Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of
prehistoriclife 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 1842.
^Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd.
ISBN9780070887398.
OCLC46769716.
^
abMeyer, H. von. 1842. Notes on labyrinthodonts
and fossil reptiles, including a description of
Belodon plieningeri, new gen. and sp. Neues
Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geologie und
Palaontologie 1842, pp. 301-304.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of
prehistoriclife 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 1842.
^Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd.
ISBN9780070887398.
OCLC46769716.
^
abMeyer, H. von. 1842. Notes on labyrinthodonts
and fossil reptiles, including a description of
Belodon plieningeri, new gen. and sp. Neues
Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geologie und
Palaontologie 1842, pp. 301-304.
