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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 1839.

Arthropods

Crustaceans

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Aeger^[2]	Gen. et. sp. nov.	Valid	Münster	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Solnhofen Limestone	Germany	An aegerid, type species is A. spinipes.
Antrimpos^[2]	Valid	Jr synonym	Münster	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Solnhofen Limestone	Germany	A penaeid, type species is A. speciosus.
Aura^[2]	Gen. et. sp. nov.	Valid	Münster	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Solnhofen Limestone	Germany	Type species is A. desmarestii, now a junior synonym of Eryma.
Blaculla^[2]	Gen. et. sp. nov.	Valid	Münster	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Solnhofen Limestone	Germany	Type species is B. nikoides.
Bolina^[2]	Gen. et. sp. nov.	Jr synonym	Münster	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Solnhofen Limestone	Germany	Type species is B. pustulosa, now a junior synonym of Pseudastacus pustulosus. The species B. angusta was also assigned, and is now a junior synonym of Stenochirus angustus.
Bombur^[2]	Gen. et. sp. nov.	Valid	Münster	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Solnhofen Limestone	Germany	A penaeid, type species is B. complicatus.
Brisa^[2]	Gen. et. sp. nov.	Jr synonym	Münster	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Solnhofen Limestone	Germany	Type species is B. lucida, now a junior synonym of Glyphea pseudoscyllarus.
Brome^[2]	Gen. et. sp. nov.	Valid	Münster	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Solnhofen Limestone	Germany	An indeterminate decapod, type species is B. ventrosa.
Bylgia^[2]	Gen. et. sp. nov.	Valid	Münster	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Solnhofen Limestone	Germany	A penaeid, type species is B. hexadon.
Cancrinos^[2]	Gen. et. sp. nov.	Valid	Münster	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Solnhofen Limestone	Germany	A cancrinid, type species is C. claviger.
Drobna^[2]	Gen. et. sp. nov.	Valid	Münster	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Solnhofen Limestone	Germany	A penaeid, type species is D. deformis.
Dusa^[2]	Gen. et. sp. nov.	Valid	Münster	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Solnhofen Limestone	Germany	A penaeid, type species is D. monocera.
Elder^[2]	Gen. et. sp. nov.	Valid	Münster	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Solnhofen Limestone	Germany	Type species is E. ungulatus.
Hefriga^[2]	Gen. et. sp. nov.	Valid	Münster	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Solnhofen Limestone	Germany	Type species is H. serrata.
Kolga^[2]	Gen. et. sp. nov.	Jr synonym	Münster	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Solnhofen Limestone	Germany	Type species is K. quindens, now a junior synonym of Antrimpos.
Magila^[2]	Gen. et. sp. nov.	Valid	Münster	Jurassic	Solnhofen Limestone	Germany	An axiid, type species is M. latimana.
Orphnea^[2]	Gen. et. comb. nov.	Jr synonym	Münster	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Solnhofen Limestone	Germany	Type species is O. pseudoscyllarus, now assigned to Glyphea.
Palinurina^[2]	Gen. et. sp. nov.	Valid	Münster	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Solnhofen Limestone	Germany	An palinurid, type species is P. longipes.
Rauna^[2]	Gen. et. sp. nov.	Valid	Münster	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Solnhofen Limestone	Germany	A penaeid, includes the species R. angusta.
Udora^[2]	Gen. et. sp. nov.	Valid	Münster	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Solnhofen Limestone	Germany	Type species is U. brevispina.

Archosaurs

Newly named pseudosuchians

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[3]

Name	Status	Authors		Notes
Ephoenosaurus	Nomen nudum	Anonymous		In addition to never being formally described, it may be a subjective synonym of the crocodilian Machimosaurus

Paleontologists

Birth of Harry Govier Seeley, the paleontologist who invented the Saurischian/Ornithischian dinosaur dichotomy.^[4]

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 ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Münster, Georg Herbert; Münster, Georg Herbert (1839). Beitraege zur Petrefacten-Kunde : mit XXX. nach der Natur gezeichneten tafeln. Bayreuth: in Commission der Buchner'schen Buchhandlung.
^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
^ Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 15. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.

[1] 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.

[:0-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Münster, Georg Herbert; Münster, Georg Herbert (1839). Beitraege zur Petrefacten-Kunde : mit XXX. nach der Natur gezeichneten tafeln. Bayreuth: in Commission der Buchner'schen Buchhandlung.

[ddinogeorge-3] Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.

[4] Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 15. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.

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