1898 in paleontology
# 1898 in paleontology

Paleontology or palaeontology 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 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 1898.

## Dinosaurs

| Name | Status | Authors | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| Avalonia | Preoccupied | Harry Govier Seeley | Misidentified non-dinosaurian archosaur preoccupied by Walcott, 1889. Later renamed Avalonianus. |
| Clasmodosaurus | Nomen dubium | Ameghino | |
| Loncosaurus | Nomen dubium | Ameghino | |
| Picrodon | Misidentification. | Harry Govier Seeley | Misidentified genus of dubious non-dinosaurian archosaur. May be a synonym of Avalonianus. |

## Plesiosaurs

### New taxa

| Name | Status | Authors | Authors | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Megalneusaurus | Valid | Knight | | |

## Synapsids

### Non-mammalian

| Name | Status | Authors | Images |
| - | - | - | - |
| Aulacocephalodon | Valid | Seeley | Aulacocephalodon |
| Aulacephalodon | Valid | Seeley | Aulacocephalodon |
| Rhachiocephalus | Valid | Seeley | Aulacocephalodon |
