1875 in paleontology
# 1875 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 1875.

## Dinosaurs

| Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Arctosaurus | Misidentification. | Adams | Canada ( Nunavut) | Dubious genus of non-dinosaurian reptile. |
| Bothriospondylus | Valid | Sir Richard Owen | UK |
| Marmarospondylus | Nomen dubium | Sir Richard Owen | | |
| Omosaurus | Preoccupied. | Sir Richard Owen | | Preoccupied by Joseph Leidy, 1856. Later renamed Dacentrurus. |
| Priodontognathus | Nomen dubium | Harry Govier Seeley, | UK | |

## Pterosaurs

### New taxa

| Name | Status | Authors | Authors | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Doratorhynchus | Valid | Seeley | | |

## Synapsids

### Ophiacodontidae

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Clepsydrops | Gen nov | Valid | Cope | early Late Carboniferous | | USA Illinois | An ophiacodontid synapsid | |

## Paleontologists

* Birth of Friedrich von Huene, the well known German paleontologist.
