1886 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 1886.

Ichthyosaurs[]

New taxa[]

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Ichthyosaurus cornalianus	Valid	Bassani	Late Triassic (Carnian)	Besano Formation	Italy	Type species of the mixosaurid genus Mixosaurus Baur, 1887.

Archosaurs[]

Newly named basal archosauromorphs[]

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Tribelesodon	Junior synonym	Bassani		Late Triassic		Italy	Junior synonym of Tanystropheus, a member of Protorosauria.

Synapsids[]

Non-mammalian[]

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Haptodus	Valid	Gaudry	Early Permian	Millery Formation	France
Naosaurus	Invalid	Cope	Early Permian	Red beds	USA

References[]

^ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.

[1] Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.

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