2018 in paleontology

List of years in paleontology (table)
In paleobotany
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
In arthropod paleontology
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
In paleoentomology
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
In paleomalacology
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
In paleoichthyology
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
In reptile paleontology
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
In archosaur paleontology
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
In mammal paleontology
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021

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 2018.

Extinct animals named in 2018
  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.