1902 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 1902.

Plants

Ferns and allies

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes	Images
Ctenopteris columbiensis[2]	Sp nov		Penhallow	Lower Cretaceous		Canada  British Columbia	A Ctenopteris pinnule
Sagenopteris oblongifolia[2]	Sp nov		Penhallow	Lower Cretaceous		Canada  British Columbia	A Sagenopteris pinnule

Conifers

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes	Images
Pseudotsuga miocena[2]	Sp nov	valid	Penhallow	Eocene Ypresian	Okanagan Highlands Horsefly Shales	Canada  British Columbia	A douglas fir wood morphospecies	Pseudotsuga miocena

Angiosperms

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes	Images
Clintonia oblongifolia[2]	Sp nov		Penhallow	Eocene	Paskapoo Formation	Canada  Alberta	A Clintonia leaf morphospecies
Majanthemophyllum grandifolium[2]	Sp nov		Penhallow	Eocene		Canada  Alberta	A green briar leaf morphospecies
Viburnum ovatum[2]	Sp nov		Penhallow	Eocene		Canada  Alberta	A viburnum leaf morphospecies

Archosauromorphs

Newly named phytosaurs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Rileya[3]	Gen. et sp. nov	Preoccupied	von Huene	Rhaetian			A junior homonym of Rileya Ashmead, 1888 (hymenopteran). Renamed Rileyasuchus Kuhn, 1961.

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Dacentrurus[5]	Gen. nov.	Valid taxon	Frederic Augustus Lucas	Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian	Kimmeridge Clay	France,  Spain,  Portugal,  UK	A dacentrurine stegosaurid. New name for Omosaurus armatus Owen, 1875 non Leidy, 1856.
Didanodon[6]	Gen. nov.	Nomen nudum	Henry Fairfield Osborn	Late Cretaceous, Campanian	Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada	A dubious hadrosaurid, possibly Lambeosaurus. Didanodon was a new genus name for Trachodon altidens Lambe, 1902.
Elosaurus parvus[7]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Junior synonym	O.A. Peterson & Charles Whitney Gilmore	Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian	Morrison Formation	US	Genus is a junior synonym of Brontosaurus, while the species has been reassigned as Brontosaurus parvus.
Hoplitosaurus[5]	Gen. nov.	Valid taxon	Frederic Augustus Lucas	Early Cretaceous, Barremian	Lakota Formation	USA	New genus name for Stegosaurus marshi (Lucas, 1901).
Onychosaurus[8]	gen et sp nov	Nomen dubium	Nopcsa	Late Cretaceous			A dubious name that may be a synonym of Zalmoxes.
Stegoceras[9]	gen et sp nov	Valid taxon	Lambe	Late Cretaceous	Belly River Group	Canada,  USA	A pachycephalosaur.
Stereocephalus[9]	gen et sp nov	Preoccupied	Lambe	Late Cretaceous	Belly River Group		Later renamed Euoplocephalus.

Protorosaurs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Procerosaurus[3]	gen et sp nov	jr synonym	von Huene				jr synonym of Tanystropheus.

References

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.
2. Penhallow, D. P. (1902). "Notes on Cretaceous and Tertiary plants of Canada.". Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada. 1902-03. 2. Vol. 8 (sect 4). Ottawa, Canada: Royal Society of Canada. pp. 31–91.
3. Huene, F. von. 1902. Ubersicht uber die Reptilien der Trias. Geologische und Palaeontologische Abhandlungne, n. f. 6 (1): 83 pages.
4. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
5. Lucas, F.A. (1902). "Paleontological notes: The generic name Omosaurus. A new generic name for Stegosaurus marshi". Science. 16 (402): 435.
6. Osborn, H.F. (1902). "On Vertebrata of the Mid-Cretaceous of the Northwest Territory. I:Distinctive characters of the Mid-Cretaceous fauna". Contributions to Canadian Paleontology. 3 (4): 1–21.
7. Peterson, O.A.; Gilmore, C.W. (1902). "Elosaurus parvus a new genus and species of Sauropoda". Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 1: 490–499.
8. Nopcsa, F. (1902). "Notizen uber Cretacische Dinosaurier (Mochlodon u. Onychosaurus)". Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathnat. Kl. Wien. 39: 42–44.
9. Lambe, L.M. 1902. New genera and species from the Belly River Series (mid-Cretaceous). Contrib. Canadian Palaeonto1. Geol. Surv. Can. 3: pp. 25-81.