1833 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 1833.

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Dinosaurs

New taxa

TaxonNoveltyStatusAuthor(s)AgeUnitLocationNotesImages
Hylaeosaurus armatus [2] Gen. et sp. nov.Valid Mantell Early Cretaceous [3] Tilgate Forest, Grinstead Clay Formation, [3] Westfalen [4] Flag of England.svg  England Hylaeosaurus was named in 1833 by Mantell for most of a skeleton including an isolated tail. This material was then later described in more detail by Mantell and Alexander Gordon Melville in an 1849 publication. [5] Hylaeosaurus fossil illustration.jpg

Pterosaurs

New taxa

NameNoveltyStatusAuthor(s)AgeUnitLocationNotesImages
Gnathosaurus subulatus Gen. et sp. nov.Valid von Meyer Tithonian Solnhofen Limestone [6] Flag of Germany.svg  Germany A gnathosaurine ctenochasmatid. This is one of two species assigned to Gnathosaurus, the other being G. macrurus. Aurorazhdarcho is a potential junior synonym of Gnathosaurus subulatus. [7] Gnathosaurus as well as related genera such as Germanodactylus , Ctenochasma , and Pterodactylus all possessed large soft tissue crests. All four genera are from the Solnhofen Limestone, and share a common ancestor which, presumably, also had a crest. [6] Gnathosaurus JWPhoto.jpg

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. ↑ Mantell, G.A. (1833). "Observations on the remains of the Iguanodon, and other fossil reptiles, of the strata of Tilgate Forest in Sussex". Proceedings of the Geological Society of London. 1: 410–411.
  3. 1 2 Naish, D.; Martill, D.M. (2008). "Dinosaurs of Great Britain and the role of the Geological Society of London in their discovery: Ornithischia". Journal of the Geological Society. 165 (3). London: 613–623. Bibcode:2008JGSoc.165..613N. doi:10.1144/0016-76492007-154. S2CID   129624992.
  4. ↑ Sachs, S.; Hornung, J. J. (2013). Evans, David C (ed.). "Ankylosaur Remains from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) of Northwestern Germany". PLOS ONE. 8 (4): e60571. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...860571S. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060571 . PMC   3616133 . PMID   23560099.
  5. ↑ Mantell, G.A.; Melville, A.G. (1849). "Additional Observations on the Osteology of the Iguanodon and Hylaeosaurus". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 139: 271–305. doi:10.1098/rstl.1849.0015. JSTOR   108479. S2CID   83530724.
  6. 1 2 Bennett, C.S. (2002). "Soft Tissue Preservation of the Cranial Crest of the Pterosaur Germanodactylus from Solnhofen". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 22 (1): 43–48. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0043:STPOTC]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR   4524192.
  7. ↑ Bennett, C.S. (2013). "New information on body size and cranial display structures of Pterodactylus antiquus, with a revision of the genus". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 87 (2): 269–289. doi:10.1007/s12542-012-0159-8. S2CID   83722829.
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