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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.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Orthoceras | Gen. nov. | Valid | Bruguière | Ordovician | Genus of nautiloid cephalopods | ![]() |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Megatherium americanum [6] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Cuvier | Pleistocene | Lujan River | ![]() | A large extinct ground sloth | |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Baculites | Gen. nov. | Valid | Lamarck | Cretaceous - Paleogene | Maastricht | ![]() | Genus of ammonite | |
Mammut [8] | Gen. nov. | Valid | Blumenbach | Miocene - Pleistocene | Big Bone Lick | ![]() | Genus of proboscidean | ![]() |
Megalonyx [9] | Gen. nov. | Valid | Jefferson | Pliocene - Pleistocene | Greenbrier County | ![]() | Genus of ground sloth | ![]() |