1894 in paleontology
# 1894 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 1894.

## Archosauromorphs

### Newly named pseudosuchians

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

### Newly named dinosaurs

| Name | Status | Authors | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | Images |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dryosaurus | Valid | Othniel Charles Marsh | | Late Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian-Tithonian) | Morrison Formation | Portugal  United States ( Colorado and Wyoming) | A dryosaurid. New genus for "Laosaurus" altus Marsh (1878). | Dryosaurus | |
| Hortalotarsus | Jr. synonym | Harry Govier Seeley | | Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian) | | | Junior subjective synonym of Massospondylus. | | |

## Plesiosaurs

### New taxa

| Name | Status | Authors | Authors | Location | Images |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cymatosaurus | Valid | Fritsch | | Austria  Germany  Netherlands  Poland | |

## Pterosaurs

### New taxa

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

## Synapsids

### Non-mammalian

| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thrinaxodon | Valid | Seeley | 248 Millions of years ago | Antarctica  South Africa | One of the earliest cynodonts. | Thrinaxodon |
