Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (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. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, coprolites, palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because mankind has 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 in the year 1999.
Dinosaurs[]
Newly named dinosaurs[]
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list[1] and Dr. Jeremy Montague's dinosaur genus database.[2]j
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| Achillobator[3] | Valid taxon |
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  "Archaeoraptor" was a chimera of Microraptor and a bird.  The skull of "Bilbeyhallorum," a junior synonym of Cedarpelta.             | |
| Agustinia[4] | Valid taxon | ||||
| "Airakoraptor"[3] | Nomen nudum |
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| Animantarx[5] | Valid taxon |
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| "Archaeoraptor"[6] |
Hoax |
Stephen Czerkas vide: C. P. Sloan vide:
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Fraudulent chimera of Yanornis and Microraptor | ||
| Atlasaurus[7] | Valid taxon |
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| Beipiaosaurus[8] | Valid taxon |
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| "Bilbeyhallorum"[9] | Nomen nudum; later named Cedarpelta. |
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| Cedarosaurus[10] | Valid taxon |
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| Chaoyangsaurus[11] | Valid taxon |
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| Dinheirosaurus[12] | Valid taxon |
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| "Eucoelophysis"[13] | Indeterminate, probably non-dinosaurian taxon. |
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| "Eugongbusaurus"[14] | Nomen nudum |
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| Gondwanatitan[15] | Valid taxon |
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| Guaibasaurus[16] | Valid taxon |
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| Jobaria[17] | Valid taxon |
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| Lessemsaurus[18] | Valid taxon | ||||
| Lirainosaurus[19] | Valid taxon |
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| Lurdusaurus[20] | Valid taxon | ||||
| "Newtonsaurus"[21] | Nomen nudum |
Welles vide:
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| Nigersaurus[17] | Valid taxon |
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| Nodocephalosaurus[22] | Valid taxon |
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| Proyandusaurus[14] | Valid taxon |
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| Qantassaurus[23] | Valid taxon |
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| Santanaraptor[24] | Valid taxon |
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| Saturnalia[25] | Valid taxon |
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| Sinornithosaurus[26] | Valid taxon |
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| Tangvayosaurus[27] | Valid taxon |
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| Tehuelchesaurus[28] | Valid taxon |
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References[]
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html. Retrieved on 2008-08-07.
- ^ Montague, Jeremy. "Dr. Montague's Database". http://www.barry.edu/bio300/pdf/montague%20dino%20web%20data%2012-3-2005.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-10-29.
- ^ a b Perle, A., M. Norell and J. Clark. 1999. A new maniraptoran theropod Achillobator giganticus (Dromaeosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Burkhant, Mongolia. Contributions of the Department of Geology, National University Mongolia (35 pages).
- ^ Bonaparte, J.F. 1999. An armored sauropod from the Aptian of Northern Patagonia, Argentina. Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium (15 October). National Science Museum Monographs 15 (Y. Tomida, T.H. Rich and P. Vickers-Rich, eds.), Tokyo (296 pages + append.).
- ^ Carpenter, K., K. Kirkland, D. Burge, and J. Bird. 1999. Ankylosaurs (Dinosauria; Ornithischia) of the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, and the stratigraphic distributions. In: Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah (D. Gillete, ed.). Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99- 1.
- ^ Czerkas vide Sloan, C.P. 1999. Feathers for T. rex? National Geographic 196 (5 - November): pp. 98-107. vide Olson, 2000.
- ^ Monbaron, M., D.A. Russell, and (?) Taquet. 1999. Atlasaurus imelakeii n.g., n.sp., a brachiosaurid-like sauropod from the Middle Jurassic of Morocco. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences. Science de la Terre and des Planetes. 329: pp. 519-526.
- ^ Xu, X. Z.-L. Tang, and X.-L Wang. 1999. A therizinosauroid dinosaur with integumentary structures from China. Nature 399: pp. 350-354.
- ^ Burge, D.L., J.H. Bird, B.K. McClelland, and M.A. Cicconetti. 1999. Comparison of four armored dinosaurs from the Cedar Mountain Formation of Eastern Utah. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Abstracts of Papers, 59th Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Denver, CO, Volume 19, Supplement to n. 3, p. 34A.
- ^ Tidwell, V., K. Carpenter, and W. Brooks. 1999. New sauropod from the Lower Cretaceous of Utah, USA. Oryctos 2: pp. 21-37.
