palaeocarpinus dentatus in 2003

Comptonia columbiana{{cite book |last1=Dawson |first1=J. W. |year=1890 |title=On fossil plants from the Similkameen Valley and other places in the southern interior of British Columbia. |publisher=Royal Society of Canada |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=aeu.ark:/13960/t0xp7hf36&view=1up&seq=11}}

Sp nov

valid

Dawson

Eocene
Ypresian

Okanagan Highlands
Allenby Formation

A Sweet fern

file:Comptonia columbiana SRIC SR 05-09-01 img1.jpg]]

=Pteridophyta=

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Azollophyllum primaevum{{cite journal |last1=Arnold |first1=C.A. |year=1955 |title=A Tertiary Azolla from British Columbia |journal= Contributions from the Museum of. Paleontology, University of Michigan |volume=12 |issue=4 |pages=37–45 |url= http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/48289/2/ID129.pdf}}

Sp nov

jr synonym

Penhallow

Ypresian

Allenby Formation

moved to Azolla primaeva in 1955

File:Azolla primaeva 6-7-19 img1 cropped.jpg]]

Arthropods

=Insects=

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Cymatomera maculata{{cite journal \|last1=Scudder \|first1=S. H. \|year=1890 \|title=The Tertiary insects of North America. \|journal=United States Geological Survey of the Territories, Washington \|page=615 \|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97070#page/640/mode/2up}} \| Sp nov \| Jr synonym \| Scudder \| Late Eocene \| Florissant Formation \| {{Flag\|United States}} {{Flag\|Colorado}} \| A palaeorehniid ensiferan. Synonymized with Palaeorehnia maculata in 1908 \| File:Palaeorehnia maculata MCZ-464 NPS img1.jpg]]
Florissantia \| gen et sp nov \| Valid \| Scudder \| Late Eocene \| Florissant Formation \| {{Flag\|United States}} {{Flag\|Colorado}} \| A dictyopharine planthopper. Type species F. elegans \| File:Florissantia elegans Scudder 1890 plate19 fig 12.png]]
Telmatrechus \| Gen et sp et comb nov \| Valid \| Scudder \| Early Eocene Ypresian \| Eocene Okanagan Highlands Allenby Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} {{Flag\|British Columbia}} \| A gerrine water strider genus. Type species is Hygrotrechus stali (1879) Includes the new species T. parallelus. Synonymized into Gerris (1910){{cite journal \|last1=Handlirsch \|first1=A. \|year=1910 \|title=Canadian fossil Insects. 5. Insects from the Tertiary lake deposits of the southern interior of British Columbia, collected by Mr. Lawrence M. Lambe \|journal=Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology \|volume=2 \|issue=3 \|pages=93–129}} Resurrected as a valid genus in 1998.{{cite journal \|last1=Andersen \|first1=N.M. \|year=1998 \|title=Water striders from the Paleogene of Denmark and review of fossil record and evolution of semi aquatic bugs (Hemiptera Gerromorpha) \|journal=Biologiske Skrifter \|volume=50 \|pages=1–157}} \| File:Telmatrechus parallelus Fossil Butte specimen FOBU10005.tiff]]

Archosauromorphs

=Pseudosuchians=

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SuchodusLydekker, R. 1890, Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV. Containing the orders Anomodontia, Ecaudata, Caudata, and Labyrinthodonta, and Supplement, p. 1-295.

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Lydekker

Middle Jurassic (Callovian)

Oxford Clay Formation

A metriorhynchid thalattosuchian,
type species S. durobrivensis

File:Suchodus.jpg]]

=Dinosaurs=

Taxon ! Novelty ! Status ! Author(s) ! Age ! Unit ! Location ! Notes ! Images
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Barosaurus{{cite journal\|last=Marsh\|first=O.C.\|year=1890\|title=Description of new dinosaurian reptiles\|journal=The American Journal of Science \|series=Series 3\|volume=39\|pages=81-86}} \| Gen. et sp. nov. \| Valid \| Marsh \| Kimmeridgian-Tithonian \| Morrison Formation \| {{Flag\|South Dakota}} \| A diplodocid \| 200px
Ceratops paucidens \| Comb. nov. \| Nomen dubium \| Marsh \| Maastrichtian \| Laramie Formation \| {{flag\|Wyoming}} \| A new combination for Hadrosaurus paucidens \|
Claosaurus{{cite journal\|last=Marsh\|first=O.C.\|year=1890\|title=Additional characters of the Ceratopsidae, with notice of new Cretaceous dinosaurs\|journal=American Journal of Science\|volume=39\|pages=418-426}} \| Gen. nov. \| Valid \| Marsh \| Santonian \| Niobrara Formation \| {{Flag\|Kansas}} \| A new genus for Hadrosaurus agilis \| 150px
Ornithomimus \| Gen. et sp. nov. \| Valid \| Marsh \| Maastrichtian \| Laramie Formation \| {{Flag\|Colorado}} \| An ornithomimid \| 200px
Trachodon longiceps \| Sp. nov. \| Nomen dubium \| Marsh \| Maastrichtian \| Laramie Formation \| {{flag\|Wyoming}} \| A species of Trachodon \|
Triceratops prorsus \| Sp. nov. \| Jr. synonym \| Marsh \| Maastrichtian \| Laramie Formation \| {{flag\|Wyoming}} \| A species of Triceratops \|
Triceratops serratus \| Sp. nov. \| Jr. synonym \| Marsh \| Maastrichtian \| Laramie Formation \| {{flag\|Wyoming}} \| A species of Triceratops \|
Triceratops sulcatus \| Sp. nov. \| Jr. synonym \| Marsh \| Maastrichtian \| Laramie Formation \| {{flag\|Wyoming}} \| A species of Triceratops \|

Sauropterygia

=Nothosauroidea=

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Anarosaurus

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Dames

Middle Triassic

Lower Muschelkalk

A pachypleurosaur.
Type species B. pumilio

File:Anarosaurus heterodontus humeri.png]]

1890 in paleontology

Plants

=Angiosperms=

=Pteridophyta=

Arthropods

=Insects=

Archosauromorphs

=Pseudosuchians=

=Dinosaurs=

Sauropterygia

=Nothosauroidea=

References