List Of Years In Paleontology
The following entries cover events related to the study of paleontology which occurred in the listed year. 17th century – 18th century – 19th century – 20th $#1776century– 1st century __NOTOC__ 17th century 1600 1601 1602 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607 1608 16091610 1611 1612 1613 1614 1615 1616 1617 1618 1619 1620 1621 1622 1623 1624 1625 1626 1627 1628 16291630 1631 1632 1633 1634 1635 1636 1637 1638 1639 1640 1641 1642 1643 1644 1645 1646 1647 1648 1649 1650 1651 1652 1653 1654 1655 1656 1657 1658 1659 1660 1661 1662 1663 1664 1665 1666 1667 1668 1669 1670 1671 1672 1673 1674 1675 1676 1677 1678 1679 1680 1681 1682 1683 1684 1685 1686 1687 1688 1689 1690 1691 1692 1693 1694 1695 1696 1697 1698 1699 18th century 1700 1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 1706 1707 1708 17091710 1711 1712 1713 1714 1715 1716 1717 1718 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725 1726 1727 1728 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733 1734 1735 1736 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 ...
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Paleontology
Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossils to classify organisms and study their interactions with each other and their environments (their paleoecology). Paleontological observations have been documented as far back as the 5th century BC. The science became established in the 18th century as a result of Georges Cuvier's work on comparative anatomy, and developed rapidly in the 19th century. The term itself originates from Greek (, "old, ancient"), (, (gen. ), "being, creature"), and (, "speech, thought, study"). Paleontology lies on the border between biology and geology, but differs from archaeology in that it excludes the study of anatomically modern humans. It now uses techniques drawn from a wide range of sciences, including biochemistry, mathematics, and enginee ...
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1758 In Paleontology
Fossils * Joshua Platt, a curiosity dealer, continued prospecting for fossils in Stonesfield. He met with success, finding an incomplete '' Megalosaurus'' thigh bone, which he noted and illustrated. This bone was included in the 1773 Events January–March * January 1 – The hymn that becomes known as ''Amazing Grace'', at this time titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17", is first used to accompany a sermon led by curate John Newton in the town of Olney, Bucking ... catalogue of his large personal fossil collection. References 18th century in paleontology Paleontology {{sci-hist-stub ...
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1808 In Paleontology
Fossils * The famed Georges Cuvier publishes illustrations of vertebrae discovered near Honfleur. He mistakenly describes them as crocodilian Crocodilia (or Crocodylia, both ) is an order of mostly large, predatory, semiaquatic reptiles, known as crocodilians. They first appeared 95 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous period ( Cenomanian stage) and are the closest living ..., although later researchers have concluded that these remains almost certainly belonged to a theropod dinosaur.{{cite book, last = Farlow, first = James Orville , first2 = M. K. , last2 = Brett-Surmann, title = The Complete Dinosaur, publisher = Indiana University Press, year = 1999, location = Bloomington, Indiana, pages = 6, isbn = 9780253213136 , oclc = 37107117 References 1800s in paleontology Paleontology ...
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1806 In Paleontology
Fossils * William Clark notices an exposed fossil rib in an area later known as the Hell Creek Formation on the south bank of the Yellowstone River. Although he mistakenly believed the rib belonged to a huge fish, paleontologists have determined that this event marks the first documented dinosaur fossil discovery in North America. References {{reflist 1800s in paleontology Paleontology Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ...

1803 In Paleontology
Paleontologists * Birth of George Bax Holmes, a wealthy Quaker Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of Christian denomination, denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of these movements ("theFriends") are generally united by a belie ... who collaborated with Sir Richard Owen. References {{reflist 1800s in paleontology Paleontology ...
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1794 In Paleontology
Paleontologists * French paleontologist Jacques Amand Eudes-Deslongchamps is born.{{cite book, last = Farlow, first = James O., author2= M. K. Brett-Surmann, title = The Complete Dinosaur, publisher = Indiana University Press, year = 1999, location = Bloomington, Indiana, pages = 10, isbn = 0-253-21313-4 Animals * ''Ursus spelaeus The cave bear (''Ursus spelaeus'') is a prehistoric species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene and became extinct about 24,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum. Both the word "cave" and the scientific name ''sp ...'', the Cave Bear, is described. References 18th century in paleontology Paleontology ...
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1787 In Paleontology
Dinosaurs * A fossil bone recovered from Cretaceous strata at Woodbury, New Jersey is discussed by the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia.Dodson, Peter (1997). "American Dinosaurs." ''Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs''. Edited by Phillip J. Currie and Kevin Padian. Academic Press. p. 10-13. The remains were only retrospectively identified as dinosaurian, as dinosaurs would not be scientifically recognized as a distinct group of reptiles until Sir Richard Owen presented his treatise on British fossil reptiles to the British Association in August of 1841. References 18th century in paleontology Paleontology Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fos ...

1784 In Paleontology
Paleontologists * William Buckland, a polymath who was the first person to scientifically describe a dinosaur, is born. References 18th century in paleontology Paleontology Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ...

1778 In Paleontology
Squamata * Near Maastricht, the first Mosasaurus ''Mosasaurus'' (; "lizard of the Meuse River") is the type genus (defining example) of the mosasaurs, an extinct group of aquatic squamate reptiles. It lived from about 82 to 66 million years ago during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages o ... is discovered. References 18th century in paleontology Paleontology {{sci-hist-stub ...
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1776 In Paleontology
Dinosaurs * The French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ... naturalist Abbé Dicquemare discovers and briefly describes (without illustrating) large bones discovered in the Normandy Coast's Vaches Noires Cliffs. Paleontologist Philippe Taquet has suggested that these bones were probably dinosaurian. References 18th century in paleontology Paleontology {{sci-hist-stub ...
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