Editing 1828 in science (section)

==Paleontology==
* January 7 – Rev. [[Henry Duncan (minister)|Henry Duncan]] describes his discovery of the fossil footmarks of quadrupeds (''[[Chelichnus|Chelichnus duncani]]'') in [[Permian]] red sandstone in south west [[Scotland]], the first scientific report of a fossil track.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Henry|last=Duncan|title=An Account of the Tracks and Footmarks of Animals found impressed on Sandstone in the Quarry of Cornockle Muir in Dumfriesshire|journal= Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|volume=11|issue=1|date=January 1828|pages=194–209|doi=10.1017/S0080456800021906|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kKNbAAAAcAAJ&q=Transactions+%22Royal+Society+of+Edinburgh%22+1828+duncan+tracks&pg=PA194|accessdate=April 17, 2016}} Published 1831.</ref>
* December – [[Mary Anning]] discovers Britain's first [[pterosaur]] fossil at [[Lyme Regis]] on the [[Jurassic Coast]] of England.
* [[Adolphe Theodore Brongniart]] publishes ''Prodrome d'une histoire des Végétaux Fossils'', a study of [[fossil]] plants.