1854 in paleontology

none 1854 paleontology science 1854 Vertebrate paleozoology Non-mammalian synapsids described in 1854 Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBathygnathusLeidy, J. 1854. Remarks on Bathygnathus borealis (Article XVI). Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (2nd Series) Volume VIII, part 4: pp. 449-451;Valid Joseph LeidyEarly PermianUnnamed unitCanadaA sphenacodontid pelycosaur. Nothosaurs described in 1854 Name Status Authors Age Location Notes Deirosaurus Junior synonymOwenLate TriassicItalyJunior synonym of Lariosaurus. Prehistoric dinosaurs described in 1854 Name Status Authors Age Unit Location NotesImages LeptospondylusOwen, R. 1854. Descriptive catalogue of the fossil organic remains of reptilia contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. British Museum (Natural History), London: 184 pages. Junior synonym.Sir Richard OwenEarly Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)Upper Elliot FormationSouth AfricaJunior subjective synonym of Massospondylus. Massospondylus ValidSir Richard OwenEarly Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)Upper Elliot Formation Lesotho South Africa ZimbabweA massospondylid. a Small Plant-Eating Sauropodomorph.thumb|Massospondylus Nuthetes ValidSir Richard OwenEarly Cretaceous (Berriasian)Purbeck Group England FranceA dromaeosaurid.thumb|Nuthetes Pachyspondylus Junior synonym.Sir Richard OwenEarly Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)Upper Elliot FormationSouth AfricaJunior subjective synonym of Massospondylus. Literature The Fossil Spirit: A Boy's Dream of Geology by John Mill was published. The story features a fakir from Hindostan telling a group of boys about his past lives as prehistoric creatures across geologic time. One such life as was lived as an Iguanodon who was attacked by a Megalosaurus. Apart from this fight scene, paleontologist William A. S. Sarjeant has dismissed the book as a "singularly turgid and heavily didactic text." References Sarjeant, W. A. S., 2001, Dinosaurs in fiction: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp. 504-529. Category:1850s in paleontology Paleontology