1832 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 1832.

Crocodylomorphs

New taxa

Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images
Metriorhynchus[2] Gen. nov. Valid von Meyer Kimmeridgian La Voulte-sur-Rhône France Many species have been referred to Metriorhynchus since 1830, yet recent studies show that only three species are valid and referrable to the genus, the type M. geoffroyii, M. superciliosus, and M. hastifer.[3]


Dinosaurs

New taxa

Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images
Iguanodon mantelli Sp. nov. Jr. synonym von Meyer[2] Barremian Tilgate Forest England A species for Iguanodon, which had already been given by Holl in 1829 as I. anglicus.
Streptospondylus[2] Gen. nov. Valid von Meyer Oxfordian, 161 mya Vaches Noires France The remains of Streptospondylus were the first dinosaurian remains to be described (by Cuvier in 1808), however, their identification was thought to be teleosaurid or metriorhynchid.[4]

Pterosaurs

New taxa

Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images
Pterodactylus bucklandi[2] Sp. nov. Nomen dubium von Meyer Bathonian Stonesfield Slate England While von Meyer reported the locality as Stonesfield, these fossils are likely misrepresented and originally came from Solnhofen limestone.[5]
"Ornithocephalus giganteus"[2] Nomen nudum von Meyer Kimmeridgian Solnhofen limestone Germany Meyer attributes the name to Sommerring, 1820,[2] while Wellnhofer attributes the name to Oken, 1819.[6] Neither Sommerring nor Oken used the name.[7][8]

Paleontologists

References

  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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Meyer, C. E. H. (1832). Palaeologica zur Geschichte der Erde. Frankfurt am Main: Verlag von Siegmund Schmerber. pp. 109–117.
  3. ↑ Cau, A.; Fanti, F. (2010). "The oldest known metriorhynchid crocodylian from the Middle Jurassic of North-eastern Italy: Neptunidraco ammoniticus gen. et sp. nov". Gondwana Research. 19 (2): 550–565. Bibcode:2011GondR..19..550C. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2010.07.007.
  4. ↑ Cuvier, G. (1808). "Sur les ossements fossiles de crocodiles et particulièrement sur ceux des environs du Havre et d'Honfleur, avec des remarques sur les squelettes de sauriens de la Thuringe". Annales du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. 7: 73–110.
  5. ↑ O’Sullivan, M.; Martill, D.M. (2018). "Pterosauria of the Great Oolite Group (Bathonian, Middle Jurassic) of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, England". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. doi:10.4202/app.00490.2018.
  6. ↑ Wellnhofer, Peter (1970). Die Pterodactyloidea (Pterosauria) der Oberjura-Plattenkalke Süddeutschlands (PDF). Vol. 141. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Wissenschaftlichen Klasse, Abhandlungen. p. 133.
  7. ↑ von Soemmerring, S.T. (1819). "Ueber die fossilen Reste einer großen Fledermausgattung, welche sich zu Karlsruhe in der Großherzoglichen Sammlung befinden". Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften München. 7: 105–112.
  8. ↑ Oken, L. (1819). "Pterodactylus longirostris". Isis (oder Encyclopädische Zeitung) von Oken. Jena : Expedition der Isis. pp. 1788–1798.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  9. ↑ Farlow, James Orville; Brett-Surmann, M. K. (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 8. ISBN 9780253213136. OCLC 37107117.
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