1883 in paleontology

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Paleontology or palaeontology (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 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 1883.

Expeditions, field work, and fossil discoveries

• Thomas Chesmer Weston, a fossil collector who had done fieldwork in Canada, lost specimens excavated in Alberta in a shipwreck. His specimens were being transported across Lake Superior on the Glenfinlas when the ship sank and took her cargo down with her.^[2]

Scientific advances

Vertebrate paleozoology

Plesiosaurs described in 1883
Name Status Authors Notes Luetkesaurus Valid Kiprijanoff

Prehistoric dinosaurs described in 1883
Name Status Authors Notes Craspedodon Valid Dollo Orthomerus Nomen dubium Harry Govier Seeley Possible subjective synonym of Telmatosaurus.

People

Awards and recognition

References

1. 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.
2. Spalding, D. A., 2001, Bones of contention: Charles H. Sternberg's lost world: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp. 481-503.