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In science: 1864; 1865; 1866; 1867; 1868; 1869; 1870

Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (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 mankind has 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 1867.

Arthropods

Insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Hypoclinea haueri^[2]	Sp nov	Synonym	Mayr	Burdigalian	Radoboj	Croatia	A dolichoderine ant. synonym of Emplastus haueri
Liometopum antiquum^[2]	Sp nov	Synonym	Mayr	Burdigalian	Radoboj	Croatia	A dolichoderine ant. synonym of Emplastus antiquus

Archosauromorphs

Newly named dinosaurs

Name	Status	Authors		Notes
Acanthopholis	Nomen dubium	Thomas Henry Huxley
Orosaurus	Jr. synonym	Thomas Henry Huxley		Junior subjective synonym of Euskelosaurus.

Paleontologists

Death of pioneering French paleontologist Jacques Amand Eudes-Deslongchamps.^[3]

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 Dlussky, G.M.; Putyatina, T.S. (2014). "Early Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Radoboj, Croatia". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 272 (3): 237–285. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0409.
↑ Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 10. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.

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