1909 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 1909.

Arthropods[edit]

Newly named insects[edit]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Etoptychoptera^[2]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Handlirsch	Ypresian	Allenby Formation	Canada British Columbia	An etoptychopterine phantom cranefly. Type species E. tertiaria.	Etoptychoptera tertiaria (1910 illustration)
Raphidia exhumata^[3]	Sp nov	jr synonym	Cockerell	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	USA Colorado	A raphidiid snakefly Moved to Megaraphidia exhumata in 2014^[4]	Megaraphidia exhumata
Protanyderus^[2]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Handlirsch	Jurassic		Mongolia	A tanyderine phantom cranefly.

Archosauromorphs[edit]

Newly named dinosaurs[edit]

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[5]

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Hierosaurus^[6]	Valid taxon	Wieland		Late Cretaceous (Coniacian-Santonian)	Niobrara Formation	United States ( Kansas)	A nodosaurid.

Plesiosaurs[edit]

New taxa[edit]

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Picrocleidus	Valid	Andrews	Callovian	Oxford Clay Formation	UK	A cryptoclidid.
Simolestes	Valid	Andrews	Callovian	Oxford Clay Formation	France India UK	A thalassophonean pliosaurid.	Simolestes
Tricleidus	Valid	Andrews	Callovian	Oxford Clay Formation	Norway UK	A cryptoclidid.

Synapsids[edit]

Non-mammalian[edit]

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Bauria	Valid	Robert Broom		Early Triassic	Cynognathus Assemblage Zone	South Africa	A bauriid theriodont.	Bauria

People[edit]

Death of Harry Govier Seeley, the paleontologist who invented the Saurischian/Ornithischian dinosaur dichotomy.^[7]

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 Handlirsh, A. (1909). "Zur Phylogenie und Flügelmorphologie der Ptychopteriden (Dipteren)". Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. 23: 263–272.
^ Cockerell, T. (1909). "Fossil insects from Florissant, Colorado". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 26: 67–77.
^ Makarkin, V.; Archibald, S. (2014). "A revision of the late Eocene snakeflies (Raphidioptera) of the Florissant Formation, Colorado, with special reference to the wing venation of the Raphidiomorpha". Zootaxa. 3784 (4): 401–444. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3784.4.4. PMID 24872063.
^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
^ Wieland. G. 1909. A new armored saurian from the Niobrara. Amer. J. Sci. (ser. 4) 27: pp. 250- 252.
^ Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 15. 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.

[Handlirsch1909-2] Handlirsh, A. (1909). "Zur Phylogenie und Flügelmorphologie der Ptychopteriden (Dipteren)". Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. 23: 263–272.

[Cockerell1909v26-3] Cockerell, T. (1909). "Fossil insects from Florissant, Colorado". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 26: 67–77.

[Raphidioptera2014-4] Makarkin, V.; Archibald, S. (2014). "A revision of the late Eocene snakeflies (Raphidioptera) of the Florissant Formation, Colorado, with special reference to the wing venation of the Raphidiomorpha". Zootaxa. 3784 (4): 401–444. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3784.4.4. PMID 24872063.

[ddinogeorge-5] Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.

[6] Wieland. G. 1909. A new armored saurian from the Niobrara. Amer. J. Sci. (ser. 4) 27: pp. 250- 252.

[7] Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 15. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.

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