1880 in paleontology
# 1880 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 1880.

## Ichthyosaurs

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baptanodon | Gen et comb nov | valid | Marsh | Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) | Sundance Formation | United States Wyoming | Moved from "Sauranodon" natans Marsh, 1879. | Baptanodon natans |

## Pterosaurs

| Name | Status | Authors | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cretornis | Valid | Fritsch | | middle Cretaceous (early Turonian) | Jizera Formation | Czech Republic | A member of Azhdarchoidea. |
| Rhamphocephalus | Valid | Seeley | | Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) | Taynton Limestone Formation | England | A rhamphorhynchoid. |

## Synapsids

### Non-mammalian

| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stereorhachis | Nomen dubium | Gaudry | Late Carboniferous | Coal deposits | France | A member of Eothyrididae. | |
