1833 in paleontology

none 1833 paleontology science 1833 Dinosaurs New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Hylaeosaurus armatusMantell G.A. 1833 Observations on the remains of the Iguanodon, and other fossil reptiles, of the strata of Tilgate Forest in Sussex Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 1 410–411 Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Mantell Early CretaceousNaish D. Martill D.M. 2008 Dinosaurs of Great Britain and the role of the Geological Society of London in their discovery: Ornithischia Journal of the Geological Society London 165 3 613–623 10.1144/0016-76492007-154 2008JGSoc.165..613N 129624992 Tilgate Forest, Grinstead Clay Formation, Westfalen Sachs S. Hornung J. J. Evans David C 10.1371/journal.pone.0060571 Ankylosaur Remains from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) of Northwestern Germany PLOS ONE 8 4 e60571 2013 23560099 3616133 2013PLoSO...860571S free England Hylaeosaurus was named in 1833 by Mantell for most of a skeleton including an isolated tail. This material was then later described in more detail by Mantell and Alexander Gordon Melville in an 1849 publication.Mantell G.A. Melville A.G. 1849 Additional Observations on the Osteology of the Iguanodon and Hylaeosaurus Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 139 271–305 108479 10.1098/rstl.1849.0015 83530724 frameless Pterosaurs New taxa Name Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Gnathosaurus subulatus Gen. et sp. nov. Valid von Meyer Tithonian Solnhofen LimestoneBennett C.S. 2002 Soft Tissue Preservation of the Cranial Crest of the Pterosaur Germanodactylus from Solnhofen Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 1 43–48 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0043:STPOTC]2.0.CO;2 4524192 Germany A gnathosaurine ctenochasmatid. This is one of two species assigned to Gnathosaurus, the other being G. macrurus. Aurorazhdarcho is a potential junior synonym of Gnathosaurus subulatus.Bennett C.S. 2013 New information on body size and cranial display structures of Pterodactylus antiquus, with a revision of the genus Paläontologische Zeitschrift 87 2 269–289 10.1007/s12542-012-0159-8 83722829 Gnathosaurus as well as related genera such as Germanodactylus, Ctenochasma, and Pterodactylus all possessed large soft tissue crests. All four genera are from the Solnhofen Limestone, and share a common ancestor which, presumably, also had a crest. frameless Fish New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Lepidosaurus Gen. nov. Jr. synonym von Meyer Toarcian, 150 mya Whitby, Holzmaden, Dobbertin, La Caine England, France, Germany This genus is now considered a junior synonym of Lepidotes. Although previously known from species ranging between 205 and 100 mya, a 2012 study found only species from the Late Jurassic to be in the genus, and reassigned the rest. 10.1371/journal.pone.0039370 22808031 3394768 Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Ginglymodian Fishes (Actinopterygii: Neopterygii) PLOS ONE 7 7 e39370 2012 López-Arbarello A. 2012PLoSO...739370L free References Category:1830s in paleontology Paleontology