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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 1861.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et. comb. nov. |
Valid |
Oppel |
An axiid, type species is E. longimana, initially described as Magila longimana in 1839. |
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Gen. et. comb. nov. |
Valid |
Oppel |
A stenochirid, type species is P. pustulosus, initially described as Bolina pustulosa in 1839. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Archaeopteryx [3] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Hermann von Meyer | Kimmeridgian | Solnhofen Limestone | ![]() |
Early bird, only known from a single flight feather. [3] |
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Echinodon [4] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Sir Richard Owen [4] | Berriasian | Purbeck Beds | ![]() |
Known from multiple jaw and tooth fossils, originally interpreted as a lacertilian. [4] [5] | |
Teratosaurus | Gen. nov | Valid | Hermann von Meyer | ![]() |
Misidentified teratosaurid archosaur. |
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Valid |
Wagner |
An Corvid-like Pterosaur. | ![]() |
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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 1861.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et. comb. nov. |
Valid |
Oppel |
An axiid, type species is E. longimana, initially described as Magila longimana in 1839. |
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Gen. et. comb. nov. |
Valid |
Oppel |
A stenochirid, type species is P. pustulosus, initially described as Bolina pustulosa in 1839. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Archaeopteryx [3] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Hermann von Meyer | Kimmeridgian | Solnhofen Limestone | ![]() |
Early bird, only known from a single flight feather. [3] |
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Echinodon [4] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Sir Richard Owen [4] | Berriasian | Purbeck Beds | ![]() |
Known from multiple jaw and tooth fossils, originally interpreted as a lacertilian. [4] [5] | |
Teratosaurus | Gen. nov | Valid | Hermann von Meyer | ![]() |
Misidentified teratosaurid archosaur. |
Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Valid |
Wagner |
An Corvid-like Pterosaur. | ![]() |