1832 in paleontology

Template:Short description Template:Year nav topic 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 Template:Show by date published in the year 1832.

Dinosaurs

Taxon	Novelty	Status	Author(s)	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Iguanodon mantelli	Sp. nov.	Jr. synonym	von Meyer^[2]	Barremian	Tilgate Forest	File:Flag of England.svg England	A species for Iguanodon, which had already been given by Holl in 1829 as I. anglicus.	File:Mantell's Iguanodon teeth.jpg

Taxon	Novelty	Status	Author(s)	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Pterodactylus bucklandi^[2]	Sp. nov.	Nomen dubium	von Meyer	Bathonian	Stonesfield Slate	File:Flag of England.svg England	While von Meyer reported the locality as Stonesfield, these fossils are likely misrepresented and originally came from Solnhofen limestone.^[3]
"Ornithocephalus giganteus"^[2]		Nomen nudum	von Meyer	Kimmeridgian	Solnhofen limestone	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	Meyer attributes the name to Sommerring, 1820,^[2] while Wellnhofer attributes the name to Oken, 1819.^[4] Neither Sommerring nor Oken used the name.^[5]^[6]

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