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Crustaceans
New taxa
Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes ImagesEtalloniaA Oppel 1861 Die Arten der Gattungen Eryma, Pseudastacus, Magila und Etallonia. https://www.marinespecies.org/traits./aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=230972 PDF Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterlandische Naturkunde in Wurttemberg de 17 355–364Gen. et. comb. nov.ValidOppelJurassicSolnhofen LimestoneGermanyAn axiid, type species is E. longimana, initially described as Magila longimana in 1839.PseudastacusGen. et. comb. nov.ValidOppelJurassicSolnhofen LimestoneGermanyA stenochirid, type species is P. pustulosus, initially described as Bolina pustulosa in 1839.200px
Dinosaurs
New taxa
Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Archaeopteryx lithographicaMeyer H. 1861-09-20 Archaeopterix lithographica (Vogel-Feder) und Pterydactylus von Solenhofen Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 678–679 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/112180#page/698/mode/1up Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Meyer Kimmeridgian Solnhofen Limestone Germany Early bird, only known from a single flight feather. 200px Echinodon becklesiiOwen R. 1861 Monograph on the Fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck Formations. Part V. Order Lacertilia Palaeontographical Society 31–39 https://books.google.com/books?id=t4Q5AQAAMAAJ Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Owen Berriasian Purbeck Beds UK Known from multiple jaw and tooth fossils, originally interpreted as a lacertilian.Falconer H. 1861 Note on the synonymy of the fossil genus Echinodon of Professor Owen Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 46 341 10.1080/00222936108697425 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/60943 Teratosaurus suevicus Gen. et sp. nov. Valid von Meyer Norian Löwenstein Formation Germany Originally interpreted as an early dinosaur, now an early pseudosuchian.
Pterosaurs
New taxa
Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Scaphognathus Wagner J.A. 1861 Uebersicht über die fossilen Reptilien des lithographischen Schiefers in Bayern nach ihren Gattungen und Arten Sitzungsberichte der königlich bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München, 1861 Theil 1 497–535 Gen. nov. Valid Wagner Kimmeridgian Solnhofen limestone Germany A new genus for Pterodactylus crassirostris Goldfuss, 1831 200px
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