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 1842.
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^ abMeyer, H. von. 1842. Notes on labyrinthodonts
and fossil reptiles, including a description of
Belodon plieningeri, new gen. and sp. Neues
Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geologie und
Palaontologie 1842, pp. 301-304.
