18th century 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 18th century.

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1705

1728

The naturalist John Woodward had an extensive fossil collection John Woodward.jpg
The naturalist John Woodward had an extensive fossil collection

1755

Peter Collinson Peter Collinson FRS.jpg
Peter Collinson

1758

1763

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1776

1778

1784

1787

1789

Newly named taxa

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages
Orthoceras Gen. nov.Valid Bruguière Ordovician Genus of nautiloid cephalopods 202010 Orthoceras.svg

1790

1794

1796

Newly named taxa

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages
Megatherium americanum [6] Gen. et sp. nov.Valid Cuvier Pleistocene Lujan River Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina A large extinct ground sloth Megatherium americanum Skeleton NHM.JPG

Research

1799

Newly named taxa

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages
Baculites Gen. nov.Valid Lamarck Cretaceous - Paleogene Maastricht Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Genus of ammonite Baculites vertebralis.JPG
Mammut [8] Gen. nov.Valid Blumenbach Miocene - Pleistocene Big Bone Lick Flag of the United States.svg United States Genus of proboscidean Mastodon-Field Museum.jpg
Megalonyx [9] Gen. nov.Valid Jefferson Pliocene - Pleistocene Greenbrier County Flag of the United States.svg United States Genus of ground sloth Megalonyx jeffersonii (1).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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. pp. 5–10. ISBN   0-253-21313-4.
  3. "Robert Plot: A brief biography of this important geologists life and work" (PDF). Oxford University Museum of Natural History. p. 4. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  4. Wellnhofer, Peter (2008). "A short history of pterosaur research". Zitteliana B. 28: 7–19.
  5. 1 2 Dodson, Peter (1997). "American Dinosaurs." Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. Edited by Phillip J. Currie and Kevin Padian. Academic Press. p. 10-13.
  6. Cuvier, G. (1796). "Notice sur le squelette d'une très-grande espèce de quadrupède inconnue jusqu'à present, trouvé au Paraquay, et déposé au cabinet d'histoire naturelle de Madrid". Magasin Encyclopèdique: Ou Journal des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts 1796. 1: 303–310.
  7. Garriga, J. (1796). Descripcion del esqueleto de un quadrúpedo muy corpulento y raro, que se conserva en el Real Gabinete de Historia natural de Madrid. Viuda de Don Joaquin Ibarra. p. 20.
  8. Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich (1799). Handbuch der Naturgeschichte [6. ed.]. Göttingen. pp. 695–698.
  9. Babcock, Loren E. (2024-03-18). "Nomenclatural history of Megalonyx Jefferson, 1799 (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Pilosa, Megalonychidae)". ZooKeys (1195): 297–308. Bibcode:2024ZooK.1195..297B. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1195.117999 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   10964019 . PMID   38532771.