Theory Of Paleontology
Paleontology is mainly the study of fossils, but it is much more than most people think. Learning about dinosaurs, plants, and past events are three parts to a major branch in science. The people involved in this study, Paleontologists, are spread out across the world to help uncover mysteries about the past. Many paleontologists have theorized possible events that may have happened in the past. The mystery about the extinction of the dinosaurs is a world renown theory. The only way to find out if one of these theories are true we must study what is left by the the past with paleontology and other branches of science. Paleontology is divided into various sub disciplines each involved in something different than the others. Paleobotany is a
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The new group of dinosaurs that were discovered in this time were Megalosaurus, Iguanodon, and Hylaeosaurus. However, these animals were known only from fragmentary specimens, and it wasn’t until the dinosaur remains discovered in North America, that people started to get a clearer picture of what dinosaurs looked like.”It is generally accepted that the first discovery of dinosaur remains in North America was made in 1854 by Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden during his exploration of the upper Missouri River”("Early Dinosaur Discoveries in North America."). 4 years later a Philadelphia paleontologist, Joseph Leidy, had the honor of describing the first reasonably complete dinosaur known as, Hadrosaurus foulkii. This dinosaur was named after the person that discovered it, William Parker Foulke.”[The] Specimen was recovered during quarrying of a sand pit in Haddonfield, New Jersey”("Early Dinosaur Discoveries in North America"). Another discovery, of a complete fossil of a bird like creature called an archaeopteryx, was found at the limestone deposits of Solnhofen, Germany. Since the discovery of the archaeopteryx, transitional forms (such as the Sinosauropteryx) have been unearthed. However, none have had as profound an impact as this pigeon-sized dino-bird. Another major discovery was the uncovering of a diplodocus fossil in the late 18th century and early 19th century in Europe. This dinosaur belonged to relatively small ornithopods or slightly bigger
The new group of dinosaurs that were discovered in this time were Megalosaurus, Iguanodon, and Hylaeosaurus. However, these animals were known only from fragmentary specimens, and it wasn’t until the dinosaur remains discovered in North America, that people started to get a clearer picture of what dinosaurs looked like.”It is generally accepted that the first discovery of dinosaur remains in North America was made in 1854 by Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden during his exploration of the upper Missouri River”("Early Dinosaur Discoveries in North America."). 4 years later a Philadelphia paleontologist, Joseph Leidy, had the honor of describing the first reasonably complete dinosaur known as, Hadrosaurus foulkii. This dinosaur was named after the person that discovered it, William Parker Foulke.”[The] Specimen was recovered during quarrying of a sand pit in Haddonfield, New Jersey”("Early Dinosaur Discoveries in North America"). Another discovery, of a complete fossil of a bird like creature called an archaeopteryx, was found at the limestone deposits of Solnhofen, Germany. Since the discovery of the archaeopteryx, transitional forms (such as the Sinosauropteryx) have been unearthed. However, none have had as profound an impact as this pigeon-sized dino-bird. Another major discovery was the uncovering of a diplodocus fossil in the late 18th century and early 19th century in Europe. This dinosaur belonged to relatively small ornithopods or slightly bigger