Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoriclife 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 1826.
In a brief description of a fossil reptile from the "iron sands" of England, Nöggerath mentions that Mantell has named the taxon Hikanodon,[2] creating an invalid junior objective synonym of Iguanodon named the year earlier.[3][4]
^Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC46769716.
^ abNöggerath, J. (1826). Cuvier's Ansichten von der Urwelt: nach der zweiten Originalausgabe verdeutscht und mit Anmerkungen begleitet. Vol. 2. Bonn: Edward Weber. p. 18.
^ abcvon Ritgen, F. A. (1826). "Versuchte Herstellung einiger Becken urweltlichter Thiere". Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum. 13: 331–358.
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