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Overview of the events of 1884 in paleontology From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 1884.
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A scarab beetle preserved in quartz |
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Newly named pseudosuchians | ||||||||
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Como Bluff Morrison Formation |
A sphenosuchian crocodylomorph. |
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newly named non-avian dinosaurs | ||||||||
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A ceratosaurid ceratosaur |
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A Sauropod, type species D. mackesoni |
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Newly named non-mammalian synapsids | ||||||||
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Owen |
A tritylodontid, |
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Newly named plesiosaurs | ||||||||
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Valid | Gurich | |||||||
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