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 1926.
Algae
Bacillariophyceae
Plants
Mosses
Lycopods
Conifers
Angiosperms
Monocots
Basal eudicots
Superasterids - basal
Superrosids - Fabids
Superrosids - Malvids
Angiosperms - other
Conodonts
Amphibians
Newly named basal diapsids
Dinosaurs
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
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