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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 1999.
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | valid | Stockey, Nishida, & Rothwell | An athyriaceous fern | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | valid | Kvaček & Manchester | An eostangerioid zamiaceous cycad. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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comb nov | valid | (Kryshtofovich) Manchester | A mallow relative, | |||||
Sp nov | Valid | Borgardt & Pigg | Middle Miocene | "Yakima Canyon Flora" | A white oak, permineralized acorns | ![]() | ||
Comb nov | valid | (Manchester) Manchester | A lardizabalaceous species; | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Comb nov | Valid | (Vierbergen & Scheven) | Burdigalian | Dominican amber | A myrmicinae ant, | ![]() | ||
Sp nov | Valid | De Andrade & Baroni Urbani | Burdigalian | Dominican amber | A myrmicinae ant. | ![]() | ||
Sp nov | Valid | De Andrade & Baroni Urbani | Burdigalian | Dominican amber | A myrmicinae ant. | ![]() | ||
Sp nov | Valid | De Andrade & Baroni Urbani | Burdigalian | Dominican amber | A myrmicinae ant. | ![]() | ||
Comb nov | valid | (Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995) | Burdigalian | Dominican amber | A myrmicinae ant, | ![]() | ||
Sp nov | Valid | Riou | Turolian | A formicine ant. | ![]() | |||
Sp nov | valid | Aguiar & Janzen | A stephanid wasp | |||||
Sp nov | jr synonym | Aguiar & Janzen | A stephanid wasp, | |||||
sp. nov | valid | A neoephemerid mayfly | ![]() | |||||
sp. nov | valid | Rust & Andersen | A Myrmeciinae ant | ![]() | ||||
Comb nov | valid | (Scudder) | A bibionid fly | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp nov | Valid | Sánchez | third species in the genus | |||||
subfam nov | Valid | Sánchez | one of two Subfamilies in Praenuculidae | |||||
Gen et sp nov | Valid | Sánchez | Monotypic with the species C. symmetricus | |||||
Gen et sp nov | Sánchez | genus name preoccupied by Emiliania Hay & Mohler, 1967, renamed to Emiliodonta | ||||||
Gen et sp nov | Valid | Sánchez | third genus in the subfamily Concavodontinae | |||||
subfam nov | Valid | Sánchez | one of two Subfamilies in Praenuculidae | |||||
Sp nov | Valid | Cope | Gilfach Farm No. 1 Borehole | oldest species in the genus Similodonta | ||||
Gen et sp nov | Valid | Sánchez | Monotypic with the species T. acuta | |||||
Gen et sp nov | Valid | Sánchez | Monotypic with the species V. canteraensis | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov | Valid | C. Sorbini & L. Sorbini | Campanian | Nardo | ![]() |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov | Valid | Sullivan & Lucas | Chinle Formation, New Mexico | Sister genus to the Dinosaurs; first identified as a relative of coelophysid. |
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. [21]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | Valid | A large dromaeosaurid. | ![]() | |||||
Gen et sp nov | Valid | An armored sauropod | ![]() | |||||
gen nov | A dromaeosaurid, now Kuru kulla , which was later described in 2021. | |||||||
Gen et sp nov | Valid | Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah | Nodosaur whose name means "living citadel." | ![]() | ||||
Hoax | Stephen Czerkas vide:C. P. Sloan vide:Olson | Chimera of Yanornis and Microraptor . | ||||||
gen et sp nov | Valid | A primitive sauropod | ||||||
gen et sp nov | Valid | Xu, Tang, & Wang | ![]() | |||||
Burge, Bird, McClelland, & Cicconetti | Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah | informal name for Cedarpelta . | ||||||
gen et sp nov | Valid | Tidwell, Carpenter, & Brooks | Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah | A sauropod. | ||||
gen et sp nov | Valid | Zhao, Cheng, & Xu | An extremely primitive ceratopsian | ![]() | ||||
gen et sp nov | Valid |
| A diplodocid. | |||||
gen nov | Knoll | A ?hypsilophodont that hasn't yet been formally named. | ||||||
gen et sp nov | Valid | Kellner & Azevedo | ||||||
gen et sp nov | Valid | Bonaparte, Ferigolo, & Ribeiro | A sauropodomorph. | |||||
Jobaria [35] | gen et sp nov | Valid | Sereno, et al | ![]() | ||||
gen et sp nov | Valid | A primitive sauropodomorph | ![]() | |||||
gen et sp nov | Valid | Sanz et al | A titanosaur. | |||||
gen et sp nov | Valid | A hadrosaur | ![]() | |||||
"Newtonsaurus" [39] | gen et sp nov | Welles vide: Welles & Pickering | Informal name | ![]() | ||||
gen et sp nov | Valid |
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gen et sp nov | Valid taxon |
| An ankylosaurid | |||||
gen nov | Knoll | informal name for Hexinlusaurus | ||||||
gen et sp nov | Valid | A possible hypsilophodontid | ![]() | |||||
gen et sp nov | Valid | Kellner | A theropod | ![]() | ||||
gen et sp nov | Valid | Langer, Abdala, Richter, & Benton | A basal sauropodomorph | ![]() | ||||
