title: 1825 in paleontology
text: # 1825 in paleontology
  
  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 1825.
  
  ## Dinosaurs
  
  ### Newly named dinosaurs
  
  Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
  
  | Name | Novelty | Status | Author(s) | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Iguanodon | Gen. nov. | Valid | Gideon Algernon Mantell | Barremian, 126–125 mya | Wessex Formation, Bernissart, Calizas de La Huergina Formation, Arcillas de Morella Formation | England, Belgium, Spain, France, | In a presentation to the Royal Society of London, Mantell reports his conclusion that the newly named Iguanodon is a new giant herbivorous reptile. | |
  
  ### Newly named birds
  
  | Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Larus toliapicus | Sp. nov | Valid | Koenig | Early Eocene (Ypresian) | London Clay Formation | England | Described as a genus of Laridae, but transferred to a new genus Halcyornis Owen, 1846, and placed in the new family Halcyornithidae Harrison et Walker, 1972, This family was placed in synonymy with the family Pseudasturidae Mayr, 1998, by Mayr, 2009, stem Psittaciformes. This is the type species of the genus Halcyornis. | |
  