1859 in paleontology

Overview of the events of 1859 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 1859.

## Dinosaurs[edit]

### Newly named dinosaurs[edit]

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Astrodon[2]

Valid

Johnston

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Early Cretaceous (Aptian/Albian boundary)

Arundel Formation

United States ( Maryland)

An indeterminate titanosauriform.

|  Astrodon.

Compsognathus

Valid

Wagner

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Late Jurassic (Tithonian)

Solnhofen Limestone

Germany
France

A compsognathid.

|  Compsognathus.

Hadrosaurus[3]

Valid

Joseph Leidy

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Late Cretaceous (early Campanian)

Woodbury Formation

United States New Jersey

A hadrosaurid.

Scelidosaurus[4]

Valid

Sir Richard Owen

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Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)

Blue Lias

A basal thyreophoran.

|  Scelidosaurus.

## Pterosaurs[edit]

### New taxa[edit]

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Dimorphodon | 195 Millions years ago  |  Mexico UK Antarctica | A dimorphodontid; new generic name for Pterodactylus macronyx. A shellfish-eating Pterosaur.  | Dimorphodon

## Synapsids[edit]

### Non-mammalian[edit]

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Galesaurus | 252 Millions of years ago  |  South Africa |  |

## References[edit]

* Paleontology portal

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.