1882 in paleontology
Overview of the events of 1882 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 1882.
Diapsids
Newly named choristoderes
Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | |
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Sauvage | A choristodere.[2] |
Newly named ichthyosaurs
Name | Status | Authors | Notes | |
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Sauvage | An ichthyosaur.[2] |
Newly named dinosaurs
Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | |
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Preoccupied. | Preoccupied by Barkas, 1870. Later renamed Anchisaurus. | ||||
An iguanodont. | |||||
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid | Cope | 280 Million of years ago |
| 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]
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.
- ^ a b "Fischer V & Goolaerts S. 2013. Shastasaurid ichthyosaurs and other lost critters from the French Rhaetian | Valentin Fischer - Academia.edu". www.academia.edu. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 15. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.