page_title: 1860 in paleontology
section_title: Insects
hierarchical_section_title: 1860 in paleontology / Arthropods / Insects
caption_attribution_description: English: Morphology of Elephantomyia (E.) pulchella, No. 1195–5 (male): A. body, latero-ventral view
context_page_description: 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, burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces, 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.
caption: Elephantomyia pulchella
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