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
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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
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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
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Law and politics
[edit]Regulation of fossil collection, transport, or sale
[edit]Fossil-related crime
[edit]Official symbols
[edit]Protected areas
[edit]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
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Pseudoscience
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Popular culture
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[edit]Art
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[edit]Gaming
[edit]Literature
[edit]Philately
[edit]Television
[edit]See also
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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.