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1979 in paleontology

1979 in paleontology

Overview of the events of 1979 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 1979.

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Bryophytes

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Fish

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Archosauromorphs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]

Non Avian Dinosaurs

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Expeditions, field work, and fossil discoveries

  • While volunteering for field work on a team led by Philip Currie, Darren Tanke learned about the lost "Eoceratops" first excavated by William Edmund Cutler. Tanke would later rediscover the specimen in London's Natural History Museum.[43]

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