1857 in paleontology

Overview of the events of 1857 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 1857.

Dinosaurs

Newly discovered dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Name Status Authors Location Notes Images

Stenopelix[3]

Valid

von Meyer

A Marginocephalian.
Stenopelix

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. ^ Swaby, Emily J.; Lomax, Dean R. (2020). "A revision of Temnodontosaurus crassimanus (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) of Whitby, Yorkshire, UK" (PDF). Historical Biology. 33 (11): 2715–2731. doi:10.1080/08912963.2020.1826469. S2CID 225116735.
  3. ^ Meyer, H. von. 1857. Beitrage zur naheren Kenntnis fossiler Reptilien. N. Jb. Mineral. Geol. Palaeontol. (1857): pp. 532-543.
  4. ^ Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 17. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.