Overview of the events of 1900 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. 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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Knight |
Sundance Formation, Wyoming |
recombined as Tatenectes laramiensis in 2003 |
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Seeley |
A dicynodont of uncertain position |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Broom |
Late Permian |
A member of Baurioidea. |
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.