1859 in paleontology

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Paleontology or palaeontology (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 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 1859.

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes

Astrodon[2]

Nomen dubium.

Johnston

Early Cretaceous (Aptian/Albian boundary)

Arundel Formation

 United States

An indeterminate titanosauriform.

Compsognathus

Valid

Wagner

Late Jurassic (Tithonian)

Solnhofen Limestone

 Germany
 France

A compsognathid.

Hadrosaurus[3]

Nomen dubium.

Joseph Leidy

Late Cretaceous (early Campanian)

Woodbury Formation

 United States

A hadrosaurid.

Scelidosaurus[4]

Valid

Sir Richard Owen

Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)

Blue Lias

 England

A basal thyreophoran.
Compsognathus.
Scelidosaurus.

Pterosaurs

New taxa

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes

Dimorphodon[5]

Valid

Owen

Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)

Blue Lias

 England

A dimorphodontid; new generic name for "Pterodactylus" macronyx Buckland (1829).

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Galesaurus[6]

Valid

Owen

Early Triassic (Induan)

Cynognathus Assemblage Zone

 South Africa

A galesaurid cynodont.

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. ↑ Johnston, C. 1859. Note on odontography. Amer. J. Dent. Sci. 9: pp. 337-343
  3. ↑ Leidy, J. 1859. Extinct vertebrata from the Judith River and Great Lignite Formations of Nebraska. American Philosophical Society Transactions 11:pp. 139-154.
  4. ↑ Owen, R. 1859. On the order of fossil and recent reptilia, and their distribution in time. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science: pp. 153-166.
  5. ↑ Owen, R. (1859). "On a new genus (Dimorphodon) of pterodactyle, with remarks on the geological distribution of flying reptiles." Rep. Br. Ass. Advmnt Sci., 28 (1858): 97–103.
  6. ↑ Owen, R. 1859. On the order of fossil and recent reptilia, and their distribution in time. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 1859: pp. 153-166.
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