1860 in paleontology

Overview of the events of 1860 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 1860.

## Arthropods

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### Insects

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Limnobiorhynchus brevipalpa[2]

comb. nov

jr synonym

(Loew) Osten-Sacken

Middle Eocene

Baltic amber

Europe

A Limoniid cranefly,
syn of Elephantomyia brevipalpa

|  Elephantomyia brevipalpa

Limnobiorhynchus pulchella[2]

comb. nov

jr synonym

(Loew) Osten-Sacken

Middle Eocene

Baltic amber

Europe

A Limoniid cranefly,
syn of Elephantomyia pulchella

|  Elephantomyia pulchella

## Plesiosaurs

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### New taxa

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Goniosaurus

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Meyer

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## Pterosaurs

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Dorygnathus

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Wagner

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* France
* Germany

| A Seagull-like pterosaur.  | Dorygnathus
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## Synapsids

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### Non-mammalian

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Deuterosaurus

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Eichwald

| 267 Millions of years ago  |

* Russia

| The scientists believed that they had found a Dinosaur, but in Reality it was a ProtoMammal.  | Deuterosaurus

Eurosaurus

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Eichwald

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Oudenodon

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Owen

| 254 Millions of years ago.  |

* India
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* South Africa
* Zambia

|  | Oudenodon

## References

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* 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. ^ a b Kania, I (2015). "Subfamily Limoniinae Speiser, 1909 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Baltic Amber (Eocene): The Genus Elephantomyia Osten Sacken, 1860". PLOS ONE. 10 (2): 1–25. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1017434K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117434. PMC 4338262. PMID 25706127.