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1969 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 1969.

Plants

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Angiosperms

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Dicotylophyllum litseafolia[2]

Comb nov

jr synonym

(MacGinitie) Wolfe

Eocene
Ypresian

Ione Formation
"Chalk Bluff Flora" Loc P3324

 USA
 California

A dicot of uncertain affinity.
Moved from Lauropliyllum litseafolia (1941)[3]
Moved from Artocarpoides litseafolia (19689).[4]
Moved to Republica litseafolia (1987)[5]

Molluscs

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Bivalves

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Praenuculidae

Fam nov

Valid

McAlester

Ordovician - Devonian

extinct family of Nuculoidea bivalves

Fish

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Actinopterygii

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Proaracana

gen et sp nov

Valid

Le Danois

Eocene

Monte Bolca

Proaracana dubia

Conodonts

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Location Notes Images

Protognathodus

Gen. nov

Valid

Willi Ziegler

351 Millions of years ago.

Patrognathus[6]

Gen nov

Valid

Rhodes, Austin & Druce

Carboniferous

Archosauromorphs

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Crurotarsans

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Location Notes Images

Riojasuchus[7]

gen et sp nov

valid

Bonaparte

Late Triassic

Ornithosuchid archosaur. originally misidentified as a dinosaur

Riojasuchus tenuiceps

Non-avian dinosaurs

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Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[8]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Deinonychus[9]

gen et sp nov

Valid

Ostrom

Early Cretaceous

Cloverly Formation

 USA
 Montana

An American dromeosaur, that has a name that means: Terrible Claw .
Deinonychus antirrhopus

Riojasaurus[7]

gen et sp nov

Valid.

Bonaparte

Triassic

A sauropod.
The type species is R. incertus

"Strenusaurus"[7]

gen et sp nov

Junior synonym.

Bonaparte

Triassic

Junior synonym of Riojasaurus.

"Syntarsus"[10]

gen et sp nov

Preoccupied name.

Raath

Early Jurassic

Preoccupied by Syntarsus Fairmaire, 1869. Renamed Megapnosaurus.

Megapnosaurus rhodesiensis

Birds

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Alectoris bavarica [11]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Ballmann

Early Miocene

 Germany

A Phasianidae.

Buteo pusillus [12]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Ballmann

Middle Miocene

 France

An Accipitridae.

Capitonides [11]

Gen. et Sp. nov.

jr synonym

Ballmann

Early Miocene

 Germany

A Lybiidae, jr syn of Trachyphonus europeus.[13]

Diomedea thyridata [14]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Wilkinson

Late Miocene

Black Rock Sandstone

 Australia

A Diomedeidae.

Eogeranoides [15]

Gen. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Cracraft

Early Eocene

Willwood Formation

 USA ( Wyoming)

A Geranoididae, type sp. E. campivagus.

Geranodornis [15]

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Cracraft

Middle Eocene

Bridger Formation

 USA ( Wyoming)

A Geranoididae type sp. G. aenigma

Musophaga meini [12]

Sp. nov.

jr synonym

Ballmann

Middle Miocene (MN 8)

 France

A Musophagidae
jr syn of Veflintornis meini[16]

Otus wintershofensis [11]

Sp. nov.

jr synonym

Ballmann

Early Miocene

 Germany

A Strigidae,
transferred Strix wintershofensis.[13]

Palaeonerpes [17]

Gen. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Cracraft & Morony

Early Pliocene

Valentine Formation

 USA ( Nebraska)

A Picidae, type sp P. shorti

Palaeophasianus incompletus [15]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Cracraft

Early Eocene

Willwood Formation

 USA ( Wyoming)

A Geranoididae

Paracygnus [18]

Gen. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Short

Late Pliocene

Kimbal Formation

 USA ( Colorado)

An Anatidae, type sp P. plattensis

Paragrus shufeldti [15]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Cracraft

Early Eocene

Willwood Formation

 USA ( Wyoming)

A Geranoididae

Plotopterum [19]

Gen et Sp. nov.

Valid

Howard

Early Miocene

Upper Walker Formation

 USA
 California

A Plotopteridae, type sp P. joaquinensis

Plotopterum joaquinensis

Pseudodontornis stirtoni [20]

Sp. nov.

jr synonym

Howard & Warter

Late Pliocene

 New Zealand

A Pseudodontornithidae
transferred to Neodontornis stirtoni[21]

Pulsatrix arredondoi [22]

Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Pleistocene

Caverna Paredones

 Cuba

A Strigidae.

Strix brevis [11]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Ballmann

Early Miocene

 Germany

A Strigidae,
transferred to Intulula brevis.[13]

Taoperdix miocaena [11]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Ballmann

Early Miocene

 Germany

A Cracidae.

Tetrao praeurogallus [23]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Dénes Jánossy

Early Pliocene - Early Pleistocene

 Bulgaria

A Phasianidae.

Zenaidura prior [24]

Sp. nov.

jr synonym

Brodkorb

Late Pliocene

Rexroad Formation

 USA ( Kansas)

A Columbidae, transferred to Zenaida prior.

Zygodactylus [12]

Gen et Sp. nov.

Valid

Ballmann

Middle Miocene

 France  Germany

A Zygodactylidae
two sp Z. grivensis & Z. ignotus.

