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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

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Newly named insects

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Etoptychoptera[2]

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Handlirsch

Ypresian

Allenby Formation

 Canada
 British Columbia

An etoptychopterine phantom cranefly.
Type species E. tertiaria.

Etoptychoptera tertiaria
(1910 illustration)

Raphidia exhumata[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Cockerell

Eocene
Priabonian

Florissant Formation

 USA
 Colorado

A raphidiid snakefly
Moved to Megaraphidia exhumata in 2014[4]

Megaraphidia exhumata

Protanyderus[2]

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Handlirsch

Jurassic

 Mongolia

A tanyderine phantom cranefly.

Archosauromorphs

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Newly named dinosaurs

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Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[5]

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Hierosaurus[6] Valid taxon
  • Wieland

Late Cretaceous (Coniacian-Santonian)

Niobrara Formation

A nodosaurid.

Plesiosaurs

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New taxa

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Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Picrocleidus

Valid

Andrews

Callovian

Oxford Clay Formation

A cryptoclidid.

Simolestes

Valid

Andrews

Callovian

Oxford Clay Formation

A thalassophonean pliosaurid.

Simolestes

Tricleidus

Valid

Andrews

Callovian

Oxford Clay Formation

A cryptoclidid.

Synapsids

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Non-mammalian

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Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Bauria

Valid

Robert Broom

Early Triassic

Cynognathus Assemblage Zone

A bauriid theriodont.

Bauria

People

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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 Handlirsh, A. (1909). "Zur Phylogenie und Flügelmorphologie der Ptychopteriden (Dipteren)". Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. 23: 263–272.
  3. ^ Cockerell, T. (1909). "Fossil insects from Florissant, Colorado". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 26: 67–77.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  6. ^ Wieland. G. 1909. A new armored saurian from the Niobrara. Amer. J. Sci. (ser. 4) 27: pp. 250- 252.
  7. ^ Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 15. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.