1899 in paleontology

none 1899 paleontology science 1899 Anapsids Turtles Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesAcherontemysHay O.P. 1899 Descriptions of two new species of tortoises from the Tertiary of the United States Proceedings of the United States National Museum 22 1181 21-24Gen et sp novvalidHayEoceneLutetianRoslyn FormationUSWashingtonA Pan-Emydidae pond turtle. The type species is A. heckmani.thumb|center|upright|Acherontemys heckmaniHadrianus schuchertiHay O.P. 1899 Descriptions of two new species of tortoises from the Tertiary of the United States Proceedings of the United States National Museum 22 1181 21-24Sp novJr synonymHayEoceneBartonianJackson FormationUSAlabamaFirst described as a Hadrianus species.Moved to Cymatholcus schucherti (1950)Moved to Testudo schucherti (1964) Moved to Geochelone (Cymatholcus) schucherti (1986) Moved back to Cymatholcus schucherti (2018)thumb|center|upright|Cymatholcus schucherti Archosauromorphs Newly named birds Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCruschedulaSimpson, G.G. 1946 Fossil penguins Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 81 http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/392/1/B087a01.pdfgen et sp novnomen dubiumAmeghinoEarly OligoceneDeseado FormationArgentina described as a penguin now Aves incertae sedis Newly named dinosaurs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesLimnosaurusgen et sp nov Preoccupied.NopcsaMaastrichtianSânpetru Formation RomaniaPreoccupied by Othniel Charles Marsh, 1872. Renamed Telmatosaurus. Mochlodon inkeyisp nov.reassignedNopcsaMaastrichtianSânpetru FormationAustriaReaasigned to Rhabdodon in 1915, then to Zalmoxes in 2003.thumb|left|Illustrations of Z. robustus and Z. shqiperorum in scale References Paleontology