- Source: 1977 in paleontology
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. 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 1977.
Plants
= Ferns
== Conifers
== Angiosperms
=Invertebrates
= Mollusks
=Conodonts
Fish
Archosauriformes
= Non-avian dinosaurs
=Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
= Birds
== Pterodactyls
=Expeditions, field work, and fossil discoveries
Trexler found hadrosaur remains west of Choteau, Montana in strata of the Two Medicine Formation.
Popular culture
= Literature
=The Year of the Dinosaur Edwin H. Colbert and illustrated by his wife, Margaret was published. This story describes a year in the life of a "brontosaur" and was an attempt to educate the reader about prehistory through a fictional portrayal of it.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Wupih sirsik
- Soergelia mayfieldi
- Dryosaurus
- Procolophon
- Apogon
- Cynodontia
- Dolichorhynchops
- Siklid
- Antarktika
- Paus biru
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