1839 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 1839.
Arthropods
Crustaceans
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Aeger[2] | Gen. et. sp. nov. | Valid | Münster | An aegerid, type species is A. spinipes. | ||||
Antrimpos[2] | Valid | Jr synonym | Münster | A penaeid, type species is A. speciosus. | ||||
Aura[2] | Gen. et. sp. nov. | Valid | Münster | Type species is A. desmarestii, now a junior synonym of Eryma. | ||||
Blaculla[2] | Gen. et. sp. nov. | Valid | Münster | Type species is B. nikoides. | ||||
Bolina[2] | Gen. et. sp. nov. | Jr synonym | Münster | Type species is B. pustulosa, now a junior synonym of Pseudastacus pustulosus. The species B. angusta was also assigned, and is now a junior synonym of Stenochirus angustus. | ||||
Bombur[2] | Gen. et. sp. nov. | Valid | Münster | A penaeid, type species is B. complicatus. | ||||
Brisa[2] | Gen. et. sp. nov. | Jr synonym | Münster | Type species is B. lucida, now a junior synonym of Glyphea pseudoscyllarus. | ||||
Brome[2] | Gen. et. sp. nov. | Valid | Münster | An indeterminate decapod, type species is B. ventrosa. | ||||
Bylgia[2] | Gen. et. sp. nov. | Valid | Münster | A penaeid, type species is B. hexadon. | ||||
Cancrinos[2] | Gen. et. sp. nov. | Valid | Münster | A cancrinid, type species is C. claviger. | ||||
Drobna[2] | Gen. et. sp. nov. | Valid | Münster | A penaeid, type species is D. deformis. | ||||
Dusa[2] | Gen. et. sp. nov. | Valid | Münster | A penaeid, type species is D. monocera. | ||||
Elder[2] | Gen. et. sp. nov. | Valid | Münster | Type species is E. ungulatus. | ||||
Hefriga[2] | Gen. et. sp. nov. | Valid | Münster | Type species is H. serrata. | ||||
Kolga[2] | Gen. et. sp. nov. | Jr synonym | Münster | Type species is K. quindens, now a junior synonym of Antrimpos. | ||||
Magila[2] | Gen. et. sp. nov. | Valid | Münster | An axiid, type species is M. latimana. | ||||
Orphnea[2] | Gen. et. comb. nov. | Jr synonym | Münster | Type species is O. pseudoscyllarus, now assigned to Glyphea. | ||||
Palinurina[2] | Gen. et. sp. nov. | Valid | Münster | An palinurid, type species is P. longipes. | ||||
Rauna[2] | Gen. et. sp. nov. | Valid | Münster | A penaeid, includes the species R. angusta. | ||||
Udora[2] | Gen. et. sp. nov. | Valid | Münster | Type species is U. brevispina. |
Archosaurs
Newly named pseudosuchians
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[3]
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Paleontologists
- Birth of Harry Govier Seeley, the paleontologist who invented the Saurischian/Ornithischian dinosaur dichotomy.[4]
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 c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Münster, Georg Herbert; Münster, Georg Herbert (1839). Beitraege zur Petrefacten-Kunde : mit XXX. nach der Natur gezeichneten tafeln. Bayreuth: in Commission der Buchner'schen Buchhandlung.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 15. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.