page_title: 1869 in paleontology
section_title: New taxa
hierarchical_section_title: 1869 in paleontology / Pterosaurs / New taxa
caption_attribution_description: Ornithocheirus simus, a pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of the UK, pencil drawing
context_page_description: Paleontology or palaeontology 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, burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces, 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.
caption: Ornithocheirus
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