1862 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 1862.

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Dinosaurs

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages
Dimodosaurus Nomen dubium
  • Pidancet
  • Chopard
Possible subjective synonym of Plateosaurus .
Griphornis Gen. nov. Nomen rejectum Sir Richard Owen vide Woodward Kimmeridgian Solnhofen Limestone Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Rejected in favor of Archaeopteryx .
Griphosaurus [2] Gen. nov. Nomen rejectum Andreas Wagner Kimmeridgian Solnhofen Limestone Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Named for a skeleton with feathers considered by Wagner to represent a reptile unrelated to the origin of birds, specifically opposing Darwinian evolution and Hermann von Meyer's taxon Archaeopteryx . [2]

Paleontologists

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. 1 2 Wagner, A. (April 1862). "On a new Fossil Reptile supposed to be furnished with Feathers". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9 (52): 261–267. doi:10.1080/00222936208681227.
  3. ↑ Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 18. ISBN   0-253-21313-4.
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