1852 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 1852.
Expeditions, field work, and fossil discoveries[]
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Natural history museums[]
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Scientific advances[]
Paleoanthropology[]
Paleobotany[]
Evolutionary biology[]
Exopaleontology[]
Extinction research[]
Micropaleontology[]
Invertebrate paleozoology[]
Trace fossils[]
Vertebrate paleozoology[]
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Newly named Prolacertiformes[]
Name | Authors | Age | Location | Images |
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Tanystropheus | von Meyer | 237 Millions of years ago |
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Aepisaurus[2] | Nomen dubium | Gervais | Early Cretaceous (Albian) |
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A possible camarasaurid. | Aepisaurus limb bone. | |
Nomen dubium | Gervais | Early Cretaceous (Barremian) | Wessex Formation | ![]() |
A sauropod of unknown affinities. |
Name | Status | Authors | Notes | |
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Brachytrachelus | Preoccupied. | Geibel | preoccupied name; now known as Scaphognathus | |
Ctenochasma | Valid | von Meyer | ||
Macrotrachelus | Jr. synonym. | Giebel | Jr. synonym of Pterodactylus. |
Research techniques[]
Fossil trade[]
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Law and politics[]
Regulation of fossil collection, transport, or sale[]
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Ethics and practice[]
Hoaxes[]
Scandals[]
Unethical practice[]
People[]
Births[]
Awards and recognition[]
Deaths[]
- Gideon Algernon Mantell died.
Historiography and anthropology of paleontology[]
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Pseudoscience[]
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Popular culture[]
Amusement parks and attractions[]
Art[]
Comics[]
Literature[]
- Bleak House by Charles Dickens was published. The story told by this novel is unrelated to paleontology, but it does briefly mention a Megalosaurus, which happened to be the first reference made to dinosaurs in fiction.[3]
Philately[]
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 Gervais, P. 1852. Zoologie et paleontology francaise (animauz vertebras): Paris v. 1, iv + 271 (text), v. 2, explanation of plates, v. 3, Plates;
- ^ Sarjeant, W. A. S., 2001, Dinosaurs in fiction: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp. 504-529.
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