1804 in paleontology

none 1804 paleontology science 1804 Mammals Georges Cuvier describes fossil from the Paris Basin. He determines that two particular taxa based on their fossils were similar to modern mammals such as tapirs, camels, or ruminants but otherwise were not close analogues. He names the perissodactyl Palaeotherium ("old beast") and the artiodactyl Anoplotherium ("unarmed beast").Cuvier Georges 1804 Sur les espèces d'animaux dont proviennent les os fossiles répandus dans la pierre à plâtre des environs de Paris Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris french 3 275–303 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51193#page/343/mode/1upChemla Karine Keller Evelyn Fox Belhoste Bruno 2017 Cultures without Culturalism: The Making of Scientific Knowledge Chapter 10: From Quarry to Paper. Cuvier’s Three Epistemological Cultures Duke University Press 250–277Wallace David Rains 2004 Beasts of Eden: Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other Enigmas of Mammal Evolution Chapter 1: Pachyderms in the Catacombs University of California Press 1–13 New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Palaeotherium Gen. nov. Valid Cuvier Late Eocene Paris Basin France Genus of equoid of the Palaeotheriidae, previously considered to be closely related to and resembling tapirs.200px Anoplotherium Gen. nov. Valid Cuvier Late Eocene Paris Basin France Genus of artiodactyl belonging to the Anoplotheriidae, endemic to western Europe.200px References Category:1800s in paleontology Paleontology