1969 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 1969.
Angiosperms
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Comb nov |
jr synonym |
Ione Formation |
A dicot of uncertain affinity. |
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Molluscs
Bivalves
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Fam nov |
Valid |
McAlester |
extinct family of Nuculoidea bivalves |
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Fish
Actinopterygii
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Le Danois |
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Conodonts
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. nov |
Valid |
351 Millions of years ago. | |||||
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Gen nov |
Valid |
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Archosauromorphs
Crurotarsans
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
valid |
Ornithosuchid archosaur. originally misidentified as a dinosaur |
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Non-avian dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[8]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
An American dromeosaur, that has a name that means: Terrible Claw . |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid. |
A sauropod. |
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gen et sp nov |
Junior synonym of Riojasaurus. |
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gen et sp nov |
Preoccupied name. |
Raath |
Preoccupied by Syntarsus Fairmaire, 1869. Renamed Megapnosaurus. |
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Birds
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Early Miocene |
A Phasianidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Ballmann |
Middle Miocene |
An Accipitridae. |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
jr synonym |
Ballmann |
Early Miocene |
A Lybiidae, jr syn of Trachyphonus europeus.[13] |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Miocene |
A Diomedeidae. |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cracraft |
Early Eocene |
A Geranoididae, type sp. E. campivagus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cracraft |
Middle Eocene |
A Geranoididae type sp. G. aenigma |
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Sp. nov. |
jr synonym |
Ballmann |
Middle Miocene (MN 8) |
A Musophagidae |
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Sp. nov. |
jr synonym |
Ballmann |
Early Miocene |
A Strigidae, |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cracraft & Morony |
Early Pliocene |
A Picidae, type sp P. shorti |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cracraft |
Early Eocene |
Willwood Formation |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Pliocene |
An Anatidae, type sp P. plattensis |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cracraft |
Early Eocene |
Willwood Formation |
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Gen et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Early Miocene |
A Plotopteridae, type sp P. joaquinensis |
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Sp. nov. |
jr synonym |
Howard & Warter |
Late Pliocene |
A Pseudodontornithidae |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Pleistocene |
A Strigidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Ballmann |
Early Miocene |
A Strigidae, |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Ballmann |
Early Miocene |
A Cracidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Early Pliocene - Early Pleistocene |
A Phasianidae. |
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|
Sp. nov. |
jr synonym |
Brodkorb |
Late Pliocene |
A Columbidae, transferred to Zenaida prior. |
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Gen et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Ballmann |
Middle Miocene |
A Zygodactylidae |
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Pterosaurs
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Colbert |
family placement uncertain |
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