Overview of the events of 1839 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. 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 1839.
Arthropods
Crustaceans
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Gen. et. sp. nov. |
Valid |
Münster |
An aegerid, type species is A. spinipes. |
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Valid |
Jr synonym |
Münster |
A penaeid, type species is A. speciosus. |
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Gen. et. sp. nov. |
Valid |
Münster |
Type species is A. desmarestii, now a junior synonym of Eryma. |
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Gen. et. sp. nov. |
Valid |
Münster |
Type species is B. nikoides. |
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Gen. et. sp. nov. |
Jr synonym |
Münster |
Type species is B. pustulosa, now a junior synonym of Pseudastacus pustulosus. The species B. angusta was also assigned, and is now a junior synonym of Stenochirus angustus. |
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Gen. et. sp. nov. |
Valid |
Münster |
A penaeid, type species is B. complicatus. |
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Gen. et. sp. nov. |
Jr synonym |
Münster |
Type species is B. lucida, now a junior synonym of Glyphea pseudoscyllarus. |
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Gen. et. sp. nov. |
Valid |
Münster |
An indeterminate decapod, type species is B. ventrosa. |
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Gen. et. sp. nov. |
Valid |
Münster |
A penaeid, type species is B. hexadon. |
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Gen. et. sp. nov. |
Valid |
Münster |
A cancrinid, type species is C. claviger. |
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Gen. et. sp. nov. |
Valid |
Münster |
A penaeid, type species is D. deformis. |
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Gen. et. sp. nov. |
Valid |
Münster |
A penaeid, type species is D. monocera. |
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Gen. et. sp. nov. |
Valid |
Münster |
Type species is E. ungulatus. |
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Gen. et. sp. nov. |
Valid |
Münster |
Type species is H. serrata. |
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Gen. et. sp. nov. |
Jr synonym |
Münster |
Type species is K. quindens, now a junior synonym of Antrimpos. |
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Gen. et. sp. nov. |
Valid |
Münster |
An axiid, type species is M. latimana. |
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Gen. et. comb. nov. |
Jr synonym |
Münster |
Type species is O. pseudoscyllarus, now assigned to Glyphea. |
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Gen. et. sp. nov. |
Valid |
Münster |
An palinurid, type species is P. longipes. |
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Gen. et. sp. nov. |
Valid |
Münster |
A penaeid, includes the species R. angusta. |
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Gen. et. sp. nov. |
Valid |
Münster |
Type species is U. brevispina. |
Archosaurs
Newly named pseudosuchians
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
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Paleontologists
- Birth of Harry Govier Seeley, the paleontologist who invented the Saurischian/Ornithischian dinosaur dichotomy.
References
- 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.
- ^ Münster, Georg Herbert; Münster, Georg Herbert (1839). Beitraege zur Petrefacten-Kunde : mit XXX. nach der Natur gezeichneten tafeln. Bayreuth: in Commission der Buchner'schen Buchhandlung.
- Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 15. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.