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1855 in paleontology
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1855
Pterosaurs
New taxa
Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Pterodactylus suevicusQuenstedt F.A. 1855 Uber Pterodactylus suevicus im lithographischen Schiefer Württembergs Heinrig Laupp 1-52 Sp. nov. Valid Quenstedt Kimmeridgian Nusplinger Schist Germany Later named Cycnorhamphus suevicus 200px
Plesiosaurs
New taxa
Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Aptychodon Gen. nov. Valid Reuss Turonian Jizeru Formation Czech Republic A pliosauroid. Brimosaurus Gen. nov. Valid Leidy Late Cretaceous Unknown US A dubious plesiosauroid.
Museums
The Albany Museum of Grahamstown, South Africa is established.Chinsamy, Anusuya. (1997). "Albany Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa." Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. Edited by Phillip J. Currie and Kevin Padian. Academic Press. p. 6.
See also
Paleontology
References
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