1852 in paleontology
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Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") 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 mankind has 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 1852.
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Expeditions, field work, and fossil discoveries
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Institutions and organizations
Natural history museums
Scientific organizations
Scientific advances
Paleoanthropology
Paleobotany
Evolutionary biology
Exopaleontology
Extinction research
Micropaleontology
Invertebrate paleozoology
Trace fossils
Vertebrate paleozoology
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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| Aepisaurus[2] | Nomen dubium | Gervais | Early Cretaceous (Albian) |  France |
A possible camarasaurid. |
File:Aepisaurus.JPG
Aepisaurus limb bone.
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| Nomen dubium | Gervais | Early Cretaceous (Barremian) | Wessex Formation |  England |
A sauropod of unknown affinities. | |||
| Name | Status | Authors | Notes | |
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| Brachytrachelus | Preoccupied. | Geibel | preoccupied name; now known as Scaphognathus | |
| Ctenochasma | Valid | von Meyer | ||
| Macrotrachelus | Jr. synonym. | Giebel | Jr. synonym of Pterodactylus. | |
Research techniques
Fossil trade
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Law and politics
Regulation of fossil collection, transport, or sale
Official symbols
Protected areas
Ethics and practice
Hoaxes
Scandals
Unethical practice
People
Births
Awards and recognition
Deaths
- Gideon Algernon Mantell died.
Historiography and anthropology of paleontology
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Pseudoscience
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Popular culture
Amusement parks and attractions
Art
Comics
Literature
- Bleak House by Charles Dickens was published. The story told by this novel is unrelated to paleontology, but it does briefly mention a Megalosaurus, which happened to be the first reference made to dinosaurs in fiction.[3]
Philately
See also
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References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gervais, P. 1852. Zoologie et paleontology francaise (animauz vertebras): Paris v. 1, iv + 271 (text), v. 2, explanation of plates, v. 3, Plates;
- ↑ Sarjeant, W. A. S., 2001, Dinosaurs in fiction: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp. 504-529.
