1837 in paleontology

none 1837 paleontology science 1837 Archosauromorphs Newly named dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. Olshevsky George Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html 2008-08-07 2011-07-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html dead Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images PlateosaurusMeyer H. von 1837 Mitteilung an prof, Bronn (Plateosaurus engelhardti) Neues Jahrbuch Mineral Geol. Palaeontol. 1837 317 Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer Late Triassic Feuerletten Formation, Fleming Fjord Formation, Knollenmergel, Marnes Irisees Superieures Formation, Obere Bunte Mergel Stubensandstein, Trossingen Formation France, Norway, Germany, Greenland, Switzerland German paleontologist Hermann von Meyer formally named and described Plateosaurus. This was the first described prosauropod, and is still the one we know most about. Farlow James O. M. K. Brett-Surmann The Complete Dinosaur Indiana University Press 1999 Bloomington, Indiana 11 0-253-21313-4200px Synapsids Newly named mammals Afrotherians Name Status Authors Age Location NotesImagesGomphotheriumValidBurmeisterEarly Miocene to Early Pliocene Ethiopia Austria Saudi Arabia China Czech Republic Egypt France Germany India Kenya Mexico Namibia North Korea Pakistan Poland Portugal Romania Russia Spain Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Turkey Ukraine USA (California, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota and Texas) NicaraguaA gomphothere.thumb|Gomphotherium References Category:1830s in paleontology Paleontology