1899 in paleontology

Overview of the events of 1899 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 1899.

## Anapsids

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### Turtles

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Acherontemys[2]

Gen et sp nov

valid

Hay

Eocene
Lutetian

Roslyn Formation

Washington

A Pan-Emydidae pond turtle.
The type species is A. heckmani.

|  Acherontemys heckmani

Hadrianus schucherti[2]

Sp nov

Jr synonym

Hay

Eocene
Bartonian

Jackson Formation

Alabama

First described as a Hadrianus species.
Moved to Cymatholcus schucherti (1950)
Moved to Testudo schucherti (1964)
Moved to Geochelone (Cymatholcus) schucherti (1986)
Moved back to Cymatholcus schucherti (2018)

|  Cymatholcus schucherti

## Archosauromorphs

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### Newly named birds

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Cruschedula[3]

gen et sp nov

nomen dubium

Ameghino

Early Oligocene

Deseado Formation

Argentina

described as a penguin now Aves incertae sedis

### Newly named dinosaurs

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Limnosaurus

gen et sp nov

Preoccupied.

* Nopcsa

Maastrichtian

Sânpetru Formation

Romania

Preoccupied by Othniel Charles Marsh, 1872. Renamed Telmatosaurus.

Mochlodon inkeyi

sp nov.

reassigned

Nopcsa

Maastrichtian

Sânpetru Formation

Austria

Reaasigned to Rhabdodon in 1915, then to Zalmoxes in 2003.

|  Illustrations of Z. robustus and Z. shqiperorum in scale

## References

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* Paleontology portal

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 Hay, O.P. (1899). "Descriptions of two new species of tortoises from the Tertiary of the United States". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 22 (1181): 21–24.
3. ^ Simpson, G.G. (1946). "Fossil penguins" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 81.

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