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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

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Insects

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Elephantomyia brevipalpa[2]

comb. nov

Valid

(Loew) Osten-Sacken

Middle Eocene

Baltic amber

A Limoniid cranefly,

Elephantomyia brevipalpa

Elephantomyia longirostris[2]

comb. nov

Valid

(Loew) Osten-Sacken

Middle Eocene

Baltic amber

A Limoniid cranefly,

Elephantomyia longirostris

Elephantomyia pulchella[2]

comb. nov

Valid

(Loew) Osten-Sacken

Middle Eocene

Baltic amber

A Limoniid cranefly,

Elephantomyia pulchella

Dinosaurs

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Name Status Authors Location Notes Images

Cryptosaurus

Valid

Harry Govier Seeley

Gigantosaurus

Nomen dubium

Harry Govier Seeley

Hypselosaurus

Valid

Matheron

Hypsibema

Valid

Edward Drinker Cope

Hypsilophodon

Valid

Thomas Henry Huxley

A small and agile ornithopod.
Hypsilophodon

Ornithotarsus

Nomen dubium

Edward Drinker Cope

Rhabdodon

Valid

Matheron

A dwarf relative of Iguanodon.
Rhabdodon

Plesiosaurs

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New taxa

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Name Status Authors Location Notes Images

Crymocetus

Valid

Cope

Polycotylus

Valid

Cope

An advanced Short-Necked plesiosaur.
Polycotylus

Stereosaurus

Valid

Seeley

Pterosaurs

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New taxa

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Name Status Authors Location Notes Images

Ornithocheirus

Valid

Seeley

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

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References

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  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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 11. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.