1869 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 1869.

Insects

New taxa

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Elephantomyia brevipalpa[2]

comb. nov

Valid

(Loew) Osten-Sacken

Middle Eocene

Baltic amber

A Limoniid cranefly,
Elephantomyia brevipalpa

Elephantomyia longirostris[2]

comb. nov

Valid

(Loew) Osten-Sacken

Middle Eocene

Baltic amber

A Limoniid cranefly,
Elephantomyia longirostris

Elephantomyia pulchella[2]

comb. nov

Valid

(Loew) Osten-Sacken

Middle Eocene

Baltic amber

A Limoniid cranefly,
Elephantomyia pulchella
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Reptiles

Turtles

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Rhinochelys[3] Gen. nov. Valid Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England A new genus for Chelone pulchriceps Owen, 1851.
"Rhinochelys mastocephalus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of turtle.
"Rhinochelys eurycephalus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of turtle.
"Rhinochelys stenicephalus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of turtle.
"Rhinochelys cardiocephalus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of turtle.
"Rhinochelys sphenicephalus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of turtle.
"Rhinochelys dayi"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of turtle.
"Rhinochelys platyrhinus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of turtle.
"Rhinochelys rheporhinus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of turtle.
"Rhinochelys graptocephalus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of turtle.
"Rhinochelys dacognathus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of turtle.
"Rhinochelys colognathus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of turtle.
"Rhinochelys dimerognathus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of turtle.
"Rhinochelys gryphus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of turtle.
"Rhinochelys platycephalus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of turtle.
"Rhinochelys leptognathus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of turtle.
"Emys sphenognathus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of Emys.
Trachydermochelys phlyctaenus[3] Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England
"Testudo cantabrigiensis"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of Testudo.
Pleurosternon sedgwicki[3] Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Berriasian Purbeck Group England A species of Pleurosternon.
Pleurosternon vansittarti[3] Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Berriasian Purbeck Group England A species of Pleurosternon.
Pleurosternon oweni[3] Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Berriasian Purbeck Group England A species of Pleurosternon.
Pleurosternon typocardium[3] Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Berriasian Purbeck Group England A species of Pleurosternon.
Enaliochelys chelonia[3] Gen. et sp. nov. Jr. synonym Seeley Kimmeridgian Kimmeridge Clay Formation England Synonym of Achelonia.
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Crocodylomorphs

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"Crocodilus cantabrigiensis"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of Crocodilus.
"Dakosaurus lissocephalus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Kimmeridgian Kimmeridge Clay Formation England An informal species of Dakosaurus.
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Dinosaurs

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"Cryptosaurus eumerus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Oxfordian Oxford Clay Formation England An informal designation for an informal species of dinosaur known from a femur. Named in 1875.
Gigantosaurus megalonyx[3] Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Kimmeridgian Kimmeridge Clay Formation England A possible chimaera of non-ichthyosaur, plesiosaur, crocodilian, or turtle remains.
Hypselosaurus priscus[4] Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Matheron Maastrichtian Grès à Reptiles France Originally believed to be a crocodilian, now a sauropod.
Hypsibema crassicauda[5] Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Cope Campanian Tar Heel Formation North Carolina
Hypsilophodon foxii[6] Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Huxley Barremian Wessex Formation England A small and agile ornithopod.
Ornithotarsus immanis[7] Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Cope Campanian Merchantville Formation New Jersey A hadrosaurid.
Rhabdodon priscus[4] Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Matheron Maastrichtian Grès à Reptiles France A dwarf relative of Iguanodon.
"Acanthopholis platypus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of Acanthopholis.
"Acanthopholis macrocercus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of Acanthopholis.
"Acanthopholis stereocercus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of Acanthopholis.
"Macrurosaurus semnus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal genus and informal species of dinosaur.
"Iguanodon phillipsi"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Barremian Wealden Group England An informal species of Iguanodon. Later named Priodontognathus.
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Birds

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"Enaliornis barretti"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal genus and informal species of bird.
"Enaliornis sedgwicki"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of bird.
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Pterosaurs

