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.

## Insects

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### New taxa

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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

## Pterosaurs

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Dorygnathus[3] | Gen. nov.  | Valid  | Wagner | Toarcian | Posidonia Shale |  Germany | A new genus name for Pterodactylus banthensis Theodori, 1831.  |

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Goniosaurus |  | Valid  | Meyer  |  |  |  |  |

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Deuterosaurus |  | Valid  | Eichwald  | 267 Millions of years ago  |  |  Russia | The scientists believed that they had found a Dinosaur, but in Reality it was a ProtoMammal.  |
Eurosaurus |  | Valid  | Eichwald  |  |  |  |  |
Oudenodon |  | Valid  | Owen  | 254 Millions of years ago.  |  |

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## 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.
3. ^ Wagner, J.A. (1860). "Bemerkungen über die Arten von Fischen und Sauriern, Welche im untern wie im oberen Lias zugleich vorkommen sollen", Sitzungsberichte der königlichen Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mat.- physikalische Classe, p. 36-52

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