1969 in paleontology
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes
Alectoris bavarica Sp . nov Valid Ballmann Early Miocene Germany A Phasianidae
Buteo pusillus Sp . nov Valid Ballmann Middle Miocene France An Accipitridae
Capitonides Gen. et Sp . nov jr synonym Ballmann Early Miocene Germany A Lybiidae , jr syn of Trachyphonus europeus
Diomedea thyridata Sp . nov Valid Wilkinson Late Miocene Black Rock Sandstone Australia A Diomedeidae
Eogeranoides Gen. et Sp . nov Valid Cracraft Early Eocene Willwood Formation USA ( Wyoming ) A Geranoididae , type sp . E. campivagus
Geranodornis Gen. nov. et Sp . nov Valid Cracraft Middle Eocene Bridger Formation USA ( Wyoming ) A Geranoididae type sp . G. aenigma
Musophaga meini Sp . nov jr synonym Ballmann Middle Miocene MN 8 France A Musophagidae jr syn of Veflintornis meini
Otus wintershofensis Sp . nov jr synonym Ballmann Early Miocene Germany A Strigidae , transferred Strix wintershofensis
Palaeonerpes Gen. et Sp . nov Valid Cracraft & Morony Early Pliocene Valentine Formation USA ( Nebraska ) A Picidae , type sp P. shorti
Palaeophasianus incompletus Sp . nov Valid Cracraft Early Eocene Willwood Formation USA ( Wyoming ) A Geranoididae
Paracygnus Gen. et Sp . nov Valid Short Late Pliocene Kimbal Formation USA ( Colorado ) An Anatidae , type sp P. plattensis
Paragrus shufeldti Sp . nov Valid Cracraft Early Eocene Willwood Formation USA ( Wyoming ) A Geranoididae
Plotopterum Gen. et Sp . nov Valid Howard Early Miocene Upper Walker Formation USA A Plotopteridae , type sp P. joaquinensis
Pseudodontornis stirtoni Sp . nov jr synonym Howard & Warter Late Pliocene New Zealand A Pseudodontornithidae transferred to Neodontornis stirtoni
Pulsatrix arredondoi Sp . nov valid Brodkorb Pleistocene Caverna Paredones Cuba A Strigidae
Strix brevis Sp . nov Valid Ballmann Early Miocene Germany A Strigidae , transferred to Intulula brevis
Taoperdix miocaena Sp . nov Valid Ballmann Early Miocene Germany A Cracidae
Tetrao praeurogallus Sp . nov Valid Dénes Jánossy Early Pliocene - Early Pleistocene Bulgaria A Phasianidae
Zenaidura prior Sp . nov jr synonym Brodkorb Late Pliocene Rexroad Formation USA ( Kansas ) A Columbidae , transferred to Zenaida prior
Zygodactylus Gen et Sp . nov Valid Ballmann Middle Miocene France Germany A Zygodactylidae two sp Z. grivensis & Z. ignotus
Paleozoology -- Vertebrate paleozoology
Newly named crurotarsans [ edit ] Newly named dinosaurs [ edit ] Data courtesy of George Olshevsky 's dinosaur genera list . [ 4 ] Newly named birds [ edit ]