1875 in paleontology
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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 1875.
Dinosaurs
| Taxon | Novelty | Status | Author(s) | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arctosaurus | Gen. et sp. nov. | Nomen dubium | Adams | Carnian | Heiberg Formation |  Nunavut |
Dubious archosauriform | |
| Cionodon stenopsis[2] | Sp. nov. | Nomen dubium | Cope | Campanian | Belly River Group |  Alberta |
A species of Cionodon | |
| Bothriospondylus | Gen. et sp. nov. | Nomen dubium | Owen | Kimmeridgian | Kimmeridge Clay Formation |  England |
A sauropod | |
| Marmarospondylus | Gen. nov. | Nomen dubium | Sir Richard Owen | Bathonian | Forest Marble Formation | A new genus for Bothriospondylus robustus named earlier in the same year | ||
| Omosaurus armatus | Gen. et sp. nov. | Preoccupied | Owen | Kimmeridgian | Kimmeridge Clay Formation | England |
Preoccupied by Omosaurus Joseph Leidy, 1856. Later renamed Dacentrurus | |
| Priodontognathus | Gen. nov. | Nomen dubium | Seeley | Oxfordian | Yorkshire | England |
A new genus for Iguanodon phillipsii | |
Pterosaurs
New taxa
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Synapsids
Ophiacodontidae
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen nov |
Valid |
Cope |
early Late Carboniferous |
An ophiacodontid synapsid |
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Paleontologists
- Birth of Friedrich von Huene, the well known German paleontologist.[4]