1969 in paleontology – Wikipedia

Overview of the events of 1969 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 1969.

Table of Contents

Paleozoology[edit]

Molluscs[edit]

New bivalves[edit]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Praenuculidae	Fam nov	Valid	McAlester	Ordovician – Devonian			extinct family of Nuculoidea bivalves

Conodont paleozoology[edit]

Vertebrate paleozoology[edit]

Fish[edit]

New Actinopterygii (“ray-finned fish”)[edit]

Archosauromorphs[edit]

Newly named crurotarsans[edit]

Newly named dinosaurs[edit]

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky’s dinosaur genera list.^[4]

Newly named birds[edit]

New Pterosaurs[edit]

Synapsid[edit]

Mammals[edit]

Name	Authors	Age	Location	Notes	Images
Crusafontia	Henkel and Krebs	127 Millions years ago

Paleontologists[edit]

References[edit]

^ 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.
^ British Avonian (Carboniferous) conodont faunas, and their value in local and intercontinental correlation. FHT Rhodes, RL Austin, EC Druce – 1969 – British Museum (Natural History)
^ ^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
^ Olshevsky, George. “Dinogeorge’s Dinosaur Genera List”. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
^ Ostrom, J. H. 1969. A new theropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Montana. Postilia 128: pp. 1-17.
^ Raath, M.A. 1969. A new coelurosaurian dinosaur from the Forest Sandstone of Rhodesia. Arnoldia Rhodesia. 4 (28): pp. 1-25.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ 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.
^ ^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.
^ Brodkorb, P (1971). “Catalogue of Fossil Birds. Part 4 (Columbiformes through Piciformes)” (PDF). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences. 15: 163–266.
^ Cracraft, J; Morony, JJ jr. (1969). “A new pliocene woodpecker, with comments on the fossil Picidae” (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2400): 1–41.
^ 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.
^ Howard, H (1969). “A new avian fossil from Kern County, California” (PDF). Condor. 71 (1): 68–69. doi:10.2307/1366050. JSTOR 1366050.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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]}
^ Jánossy, D (1969). “Die Mittelpleistozäne Vogelfauna der Stránská Skála”. Anthropos, Studia Musei Moraviae, Brno. New Series. 20 (12): 35–64.
^ 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.
^ Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 17. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.

[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] British Avonian (Carboniferous) conodont faunas, and their value in local and intercontinental correlation. FHT Rhodes, RL Austin, EC Druce – 1969 – British Museum (Natural History)

[bonaparte69nuevas-3] 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

[ddinogeorge-4] Olshevsky, George. “Dinogeorge’s Dinosaur Genera List”. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.

[5] Ostrom, J. H. 1969. A new theropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Montana. Postilia 128: pp. 1-17.

[6] Raath, M.A. 1969. A new coelurosaurian dinosaur from the Forest Sandstone of Rhodesia. Arnoldia Rhodesia. 4 (28): pp. 1-25.

[Ballmann1969A-7] 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.

[Ballmann1969B-8] Ballmann, P (1969). “Les Oiseaux Miocènes de la Grive-Saint-Alban (Isère)”. Géobios. 2: 157–204. doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(69)80005-7.

[Mlíkovský2002-9] 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.

[Wilkinson1969-10] 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.

[Cracraft1969-11] 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.

[Brodkorb1971-12] Brodkorb, P (1971). “Catalogue of Fossil Birds. Part 4 (Columbiformes through Piciformes)” (PDF). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences. 15: 163–266.

[Cracraft1969B-13] Cracraft, J; Morony, JJ jr. (1969). “A new pliocene woodpecker, with comments on the fossil Picidae” (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2400): 1–41.

[Short1969-14] 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.

[Howard1969-15] Howard, H (1969). “A new avian fossil from Kern County, California” (PDF). Condor. 71 (1): 68–69. doi:10.2307/1366050. JSTOR 1366050.

[Howard1969B-16] 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.

[HarrisonWalker1976-17] 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.

[Pulsatrix-18] 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]}

[Jánossy1969-19] Jánossy, D (1969). “Die Mittelpleistozäne Vogelfauna der Stránská Skála”. Anthropos, Studia Musei Moraviae, Brno. New Series. 20 (12): 35–64.

[Zenaidura-20] 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.

[21] Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 17. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.