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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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
A Pan-Emydidae pond turtle. |
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Hadrianus schucherti[2] |
Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
First described as a Hadrianus species. |
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Archosauromorphs
Newly named birds
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
Deseado Formation |
described as a penguin now Aves incertae sedis |
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Newly named dinosaurs
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
Preoccupied. |
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Maastrichtian |
Preoccupied by Othniel Charles Marsh, 1872. Renamed Telmatosaurus. |
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sp nov. |
reassigned |
Nopcsa |
Maastrichtian |
Reaasigned to Rhabdodon in 1915, then to Zalmoxes in 2003. |
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