1918 in paleontology
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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 1918.
Expeditions, field work, and fossil discoveries[edit]
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Institutions and organizations[edit]
Natural history museums[edit]
Scientific organizations[edit]
Scientific advances[edit]
Paleoanthropology[edit]
Paleobotany[edit]
Evolutionary biology[edit]
Exopaleontology[edit]
Extinction research[edit]
Micropaleontology[edit]
Invertebrate paleozoology[edit]
Trace fossils[edit]
Vertebrate paleozoology[edit]
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Haughton | 255 Millions of years ago | ||||||
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Haughton | 254 Millions of years ago | ||||||
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[2]
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| "Leipsanosaurus"[3] |
Disputed. |
early Campanian |
Possible junior synonym of Struthiosaurus. | |||||
| Notoceratops[4] |
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Originally classified as a ceratopsian. |
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Research techniques[edit]
Fossil trade[edit]
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Law and politics[edit]
Regulation of fossil collection, transport, or sale[edit]
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Ethics and practice[edit]
Hoaxes[edit]
Scandals[edit]
Unethical practice[edit]
People[edit]
Births[edit]
Awards and recognition[edit]
Deaths[edit]
Historiography and anthropology of paleontology[edit]
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Pseudoscience[edit]
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Popular culture[edit]
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Gaming[edit]
Literature[edit]
Philately[edit]
Television[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Nopcsa, F. 1918. Leipsanosaurus n. gen. ein neuer Thyreophore aur der Gosau. Foldt Kozl. 48: pp. 324-328.
- ^ Tapia, A. 1919. Una mandibula de dinosaurio procedente de Patagonia. Rev. Soc. Arg. Cienc. Nat. Vil. 4: pp. 369-370.