1909 in paleontology
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Newly named dinosaurs
Data coutersy of George OlshevskyGeorge Olshevsky
George Olshevsky is a freelance editor, writer, publisher, amateur paleontologist, and mathematician living in San Diego, California.Olshevsky maintains the comprehensive online Dinosaur Genera List...
's dinosaur genera list and Dr. Jeremy Montague's dinosaur genus database.
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New taxa
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Picrocleidus |
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Simolestes Simolestes Simolestes is an extinct genus of pliosaurs that lived in the Middle to Late Jurassic. Three species are currently known:*Simolestes keileni from the Bajocian of France... |
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Tricleidus Tricleidus Tricleidus is an extinct genus of cryptoclidid plesiosaur known from only specimen from the middle Jurassic of United Kingdom. It was first named by Andrews in 1909 and the type species is Tricleidus seeleyi.... |
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Non-mammalian
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Bauria Bauria Bauria is an extinct genus of the suborder therocephalia. It belonged to the family Bauriidae. Bauria was probably a carnivore or insectivore.thumb|200px|left|Bauria... |
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People
- Death of Harry Govier Seeley, the paleontologist who invented the Saurischian/Ornithischian dinosaur dichotomy.