1837 in paleontology
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Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") 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 mankind has 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 1837.
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Archosauromorphs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[2]
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von Meyer |
Feuerletten Formation |
German paleontologist Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer formally named and described Plateosaurus. This was the first described prosauropod, and is still the one we know most about.[4] |
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Two Plateosaurus.
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Synapsids
Newly named mammals
Afrotherians
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Burmeister |
Early Miocene to Early Pliocene |
A gomphothere. |
References
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- ↑ Meyer, H. von. 1837. Mitteilung an prof, Bronn (Plateosaurus engelhardti). Neues Jahrbuch Mineral Geol. Palaeontol. 1837: p. 317.
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