1899 in paleontology
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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 1899.
Anapsids
Turtles
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Acherontemys[2] | Gen et sp nov | valid | US | A Pan-Emydidae pond turtle. | ||||
Hadrianus schucherti[2] | Sp nov | Jr synonym | First described as a Hadrianus species. |
Archosauromorphs
Newly named birds
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Cruschedula[3] | gen et sp nov | Deseado Formation | described as a penguin now Aves incertae sedis |
Newly named dinosaurs
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov | Preoccupied. |
| Maastrichtian | Preoccupied by Othniel Charles Marsh, 1872. Renamed Telmatosaurus. | ||||
gen et sp nov | reassigned | Nopcsa | Maastrichtian | Reaasigned to Rhabdodon in 1915, then to Zalmoxes in 2003. |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Hay, O.P. (1899). "Descriptions of two new species of tortoises from the Tertiary of the United States". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 22 (1181): 21–24.
- ^ Simpson, G.G. (1946). "Fossil penguins" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 81.