Pterosaurs

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Nesodactylus

gen et sp nov

Valid

Colbert

Late Jurassic

Jagua Formation

family placement uncertain

Synapsids

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Mammals

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type Locality Country Notes Images

Crusafontia[25]

Gen et sp nov

valid

Henkel & Krebs

Cretaceous
Barremian

 Spain

A dryolestid mammalian
The type species is C. cuencana.

Crusafontia cuencana
Sivapardus[26]

Gen. et. sp. nov.

Valid

Bakr

Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene

Sar-Dhok

 Pakistan

A felinae large cat.
The type species is S. punjabiensis

Paleontologists

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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. ^ Wolfe, J.A. (1968). Paleogene Biostratigraphy of nonmarine rocks in King County, Washington (Report). Professional Paper. Vol. 571. United States Geological Survey. pp. 1–29. doi:10.3133/pp571.
  3. ^ MacGinitie, H.D. (1941). A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada (Report). Contributions to Paleontology. Vol. 534. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington. p. 116.
  4. ^ MacGinitie, H. (1969). The Eocene green River flora of northwestern Colorado and northeastern Utah. University of California Press.
  5. ^ Wolfe, J.A.; Wehr, W.C. (1987). Middle Eocene dicotyledonous plants from Republic, northeastern Washington (Report). Bulletin. Vol. 1597. United States Geological Survey. pp. 1–25. doi:10.3133/b1597.
  6. ^ British Avonian (Carboniferous) conodont faunas, and their value in local and intercontinental correlation. FHT Rhodes, RL Austin, EC Druce - 1969 - British Museum (Natural History)
  7. ^ a b c Bonaparte, J.F. 1969. Dos nuevas "faunas" de reptiles Triasicos de Argentina. I Gondwana Symp. (IVGAS, 1967), Mar del Plata Ciencias Tierra 2: pp. 283-306
  8. ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  9. ^ Ostrom, J. H. 1969. A new theropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Montana. Postilia 128: pp. 1-17.
  10. ^ Raath, M.A. 1969. A new coelurosaurian dinosaur from the Forest Sandstone of Rhodesia. Arnoldia Rhodesia. 4 (28): pp. 1-25.
  11. ^ a b c d e Ballmann, P (1969). "Die Vögel aus der Altburdigalen Spaltenfüllung von Wintershof (West) bei Eichstätt in Bayern" (PDF). Zitteliana. 1: 5–60. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-30.
  12. ^ a b c Ballmann, P (1969). "Les Oiseaux Miocènes de la Grive-Saint-Alban (Isère)". Géobios. 2: 157–204. doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(69)80005-7.
  13. ^ a b c Mlíkovský, J (2002). "Cenozoic Birds of the World Part 1: Europe" (PDF). Praha Ninox Press, 2002: 1–407. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  14. ^ Wilkinson, HE (1969). "Descriptions of an Upper Miocene albatross from Beaumaris, Victoria, Australia, and a review of the fossil Diomedeidae". Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria. 29: 41–51. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.1969.29.04.
  15. ^ a b c d Cracraft, J (1969). "Systematics and evolution of the Gruiformes (Class, Aves) 1. The Eocene family Geranoididae and the early history of the Gruiformes" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2388): 1–41.
  16. ^ Brodkorb, P (1971). "Catalogue of Fossil Birds. Part 4 (Columbiformes through Piciformes)" (PDF). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences. 15: 163–266.
  17. ^ Cracraft, J; Morony, JJ jr. (1969). "A new pliocene woodpecker, with comments on the fossil Picidae" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2400): 1–41.
  18. ^ Short, LL jr. (1969). "A new genus and species of goose like swan from the Pliocene of Nebraska" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2369): 1–7.
  19. ^ Howard, H (1969). "A new avian fossil from Kern County, California" (PDF). Condor. 71 (1): 68–69. doi:10.2307/1366050. JSTOR 1366050.
  20. ^ Howard, H; Warter, SL (1969). "A new species of bony-toothed bird (Family Pseudodontornithidae) from the Tertiary of New Zealand". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 8: 345–357.
  21. ^ Harrison, CJO; Walker, CA (1976). "A review of the bony-toothed birds (Odontopterygiformes): with the description of some new species". Tertiary Research Special Papers. 2: 1–72.
  22. ^ Brodkorb, P (1969). "An extinct Pleistocene owl from Cuba" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 31 (2): 112–114.[permanent dead link]
  23. ^ Jánossy, D (1969). "Die Mittelpleistozäne Vogelfauna der Stránská Skála". Anthropos, Studia Musei Moraviae, Brno. New Series. 20 (12): 35–64.
  24. ^ Brodkorb, P (1969). "An ancestral mourning dove from Rexroad, Kansas" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 31 (3): 173–176. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
  25. ^ Henkel, S. and Krebs, B., 1969. Zwei Säugetier-unterkiefer aus der unteren Kreide von uña (prov. Cuenca, Spanien). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, 1969, pp.449-463.
  26. ^ Bakr, Abu (July 1969). "A new genus of large cat from Upper Siwaliks". Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 1 (2): 135–140.
  27. ^ Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 17. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.