1838 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 1838.
Plesiosaurs
New taxa
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Valid |
Meyer |
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Valid |
von Meyer |
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Synapsids
Non-mammalian
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Kutorga |
A member of Dinocephalia. |
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Nomen dubium |
Kutorga |
Late Permian |
A member of Dinocephalia. | ||||
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Valid |
Kutorga |
A member of Dinocephalia. | |||||
Fishs
Sharks
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Carcharodon subauriculatus |
Agassiz, 1838 |
A chimeric shark, junior synonym of Otodus chubutensis and O. megalodon. |
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Valid |
Australia, North America, South America, Europe and Portugal. |
Possible synonym of Carcharodon hastalis. |
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Valid |
An extinct shark. |