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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 1969.

Paleozoology

Molluscs

New bivalves

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Praenuculidae	Fam nov	Valid	McAlester	Ordovician - Devonian			extinct family of Nuculoidea bivalves

Conodont paleozoology

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Protognathodus	Gen. nov	Valid	Willi Ziegler
Patrognathus^[2]	Gen nov	Valid	Rhodes, Austin & Druce	Carboniferous

Vertebrate paleozoology

Fish

New Actinopterygii ("ray-finned fish")

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Proaracana	gen et sp nov	Valid	Le Danois	Eocene	Monte Bolca	Italy		Proaracana dubia

Archosauromorphs

Newly named crurotarsans

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Riojasuchus^[3]	gen et sp nov	valid	Bonaparte	Late Triassic		Argentina	Ornithosuchid archosaur. originally misidentified as a dinosaur	Riojasuchus tenuiceps

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[4]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Deinonychus^[5]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Ostrom	Early Cretaceous	Cloverly Formation	USA		Deinonychus antirrhopus
"Strenusaurus"^[3]	gen et sp nov	Junior synonym.	Bonaparte	Triassic		Argentina	Junior synonym of Riojasaurus.
"Syntarsus"^[6]	gen et sp nov	Preoccupied name.	Raath	Early Jurassic		Zimbabwe	Preoccupied by Syntarsus Fairmaire, 1869. Renamed Megapnosaurus, now a junior synonym of Coelophysis.	Coelophysis rhodesiensis

Newly named birds

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Alectoris bavarica ^[7]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Ballmann	Early Miocene		Germany	A Phasianidae.
Buteo pusillus ^[8]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Ballmann	Middle Miocene		France	An Accipitridae.
Capitonides ^[7]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	jr synonym	Ballmann	Early Miocene		Germany	A Lybiidae, jr syn of Trachyphonus europeus.^[9]
Diomedea thyridata ^[10]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Wilkinson	Late Miocene	Black Rock Sandstone	Australia	A Diomedeidae.
Eogeranoides ^[11]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Cracraft	Early Eocene	Willwood Formation	USA	A Geranoididae, type sp. E. campivagus.
Geranodornis ^[11]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Cracraft	Middle Eocene	Bridger Formation	USA	A Geranoididae type sp. G. aenigma
Musophaga meini ^[8]	Sp. nov.	jr synonym	Ballmann	Middle Miocene	MN 8	France	A Musophagidae jr syn of Veflintornis meini^[12]
Otus wintershofensis ^[7]	Sp. nov.	jr synonym	Ballmann	Early Miocene		Germany	A Strigidae, transferred Strix wintershofensis.^[9]
Palaeonerpes ^[13]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Cracraft & Morony	Early Pliocene	Valentine Formation	USA	A Picidae, type sp P. shorti
Palaeophasianus incompletus ^[11]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Cracraft	Early Eocene	Willwood Formation	USA	A Geranoididae
Paracygnus ^[14]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Short	Late Pliocene	Kimbal Formation	USA	An Anatidae, type sp P. plattensis
Paragrus shufeldti ^[11]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Cracraft	Early Eocene	Willwood Formation	USA	A Geranoididae
Plotopterum ^[15]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Howard	Early Miocene	Upper Walker Formation	USA	A Plotopteridae, type sp P. joaquinensis
Pseudodontornis stirtoni ^[16]	Sp. nov.	jr synonym	Howard & Warter	Late Pliocene		New Zealand	A Pseudodontornithidae transferred to Neodontornis stirtoni^[17]
Pulsatrix arredondoi ^[18]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Pleistocene	Caverna Paredones	Cuba	A Strigidae.
Strix brevis ^[7]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Ballmann	Early Miocene		Germany	A Strigidae, transferred to Intulula brevis.^[9]
Taoperdix miocaena ^[7]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Ballmann	Early Miocene		Germany	A Cracidae.
Tetrao praeurogallus ^[19]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Dénes Jánossy	Early Pliocene - Early Pleistocene		Bulgaria	A Phasianidae.
Zenaidura prior ^[20]	Sp. nov.	jr synonym	Brodkorb	Late Pliocene	Rexroad Formation	USA	A Columbidae, transferred to Zenaida prior.
Zygodactylus ^[8]	Gen et Sp. nov.	Valid	Ballmann	Middle Miocene		France Germany	A Zygodactylidae two sp Z. grivensis & Z. ignotus.

New Pterosaurs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Nesodactylus	gen et sp nov	Valid	Colbert	Late Jurassic	Jagua Formation	Cuba	family placement uncertain

Paleontologists

Death of Friedrich von Huene, the well known German paleontologist.^[21]

