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
Newly named insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Etoptychoptera[2] | Gen et sp nov | Valid | An etoptychopterine phantom cranefly. | ![]() (1910 illustration) | ||||
Raphidia exhumata[3] | Sp nov | jr synonym | A raphidiid snakefly | ![]() | ||||
Protanyderus[2] | Gen et sp nov | Valid | A tanyderine phantom cranefly. |
Archosauromorphs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[5]
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Hierosaurus[6] | Valid taxon |
| A nodosaurid. |
Plesiosaurs
New taxa
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Synapsids
Non-mammalian
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Valid | ![]() |
People
- Death of Harry Govier Seeley, the paleontologist who invented the Saurischian/Ornithischian dinosaur dichotomy.[7]
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 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.