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1838 in paleontology
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1838 paleontology science
1838
Plesiosaurs
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New taxa
Name Status AuthorsNotes Images
Charitosaurus
Valid
Meyer frameless
Ischyrodon
Valid
von Meyer frameless
Synapsids
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Non-mammalian
Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBrithopusNomen dubiumKutorgaLate PermianRussiaA member of Dinocephalia.OrthopusNomen dubiumKutorgaLate PermianRussiaA member of Dinocephalia.SyodonValidKutorgaMiddle PermianRussiaA member of Dinocephalia.frameless
Fish
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Sharks
Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCarcharodon subauriculatusNomen dubiumAgassiz, 1838Early MioceneUnited States, Calvert FormationA chimeric shark, junior synonym of Otodus chubutensis and O. megalodon.Carcharodon plicatilisValidAgassizLate Miocene-Early PlioceneAustralia, North America, South America, Europe and Portugal.Possible synonym of Carcharodon hastalis.framelessCarcharodon hastalisValidAgassizEarly Oligocene-Late PleistoceneCosmopolitan.An extinct shark.frameless
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