1853 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 1853.

Plants

Gnetophytes

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Synonymized taxa	Notes	Images
Ephedra johniana	Comb nov	jr synonym	Göppert & Berendt	Eocene Lutetian-Priabonian	Baltic Amber	Europe Baltic Sea Coast		Identified as an Ephedra species. Moved from Ephedrites johnianus (1845) [2] Species moved to Ephedra johniana (1853) [3] Moved to Patzea johniana (1886) [4] Moved to Arceuthobium johnianum (2017). [5]	Arceuthobium johnianum

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. Göppert, J.H.R.; Berendt, G.C. (1845), "Der Bernstein und die in ihm befindlichen Pflanzenreste der Vorwelt", Nicolaische Buchhandlung, vol. 1(1), Berlin, pp. 1–125, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.66910, hdl: 2027/coo1.ark:/13960/t03z00r64
3. Göppert, J.H.R. (1853), "Über die Bernsteinflora", Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1853, Berlin: 450–476
4. Conwentz, H.W. (1886). "Die Angiospermen des Bernsteins". In Göppert, J.H.R.; Menge, F.A. (eds.). Die Flora des Bernsteins und ihre Beziehungen zur Flora der Tertiärformation und der Gegenwart. Vol. 2. Commission-Verla von Wilhelm Engelmann, Danzing. pp. 1–140.
5. Sadowski, E. M.; Seyfullah, L. J.; Wilson, C. A.; Calvin, C. L.; Schmidt, A. R. (2017). "Diverse early dwarf mistletoes (Arceuthobium), ecological keystones of the Eocene Baltic amber biota". American Journal of Botany. 104 (5): 694–718.