1886_in_paleontology

1886 in paleontology

1886 in paleontology

Overview of the events of 1886 in paleontology

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 1886.

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Flowering plants

Superasterids

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Ichthyosaurs

New taxa

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Archosaurs

Newly named basal archosauromorphs

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New pseudosuchian taxa

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Synapsids

Non-mammalian

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References

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    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.
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    Sadowski, E.-M.; Hofmann, C.-C. (2023). "The largest amber-preserved flower revisited". Scientific Reports. 13 (1). 17. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-24549-z. PMC 9837116. PMID 36635320.
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    De Vis, C.W. (1886). "On remains of an extinct saurian". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 2: 181–191.
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    Ristevski, J.; Yates, A.M.; Price, G.J.; Molnar, R.E.; Weisbecker, V.; Salisbury, S.W. (2020). "Australia's prehistoric 'swamp king': revision of the Plio-Pleistocene crocodylian genus Pallimnarchus de Vis, 1886". PeerJ. 8: e10466. doi:10.7717/peerj.10466. PMC 7759136. PMID 33391869.
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