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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 1909.

Arthropods

Newly named insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Etoptychoptera ^[2]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Handlirsch	Ypresian	Allenby Formation	Canada British Columbia	An etoptychopterine phantom cranefly. Type species E. tertiaria.	Etoptychoptera tertiaria (1910 illustration)
Raphidia exhumata ^[3]	Sp nov	jr synonym	Cockerell	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	USA Colorado	A raphidiid snakefly Moved to Megaraphidia exhumata in 2014 ^[4]	Megaraphidia exhumata
Protanyderus ^[2]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Handlirsch	Jurassic		Mongolia	A tanyderine phantom cranefly.

Archosauromorphs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[5]

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Hierosaurus ^[6]	Valid taxon	Wieland		Late Cretaceous (Coniacian-Santonian)	Niobrara Formation	United States ( Kansas)	A nodosaurid.

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Picrocleidus	Valid	Andrews	Callovian	Oxford Clay Formation	UK	A cryptoclidid.
Simolestes	Valid	Andrews	Callovian	Oxford Clay Formation	France India UK	A thalassophonean pliosaurid.	Simolestes
Tricleidus	Valid	Andrews	Callovian	Oxford Clay Formation	Norway UK	A cryptoclidid.

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Bauria	Valid	Robert Broom		Early Triassic	Cynognathus Assemblage Zone	South Africa	A bauriid theriodont.	Bauria

People

Death of Harry Govier Seeley, the paleontologist who invented the Saurischian/Ornithischian dinosaur dichotomy.^[7]

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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.
1 2 Handlirsh, A. (1909). "Zur Phylogenie und Flügelmorphologie der Ptychopteriden (Dipteren)". Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. 23: 263–272.
↑ Cockerell, T. (1909). "Fossil insects from Florissant, Colorado". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 26: 67–77.
↑ Makarkin, V.; Archibald, S. (2014). "A revision of the late Eocene snakeflies (Raphidioptera) of the Florissant Formation, Colorado, with special reference to the wing venation of the Raphidiomorpha". Zootaxa. 3784 (4): 401–444. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3784.4.4. PMID 24872063.
↑ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
↑ Wieland. G. 1909. A new armored saurian from the Niobrara. Amer. J. Sci. (ser. 4) 27: pp. 250- 252.
↑ Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 15. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.

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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.

[Handlirsch1909-2] 1 2 Handlirsh, A. (1909). "Zur Phylogenie und Flügelmorphologie der Ptychopteriden (Dipteren)". Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. 23: 263–272.

[Cockerell1909v26-3] Cockerell, T. (1909). "Fossil insects from Florissant, Colorado". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 26: 67–77.

[Raphidioptera2014-4] Makarkin, V.; Archibald, S. (2014). "A revision of the late Eocene snakeflies (Raphidioptera) of the Florissant Formation, Colorado, with special reference to the wing venation of the Raphidiomorpha". Zootaxa. 3784 (4): 401–444. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3784.4.4. PMID 24872063.

[ddinogeorge-5] Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.

[6] Wieland. G. 1909. A new armored saurian from the Niobrara. Amer. J. Sci. (ser. 4) 27: pp. 250- 252.

[7] Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 15. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.

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