1900 in paleontology
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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 1900.
Sauropterygia
Newly named plesiosaurs
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp nov |
Knight |
Sundance Formation, Wyonming |
recombined as Tatenectes laramiensis in 2003 |
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Synapsids
Non-mammalian
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Dicranozygoma |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Seeley |
Late Permian |
A dicynodont of uncertain position |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Broom |
Late Permian |
A member of Baurioidea. |
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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.