1894 in paleontology

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Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because mankind has 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 1894.

Archosauromorphs

Newly named pseudosuchians

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Ornithosuchus	Valid taxon	Newton		Late Triassic (Carnian)	Lossiemouth Sandstone	Scotland	An ornithosuchid.

Newly named dinosaurs

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Dryosaurus	Valid	Othniel Charles Marsh		Late Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian-Tithonian)	Morrison Formation	United States	A dryosaurid. New genus for "Laosaurus" altus Marsh (1878).	File:Dryosaurus lettowvorbecki skeleton.jpg Dryosaurus.
Hortalotarsus	Jr. synonym	Harry Govier Seeley		Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)	Elliot Formation	South Africa	Junior subjective synonym of Massospondylus.

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Name	Status	Authors		Notes
Cymatosaurus	Valid	Fritsch

Pterosaurs

New taxa

Name	Status	Authors		Notes
"Campylognathus"	Valid	Plieninger		preoccupied name; now known as Campylognathoides

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Discovery year	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Thrinaxodon	Valid	Seeley