1899 in paleontology

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

Turtles

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes	Images
Acherontemys^[2]	Gen et sp nov	valid	Hay	Eocene Lutetian	Roslyn Formation	US Washington	A Pan-Emydidae pond turtle. The type species is A. heckmani.
Hadrianus schucherti^[2]	Sp nov	Jr synonym	Hay	Eocene Bartonian	Jackson Formation	US 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)

Archosauromorphs

Newly named birds

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
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

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.
Mochlodon inkeyi	sp nov.	reassigned	Nopcsa	Maastrichtian	Sânpetru Formation	Austria	Reaasigned to Rhabdodon in 1915, then to Zalmoxes in 2003.

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

[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.

[Hay1899-2] 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.

[Simpson1946-3] Simpson, G.G. (1946). "Fossil penguins" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 81.

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