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

Insects

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

Dinosaurs

Name	Status	Authors
Cryptosaurus	Valid	Harry Govier Seeley
Gigantosaurus	Nomen dubium	Harry Govier Seeley
Hypselosaurus	Valid	Matheron
Hypsibema	Nomen dubium	Edward Drinker Cope
Hypsilophodon	Valid	Thomas Henry Huxley
Ornithotarsus	Nomen dubium	Edward Drinker Cope
Rhabdodon	Valid	Matheron

Hypsilophodon.

Rhabdodon.

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Name	Status	Authors
Crymocetus	Valid	Cope
Polycotylus	Valid	Cope
Stereosaurus	Valid	Seeley

Pterosaurs

New taxa

Name	Status	Authors		Notes
Ornithocheirus	Valid	Seeley
Ptenodactylus	Valid	Jr. synonym.		Jr. synonym of Pterodactylus.

Paleontologists

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

References

^ 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. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117434.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
^ 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. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117434.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

[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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