Timeline of paleontology

Antiquity

17th century

  • 1665 — In his book Micrographia Robert Hooke compares petrified wood to wood, concludes that petrified wood formed from wood soaked in mineral-rich water, and argues that fossils like Ammonite shells were produced the same way, sparking debate over the organic origin of fossils and the possibility of extinction. [6]
  • 1669 — Nicholas Steno writes that some kinds of rock formed from layers of sediment deposited in water, and that fossils were organic remains buried in the process.[6]

18th century

19th century

20th century

21st century

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See also

References

  1. "Evolution and Paleontology in the Ancient World". University of California Museum of Paleontology. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
  2. Rudwick, M. J. S. (1985). The Meaning of Fossils: Episodes in the History of Palaeontology. University of Chicago Press. p. 24. ISBN 0-226-73103-0.
  3. Shen Kuo,Mengxi Bitan (梦溪笔谈; Dream Pool Essays) (1088)
  4. Needham, Joseph (1986). Science and Civilization in China: Volume 3, Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth. Caves Books Ltd. p. 614. ISBN 0-253-34547-2.
  5. Baucon, A. 2010. Leonardo da Vinci, the founding father of ichnology. Palaios 25. Abstract available from the author's homepage
  6. Rudwick, M. J. S. (1985). The Meaning of Fossils: Episodes in the History of Palaeontology. University of Chicago Press. pp. 45–68. ISBN 0-226-73103-0.
  7. Rudwick, Martin, Georges Cuvier: Fossil Bones and Geological Catastrophes (1997), p. 158
  8. "Mosasaurus hoffmanni - The First Discovery of a Mosasaur?". Oceans of Kansas. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  9. Rudwick, Martin, Georges Cuvier: Fossil Bones and Geological Catastrophes (1997), pp. 25-32
  10. Rudwick, M. J. S. (1985). The Meaning of Fossils: Episodes in the History of Palaeontology. University of Chicago Press. pp. 101–109. ISBN 0-226-73103-0.
  11. Rudwick, Martin, Georges Cuvier: Fossil Bones and Geological Catastrophes (1997), pp. 127-156
  12. Rudwick, Martin Worlds Before Adam: The Reconstruction of Geohistory in the Age of Reform (2008) pp. 77-79
  13. Rudwick, Martin Worlds Before Adam: The Reconstruction of Geohistory in the Age of Reform (2008) pp. 153-155
  14. Cadbury, Deborah The Dinosaur Hunters (2000) pp. 171-175.
  15. Lewin, Roger (1987), Bones of Contention, ISBN 0-671-52688-X
  16. Head, Jason J.; Jonathan I. Bloch; Alexander K. Hastings; Jason R. Bourque; Edwin A. Cadena; Fabiany A. Herrera; P. David Polly; Carlos A. Jaramillo (2009). "Giant boid snake from the paleocene neotropics reveals hotter past equatorial temperatures". Nature. 457 (7230): 715–718. doi:10.1038/nature07671. PMID 19194448.
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