1900 in paleontology

	… 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1894; 1895; 1896; ; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903; ; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910 …;
	In science 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903
	Art; Archaeology; Architecture; Literature; Music; Philosophy; Science +...;

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 1900.

Sauropterygia[]

Newly named plesiosaurs[]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Cimoliasaurus laramiensis	sp. nov.	junior synonym	Knight	Oxfordian	Sundance Formation, Wyonming	USA	recombined as Tatenectes laramiensis in 2003

Synapsids[]

Non-mammalian[]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
	Gen. et sp. nov	Nomen dubium	Seeley	Late Permian	Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone	South Africa	A dicynodont of uncertain position
Ictidosuchus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Broom	Late Permian	Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone	South Africa	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.

[1] 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.

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