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Ornithocheirus[3] Gen. nov. Valid Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England A new genus name for multiple species including Pterodactylus simus Owen, 1861.
"Ornithocheirus carteri"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of pterosaur.
"Ornithocheirus platyrhinus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of pterosaur.
"Ptenodactylus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal designation for multiple informal species of pterosaur including Pterodactylus sedgwicki Owen, 1859.
"Ptenodactylus oweni"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of pterosaur.
"Ptenodactylus polyodon"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of pterosaur.
"Ptenodactylus microdon"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of pterosaur.
"Ptenodactylus scaphorhynchus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of pterosaur.
"Ptenodactylus macrorhinus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of pterosaur.
"Ptenodactylus brachyrhinus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of pterosaur.
"Ptenodactylus crassidens"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of pterosaur.
"Ptenodactylus dentatus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of pterosaur.
"Ptenodactylus nasutus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of pterosaur.
"Ptenodactylus tenuirostris"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of pterosaur.
"Ptenodactylus capito"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of pterosaur.
"Ptenodactylus eurygnathus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of pterosaur.
"Ptenodactylus machaerorhynchus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of pterosaur.
"Ptenodactylus platystomus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of pterosaur.
"Ptenodactylus enchorhynchus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of pterosaur.
"Ptenodactylus colorhinus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of pterosaur.
"Ptenodactylus oxyrhinus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of pterosaur.
Pterodactylus macrurus[3] Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Berriasian Purbeck Group England A species of Pterodactylus.
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Ichthyosaurs

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"Ichthyosaurus angustidens"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Cenomanian Chalk Group England An informal species of Ichthyosaurus.
"Ichthyosaurus walkeri"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of Ichthyosaurus.
"Ichthyosaurus doughtyi"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of Ichthyosaurus.
"Ichthyosaurus bonneyi"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of Ichthyosaurus.
"Ichthyosaurus platymerus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of Ichthyosaurus.
"Ichthyosaurus chalarodeirus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Kimmeridgian Kimmeridge Clay Formation England An informal species of Ichthyosaurus.
"Ichthyosaurus hygrodeirus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Kimmeridgian Kimmeridge Clay Formation England An informal species of Ichthyosaurus.
Ichthyosaurus megalodeirus[3] Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Oxfordian Oxford Clay Formation England A species of Ichthyosaurus.
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Plesiosaurs

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Crymocetus Valid Cope
Polycotylus Valid Cope An advanced Short-Necked plesiosaur.
Polycotylus
"Plesiosaurus ichthyospondylus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of Plesiosaurus.
"Plesiosaurus cycnodeirus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of Plesiosaurus.
"Plesiosaurus microdeirus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of Plesiosaurus.
"Plesiosaurus euryspondylus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of Plesiosaurus.
"Plesiosaurus platydeirus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of Plesiosaurus.
"Plesiosaurus ophiodeirus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of Plesiosaurus.
"Plesiosaurus paecilospondylus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of Plesiosaurus.
"Stereosaurus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal genus for species including Polyptychodon interruptus.
"Stereosaurus platyomus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of plesiosaur.
"Stereosaurus cratynotus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of plesiosaur.
"Stereosaurus stenomus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England An informal species of plesiosaur.
"Plesiosaurus megadeirus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Kimmeridgian Kimmeridge Clay Formation England An informal species of Plesiosaurus.
"Plesiosaurus sterrodeirus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Kimmeridgian Kimmeridge Clay Formation England An informal species of Plesiosaurus.
"Pliosaurus evansi"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Oxfordian Oxford Clay Formation England An informal species of Pliosaurus.
"Pliosaurus pachydeirus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Oxfordian Oxford Clay Formation England An informal species of Pliosaurus.
"Plesiosaurus philarchus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Oxfordian Oxford Clay Formation England An informal species of Plesiosaurus.
"Steneosaurus dasycephalus"[3] Invalid Nomen nudum Seeley Oxfordian Oxford Clay Formation England An informal species of plesiosaur.
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Paleontologists

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