1809 in paleontology

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Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils . [1] 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 1809.

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Pterosaurs

New taxa

TaxonNoveltyStatusAuthor(s)AgeUnitLocationNotesImages
Petro-Dactyle [2] Gen. nov.Valid Cuvier Tithonian Solnhofen limestone Flag of Germany.svg Germany Later latinized to Pterodactylus in 1815 by C.S. Rafinesque. [3] Bsp as i 739 modified.png

References

  1. ↑ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN   9780070887398. OCLC   46769716.
  2. ↑ Cuvier, G. (1809). "Mémoire sur le squelette fossile d'un reptile volant des environs d'Aichstedt, que quelques naturalistes ont pris pour un oiseau, et dont nous formons un genre de Sauriens, sous le nom de Petro-Dactyle". Annales du Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 13: 424–437.
  3. ↑ Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Vol. 1815 (L'Imprimerie de Jean Barravecchia ed.). p. 75.


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