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.
^ British Avonian (Carboniferous) conodont faunas, and their value in local and intercontinental correlation. FHT Rhodes, RL Austin, EC Druce - 1969 - British Museum (Natural History)
^ ^a ^b Bonaparte, J.F. 1969. Dos nuevas "faunas" de reptiles Triasicos de Argentina. I Gondwana Symp. (IVGAS, 1967), Mar del Plata Ciencias Tierra 2: pp. 283-306
^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
^ Ostrom, J. H. 1969. A new theropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Montana. Postilia 128: pp. 1-17.
^ Raath, M.A. 1969. A new coelurosaurian dinosaur from the Forest Sandstone of Rhodesia. Arnoldia Rhodesia. 4 (28): pp. 1-25.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Ballmann, P (1969). "Die Vögel aus der Altburdigalen Spaltenfüllung von Wintershof (West) bei Eichstätt in Bayern" (PDF). Zitteliana. 1: 5–60.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ballmann, P (1969). "Les Oiseaux Miocènes de la Grive-Saint-Alban (Isère)". Géobios. 2: 157–204. doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(69)80005-7.
^ ^a ^b ^c Mlíkovský, J (2002). "Cenozoic Birds of the World Part 1: Europe" (PDF). Praha Ninox Press, 2002: 1–407.
^ Wilkinson, HE (1969). "Descriptions of an Upper Miocene albatross from Beaumaris, Victoria, Australia, and a review of the fossil Diomedeidae" (PDF). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria. 29: 41–51.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cracraft, J (1969). "Systematics and evolution of the Gruiformes (Class, Aves) 1. The Eocene family Geranoididae and the early history of the Gruiformes" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 2388: 1–41.
^ Brodkorb, P (1971). "Catalogue of Fossil Birds. Part 4 (Columbiformes through Piciformes)" (PDF). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences. 15: 163–266.
^ Cracraft, J; Morony, JJ jr. (1969). "A new pliocene woodpecker, with comments on the fossil Picidae" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 2400: 1–41.
^ Short, LL jr. (1969). "A new genus and species of goose like swan from the Pliocene of Nebraska" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 2369: 1–7.
^ Howard, H (1969). "A new avian fossil from Kern County, California" (PDF). Condor. 71 (1): 68–69. doi:10.2307/1366050.
^ Howard, H; Warter, SL (1969). "A new species of bony-toothed bird (Family Pseudodontornithidae) from the Tertiary of New Zealand". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 8: 345–357.
^ Harrison, CJO; Walker, CA (1976). "A review of the bony-toothed birds (Odontopterygiformes): with the description of some new species". Tertiary Research Special Papers. 2: 1–72.
^ Brodkorb, P (1969). "An extinct Pleistocene owl from Cuba" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 31 (2): 112–114.
^ Jánossy, D (1969). "Die Mittelpleistozäne Vogelfauna der Stránská Skála". Anthropos, Studia Musei Moraviae (N.S.), Brno. 20 (12): 35–64.
^ Brodkorb, P (1969). "An ancestral mourning dove from Rexroad, Kansas" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 31 (3): 173–176.
^ Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 17. 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.

[2] British Avonian (Carboniferous) conodont faunas, and their value in local and intercontinental correlation. FHT Rhodes, RL Austin, EC Druce - 1969 - British Museum (Natural History)

[bonaparte69nuevas-3] Bonaparte, J.F. 1969. Dos nuevas "faunas" de reptiles Triasicos de Argentina. I Gondwana Symp. (IVGAS, 1967), Mar del Plata Ciencias Tierra 2: pp. 283-306

[ddinogeorge-4] Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.

[5] Ostrom, J. H. 1969. A new theropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Montana. Postilia 128: pp. 1-17.

[6] Raath, M.A. 1969. A new coelurosaurian dinosaur from the Forest Sandstone of Rhodesia. Arnoldia Rhodesia. 4 (28): pp. 1-25.

[Ballmann1969A-7] Ballmann, P (1969). "Die Vögel aus der Altburdigalen Spaltenfüllung von Wintershof (West) bei Eichstätt in Bayern" (PDF). Zitteliana. 1: 5–60.

[Ballmann1969B-8] Ballmann, P (1969). "Les Oiseaux Miocènes de la Grive-Saint-Alban (Isère)". Géobios. 2: 157–204. doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(69)80005-7.

[Mlíkovský2002-9] Mlíkovský, J (2002). "Cenozoic Birds of the World Part 1: Europe" (PDF). Praha Ninox Press, 2002: 1–407.

[Wilkinson1969-10] Wilkinson, HE (1969). "Descriptions of an Upper Miocene albatross from Beaumaris, Victoria, Australia, and a review of the fossil Diomedeidae" (PDF). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria. 29: 41–51.

[Cracraft1969-11] Cracraft, J (1969). "Systematics and evolution of the Gruiformes (Class, Aves) 1. The Eocene family Geranoididae and the early history of the Gruiformes" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 2388: 1–41.

[Brodkorb1971-12] Brodkorb, P (1971). "Catalogue of Fossil Birds. Part 4 (Columbiformes through Piciformes)" (PDF). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences. 15: 163–266.

[Cracraft1969B-13] Cracraft, J; Morony, JJ jr. (1969). "A new pliocene woodpecker, with comments on the fossil Picidae" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 2400: 1–41.

[Short1969-14] Short, LL jr. (1969). "A new genus and species of goose like swan from the Pliocene of Nebraska" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 2369: 1–7.

[Howard1969-15] Howard, H (1969). "A new avian fossil from Kern County, California" (PDF). Condor. 71 (1): 68–69. doi:10.2307/1366050.

[Howard1969B-16] Howard, H; Warter, SL (1969). "A new species of bony-toothed bird (Family Pseudodontornithidae) from the Tertiary of New Zealand". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 8: 345–357.

[HarrisonWalker1976-17] Harrison, CJO; Walker, CA (1976). "A review of the bony-toothed birds (Odontopterygiformes): with the description of some new species". Tertiary Research Special Papers. 2: 1–72.

[Pulsatrix-18] Brodkorb, P (1969). "An extinct Pleistocene owl from Cuba" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 31 (2): 112–114.

[Jánossy1969-19] Jánossy, D (1969). "Die Mittelpleistozäne Vogelfauna der Stránská Skála". Anthropos, Studia Musei Moraviae (N.S.), Brno. 20 (12): 35–64.

[Zenaidura-20] Brodkorb, P (1969). "An ancestral mourning dove from Rexroad, Kansas" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 31 (3): 173–176.

[21] Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 17. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.

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