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.

Arthropods[edit]

Insects[edit]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Elephantomyia brevipalpa^[2]	comb. nov	Valid	(Loew) Osten-Sacken	Middle Eocene	Baltic amber	Germany Poland Russia	A Limoniid cranefly,	Elephantomyia brevipalpa
Elephantomyia longirostris^[2]	comb. nov	Valid	(Loew) Osten-Sacken	Middle Eocene	Baltic amber	Poland Russia	A Limoniid cranefly,	Elephantomyia longirostris
Elephantomyia pulchella^[2]	comb. nov	Valid	(Loew) Osten-Sacken	Middle Eocene	Baltic amber	Poland Russia	A Limoniid cranefly,	Elephantomyia pulchella

Dinosaurs[edit]

Name	Status	Authors	Location	Notes	Images
Cryptosaurus	Valid	Harry Govier Seeley	England
Gigantosaurus	Nomen dubium	Harry Govier Seeley	England
Hypselosaurus	Valid	Matheron	France
Hypsibema	Valid	Edward Drinker Cope	USA ( Missouri and North Carolina)
Hypsilophodon	Valid	Thomas Henry Huxley	UK	A small and agile ornithopod.	Hypsilophodon
Ornithotarsus	Nomen dubium	Edward Drinker Cope
Rhabdodon	Valid	Matheron	France Spain Romania	A dwarf relative of Iguanodon.	Rhabdodon

Plesiosaurs[edit]

New taxa[edit]

Name	Status	Authors	Location	Notes	Images
Crymocetus	Valid	Cope
Polycotylus	Valid	Cope	France ( Alabama, Kansas and Wyoming)	An advanced Short-Necked plesiosaur.	Polycotylus
Stereosaurus	Valid	Seeley

Pterosaurs[edit]

New taxa[edit]

Name	Status	Authors		Location	Notes	Images
Ornithocheirus	Valid	Seeley		DRC France Germany Portugal Russia UK	A Pterosaur with a pair of round crests on its beak, which probably served to keep its food from escaping.	Ornithocheirus
Ptenodactylus	Jr. synonym.				Jr. synonym of Pterodactylus.

Paleontologists[edit]

Death of German Paleontologist Christian Hermann Erich von Meyer.^[3]

References[edit]

^ 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 ^c Kania, I (2015). "Subfamily Limoniinae Speiser, 1909 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Baltic Amber (Eocene): The Genus Elephantomyia Osten Sacken, 1860". PLOS ONE. 10 (2): 1–25. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1017434K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117434. PMC 4338262. PMID 25706127.
^ Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 11. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.

[1] 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.

[Kania2015-2] Kania, I (2015). "Subfamily Limoniinae Speiser, 1909 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Baltic Amber (Eocene): The Genus Elephantomyia Osten Sacken, 1860". PLOS ONE. 10 (2): 1–25. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1017434K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117434. PMC 4338262. PMID 25706127.

[3] Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 11. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.

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