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 1889.
Dinosaurs
Plesiosaurs
New taxa
Xiphosurans
Newly named xiphosurans
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.
- ^ a b c d e f Marsh, O.C. (1889). "Notice of new American Dinosauria". The American Journal of Science and Arts. Series 3. 38: 331–336.
- ^ a b c d e Marsh, O.C. (1889). "Notice of gigantic horned Dinosauria from the Cretaceous". The American Journal of Science. Third Series. 38 (224): 173–175.
- ^ a b c Cope, E.D. (1889). "The horned Dinosauria of the Laramie". The American Naturalist. 23 (272): 715–717.
- ^ Cope, E.D. (1889). "Notes on the Dinosauria of the Laramie". The American Naturalist. 23: 904–906.