1812 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 1812.

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Pterosaurs

New taxa

TaxonNoveltyStatusAuthor(s)AgeUnitLocationNotesImages
Ornithocephalus antiquus [2] Gen. et. sp. nov.Valid von Sömmering Tithonian Solnhofen limestone Flag of Germany.svg Germany Type species of Pterodactylus . 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. ↑ von Sömmerring, S. T. (1812). "Über einen Ornithocephalus oder über das unbekannten Thier der Vorwelt, dessen Fossiles Gerippe Collini im 5. Bande der Actorum Academiae Theodoro-Palatinae nebst einer Abbildung in natürlicher Grösse im Jahre 1784 beschrieb, und welches Gerippe sich gegenwärtig in der Naturalien-Sammlung der königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München befindet: vorgelesen in der mathematisch-physikalischen Classe am 27. Dec. 1810 und Nachtrag vorgelesen am 8. April 1811". Denkschriften der Königlichen Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 3. München: 89–158.
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