1857 in paleontology
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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
[edit ]New taxa
[edit ]| Taxon | Novelty | Status | Author(s) | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gresslyosaurus ingens [2] | Gen et sp. nov. | Disputed | Rütimeyer | Rhaetian | Knollenmergel | Switzerland | Possible subjective synonym of Plateosaurus | |
| Stenopelix valdensis [3] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | von Meyer | Berriasian | Obernkirchen Sandstein Formation | Germany | A Marginocephalian. |
Pterosaurs
[edit ]- Hermann von Meyer names the species Pterodactylus crassipes , and also provides the alternative classification of the taxon as Rhamphorhynchus crassipes .[3]
New taxa
[edit ]| Taxon | Novelty | Status | Author(s) | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pterodactylus crassipes [3] | Sp. nov. | Valid | von Meyer | Kimmeridgian | Solnhofen limestone | Germany | Later identified as a theropod related to Archaeopteryx and named Ostromia crassipes . |
Ichthyosaurs
[edit ]- Holotype specimen of Temnodontosaurus crassimanus (Ichthyosauria) from the Early Jurassic at Kettleness, Yorkshire, England.[4]
Paleontologists
[edit ]- Birth of William Diller Matthew.[5]
References
[edit ]- ^ 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.
- ^ Rutimeyer. L. 1857. Reptilienknochen aus dem Keuper. Allg. Schweiz. Ges. Ge samt. Naturwiss. Verh. 41: pp. 62-64.
- ^ a b c von Meyer, C.E.H. (1857). "Beiträge zur näheren Kenntnis fossiler Reptilien". Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde: 532–543.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 17. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.