1871 in paleontology

Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils.^[1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1871.

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Taxon	Novelty	Status	Author(s)	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Crocodilus carcharidens^[3]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Bunzel	Campanian	GrÃ¼nbach Formation	Austria	Later given the genus name Doratodon
Zatomus		Nomen dubium	Cope				Dubious genus of non-dinosaurian archosaur

Taxon	Novelty	Status	Author(s)	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Danubiosaurus^[3]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Nomen dubium	Bunzel	Campanian	GrÃ¼nbach Formation	Austria	Believed to be a lacertilian, a possible synonym of Struthiosaurus
Hadrosaurus cavatus^[4]	Sp. nov.	Nomen dubium	Cope	Maastrichtian	Navesink Formation?	New Jersey	A species of Hadrosaurus
Iguanodon suessii^[3]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Bunzel	Campanian	GrÃ¼nbach Formation	Austria	Later given the genus name Mochlodon
"Megalosaurus schnaitheimii"^[3]		Nomen nudum	Bunzel	Late Jurassic	Schnaitheim	Germany	An invalid species of Megalosaurus mentioned in passing
Struthiosaurus^[3]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Bunzel	Campanian	GrÃ¼nbach Formation	Austria	A nodosaurid

Name	Status	Authors		Notes
Diopecephalus	Jr. synonym.	Seeley		Jr. synonym of Pterodactylus.
Ornithostoma	Valid	Seeley

1871 in paleontology

Fish

Archosauromorphs

New taxa

Dinosaurs

Pterosaurs

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