- ^ Zhao X, Zh. Cheng, and X. Xu. 1999. The earliest ceratopsian from the Tuchengzi Formation of Liaoning, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19 (4): pp. 681-691.
- ^ Bonaparte, J.F. and O. Mateus. 1999. A new diplodocid, Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis gen. et sp. nov., from the Late Jurassic beds of Portugal. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 5 (2): pp. 13-29.
- ^ Sullivan, R.M. and S.G. Lucas. 1999. Eucoelophysis baldwini, a new theropod dinosaur from the Upper Triassic of New Mexico, and the status of the original types of Coelophysis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19 (1): pp. 81- 90.
- ^ a b Knoll, F. 1999. The family Fabrosauridae. In: IV European Workshop on Vertebrate Palaeontology: p. 65;
- ^ Kellner, A.W.A. and S.A.K. de Azevedo. 1999. A new sauropod dinosaur (Titanosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. In: Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium (Y. Tomida, T.H. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich, eds.): pp. 111-142.
- ^ Bonaparte, J.F., J. Ferigolo, and A.M. Ribeiro. 1999. A new early Late Triassic saurischian dinosaur from Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. In: Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium (Y. Tomida, T.H. Rich, and P. Vickers- Rich, eds.): pp. 89-109.
- ^ a b Sereno, P.C, L. Allison, D.B. Beck, H.C.E. Dutheil, G.H. Larsson, B.M. Lyon, W. Rudyard, C. Sadleir, A. Sidor, D.J. Varricchio, G.P. Wilson, and J.A. Wilson. 1999. Cretaceous sauropods from the Sahara and the uneven rate of skeletal evolution among dinosaurs. Science 286: pp. 1342-1347.
- ^ Bonaparte, J.F. 1999. Evolución de las vértebras presacras en Sauropodomorpha. Ameghiniana 36 (2): pp. 115-187.
- ^ Sanz, J.L., J.E. Powell, J. Le Loueff, R. Martinez, and X. Pereda-Suberbiola. 1999. Sauropod remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Lan~o (Northcentral Spain). Titanosaur phylogenetic relationships. Est. Mus. Cienc. Nat. de Alava 14 (Num. Espec. 1): pp. 235-255.
- ^ Taquet, P. D.A. Russell. 1999. A massivelyconstructed iguandont from Gadoufaouna, Lower Cretaceous of Niger. Annales de Paleontologie 85 (1): pp. 85-96.
- ^ Pickering, S. 1995. A fractal scaling in dinosaurology project (2nd revised printing). Capitola, California: 478 pages; [nomen nudum]; DinoData places in Zaclodon (and in Megalosaurus).
- ^ Sullivan, R.M. 1999. Nodocephalosaurus kirtlandensis, gen. et sp. nov., a new ankylosaurid dinosaur (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation (upper Campanian), San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19 (1): pp. 126- 139.
- ^ Rich, T. H. and P. Vickers-Rich. 1999. The Hypsilophodontidae from southeastern Australia. In: Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium (Y. Tomida, T.H. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich, eds.): pp. 167-180.
- ^ Kellner, A.W.A. 1999. Short note on a new dinosaur (Theropoda, Coelurosauria) from the Santana Formation (Romualdo Member, Albian), Northeastern Brazil. Boletim do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil), N.S. 9: 8 pages.
- ^ Langer, M.C., F. Abdala, M. Richter, and M.J. Benton. 1999. A sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Upper Triassic (Carnian) of southern Brazil. Compte rendu hebdomadaire des seances de l’Academie des Sciences Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes 329 : pp. 511-517.
- ^ Xu, X., X.-L. Wang, and X.-C. Wu. 1999. A dromaeosaurid dinosaur with a filamentous integument from the Yixian Formation of China. Nature 401: pp. 262-266.
- ^ Allain, R., P. Taquet, B. Battail, J. Dejax, P. Richir, M. Veran, F.Limon-Duparcmeur, R. Vacant, O. Mateus, P. Sayarath, B. Khenthavong, and S. Phouyavong. 1999. Un nouveau genre de dinosaure sauropode de la formation des Gres superieurs (Aptien-Albien) du Laos. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes 329: pp. 609-616.
- ^ Rich, T.H., P. Vickers-Rich, O. Gimenez, R. Cúneo, P. Puerta, and P. Vacca. 1999. A new sauropod dinosaur from Chubut Province, Argentina. In: Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium (Y. Tomida, T.H. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich, eds.): pp. 61-84.