1882 in paleontology
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 1882.
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Diapsids
Newly named choristoderes
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Sauvage |
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Newly named ichthyosaurs
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Sauvage |
An ichthyosaur.[2] | |||
Newly named dinosaurs
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Preoccupied. |
Preoccupied by Barkas, 1870. Later renamed Anchisaurus. | ||||
Harry Govier Seeley |
An iguanodont. | ||||
Harry Govier Seeley |
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Synapsids
Non-mammalian
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Cope | 280 Million of years ago |
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a Sail-Backed ProtoMammal. | ||
Paleontologists
- The fossil collection of the recently deceased Reverend William Fox, which contained over 500 specimens, was bought by the trustees of the British Museum of Natural History.[3]
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References
- 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.
- https://www.academia.edu/4334787/Fischer_V_and_Goolaerts_S._2013._Shastasaurid_ichthyosaurs_and_other_lost_critters_from_the_French_Rhaetian%5B%5D
- Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 15. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.
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