1837 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. 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 1837.
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
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von Meyer
Late Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian)
Feuerletten Formation
Fleming Fjord Formation
Knollenmergel
Marnes Irisees Superieures Formation
Obere Bunte Mergel
Stubensandstein
Trossingen Formation
German paleontologist Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer formally named and described Plateosaurus. This was the first described prosauropod, and is still the one we know most about.
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