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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 1850.

Arthropods

Insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Toxorhina brevipalpa^[2]	Sp. nov	nomen nudum	Loew	Middle Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe	A Limoniid cranefly, jr syn of Elephantomyia brevipalpa	Elephantomyia brevipalpa
Toxorhina longirostris^[2]	Sp. nov	nomen nudum	Loew	Middle Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe	A Limoniid cranefly, jr syn of Elephantomyia longirostris	Elephantomyia longirostris
Toxorhina pulchella^[2]	Sp. nov	nomen nudum	Loew	Middle Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe	A Limoniid cranefly, jr syn of Elephantomyia pulchella	Elephantomyia pulchella

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Name	Status	Authors		Notes
Heterosaurus	Junior synonym	Cornuel		Junior subjective synonym of Iguanodon.
Pelorosaurus^[3]	Valid	Mantell

References

↑ 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.
1 2 3 Kania, I (2015). "Subfamily Limoniinae Speiser, 1909 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Baltic Amber (Eocene): The Genus Elephantomyia Osten Sacken, 1860". PLoS ONE. 10 (2): 1–25. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117434.
↑ Mantell, G A. 1850. On the Pelorosaurus an undescribed gigantic terrestrial reptile. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London 140: pp. 379-390.

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