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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 1883.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | jr synonym | A mallow relative. | ![]() | |||||
Taxon | Novelty | Status | Author(s) | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov. | An early ceratopsian | ![]() | ||||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | First named as a megalosaurid | ![]() | |||||
Orthomerus [3] | Gen. et sp. nov. | A hadrosaurid relative | ![]() | |||||
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