gen et sp nov | Valid | Xu, Wang, & Wu | ![]() | |||||
Gen et sp nov | Valid | Allain et at | ||||||
Gen et sp nov | Valid | Rich et al | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Pliocene |
| An Accipitridae. | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Eocene |
| An Anseranatidae, Anatalavinae Olson, 1999. In 2002 Jíří Mlíkovský made this species the type species of his not widely accepted new genus Nettapterornis. [49] | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Pliocene |
| An Accipitridae. | ||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Eocene | Northern Caucasus | An Apodiformes, Jungornithidae Karkhu, 1988. | ||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Middle Maastrichtian | A Hesperornithidae Marsh, 1872. | |||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | A Confuciusornithidae Hou, Zhou, Gu et Zhang, 1995. | ||||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | An Anhimidae. | ||||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | A Phasianidae. | ||||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | A Confuciusornithidae Hou, Zhou, Gu et Zhang, 1995. | ||||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | A Rallidae. | ||||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Pleistocene-Holocene | An Emberizidae. | |||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Eocene | Early Chadronian |
| A ?Cuculidae. | |||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Eoenantiornithiformes Hou, Martin, Zhou et Feduccia, 1999, Eoenantiornithidae Hou, Martin, Zhou et Feduccia, 1999, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Pliocene | A Falconidae. | |||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Pliocene | A Rallidae. | |||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Maastrichtian, |
| A Graculavidae Fürbringer, 1888. | ||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Alexornithiformes Brodkorb, 1976, Enantiornithidae Nessov & Borkin, 1983. | ||||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Ornithothoraces Chiappe et Calvo, 1994, this is the type species of the new genus. Vescornis hebeiensis Zhang, Ericson et Zhou, 2004. is a junior synonym. [65] | ||||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | A Liaoxiornithidae L. H. Hou et Chen, 1999, this is the type species of the new genus. Lingyuanornis parvus Ji & Ji, 1999. is a junior synonym. [67] | ||||||
Gen, nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | ?Early Miocene | An Oriolidae, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Pliocene | A Fringillidae. | |||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Middle Eocene | A stem Podargidae, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Oligocene | A stem Megapodiidae, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Sp. nov. | Valid ? | Early Miocene | A Jacanidae. Mourer-Chauviré, 1999 transferred this species to the genus Geranopterus Milne-Edwards, 1892 and later it was placed in the Geranopteridae Mayr & Mourer-Chauviré, 2000. [73] | |||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Middle Eocene | A stem Nyctibiidae, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Middle Eocene | A stem Nyctibiidae. | |||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Pliocene |
| A Pelecanidae. | ||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Middle Oligocene | A stem Trogonidae, the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Middle Eocene | Order and family Incerta Sedis, the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Pliocene | A Regulidae. | |||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Pliocene | A Scolopacidae. | |||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Middle Eocene | A Coliiformes, Selmeidae Zelenkov et Dyke, 2008, the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene | A Tytonidae. | |||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Late Cretaceous | An Enentiornithes, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen nov | Valid | Ji S.-A., Ji Q., & Padian | A new genus for "Dendrorhynchus" curvidentatus (Ji & Ji, 1998) | |||||
gen et sp nov | Mader & Kellner | possibly a jr synonym of Coloborhynchus ? | ||||||
gen et sp nov | Valid | Unwin & Heinrich | Monotypic with the species T. recki | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen nov | Valid | New genus for the species "Alzadasaurus" colombiensis Wells, 1962 | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen nov | Valid | Gao and Cheng | Early Cretaceous | Eastern China | Has a distinctly small amount of dentary teeth. | |||
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Charniodiscus yorgensis | Disputed | Borchvardt et Nessov | Ediacaran | Zimnie Gory Formation and Ust-Pinega Formation | ![]() | ||