1969 in paleontology
Paleozoology
Molluscs
New bivalves
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
Praenuculidae | Fam nov | Valid | McAlester | Ordovician - Devonian | extinct family of Nuculoidea bivalves |
Conodont paleozoology
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
Protognathodus | Gen. nov | Valid | Willi Ziegler | 351 Millions of years ago. | |||
| Patrognathus | Gen nov | Valid | Rhodes, Austin & Druce | Carboniferous |
Vertebrate paleozoology
Fish
New Actinopterygii ("ray-finned fish")
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
Proaracana | gen et sp nov | Valid | Le Danois | Eocene | Monte Bolca |
Archosauromorphs
Newly named crurotarsans
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
Deinonychus | gen et sp nov | Valid | Ostrom | Early Cretaceous | Cloverly Formation | An American dromeosaur, that has a name that means: Terrible Claw. | ||
| Riojasaurus | gen et sp nov | Valid. | Bonaparte | Triassic | . | |||
"Strenusaurus" | gen et sp nov | Junior synonym. | Bonaparte | Triassic | Junior synonym of Riojasaurus. | |||
"Syntarsus" | gen et sp nov | Preoccupied name. | Raath | Early Jurassic | Preoccupied by Syntarsus Fairmaire, 1869. Renamed Megapnosaurus, now a junior synonym of Coelophysis''. |
Newly named birds
New Pterosaurs
Synapsid
Mammals
| Name | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
| Crusafontia | Henkel and Krebs | 127 Millions years ago |