1899 in paleontology

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In science: 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1900; 1901; 1902

Paleontology or palaeontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") 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 1899.

Archosauromorphs

Newly named birds

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Cruschedula^[2]	gen et sp nov	nomen dubium	Ameghino	Early Oligocene	Deseado Formation	Argentina	described as a penguin now Aves incertae sedis

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.
↑ Simpson, G.G. (1946). "Fossil penguins" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 81.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Limnosaurus	gen et sp nov	Preoccupied.	Nopcsa	Maastrichtian	Sânpetru Formation	Romania	Preoccupied by Othniel Charles Marsh, 1872. Renamed Telmatosaurus.	Telmatosaurus.
Mochlodon	gen et sp nov	reassigned	Nopcsa	Maastrichtian	Sânpetru Formation	Romania	Reaasigned to Rhabdodon in 1915, than to Zalmoxes in 2003.	Illustrations of Z. robustus and Z. shqiperorum in scale

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