1919 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 1919.
Dinosaurs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list[2] and Dr. Jeremy Montague's dinosaur genus database.[3]
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Valid taxon. |
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late Kimmeridgian-Tithonian |
A dryosaurid. | |||||
Panoplosaurus[5] | Valid taxon |
middle-late Campanian |
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"Uintasaurus"[6] |
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late Kimmeridgian-Tithonian |
Junior synonym of Camarasaurus. |
Pterosaurs
New taxa
References
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