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            List of years in paleontology       (table)
 1847 .  1848 .  1849 .  1850  . 1851  . 1852  . 1853 
1854 1855 1856 -1857- 1858 1859 1860
 1861 .  1862 .  1863 .  1864  . 1865  . 1866  . 1867 

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. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, 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 in the year 1857.

Dinosaurs[]

Newly named dinosaurs[]

Name Status Authors Notes

Stenopelix[1]

Valid

von Meyer

Paleontologists[]

  • Birth of William Diller Matthew.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Meyer, H. von. 1857. Beitrage zur naheren Kenntnis fossiler Reptilien. N. Jb. Mineral. Geol. Palaeontol. (1857): pp. 532-543.
  2. ^ Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. pp. 17. ISBN 0-253-21313-4. 
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