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Dinosaurs
Newly named dinosaurs
Name Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images HikanodonNöggerath J. 1826 Cuvier's Ansichten von der Urwelt: nach der zweiten Originalausgabe verdeutscht und mit Anmerkungen begleitet Bonn Edward Weber 2 18 Gen. nov. Jr. synonym Nöggerath Barremian, 126–125 mya Tilgate Forest England In a brief description of a fossil reptile from the "iron sands" of England, Nöggerath mentions that Mantell has named the taxon Hikanodon, creating an invalid junior objective synonym of Iguanodon named the year earlier.Reid I. 2019-02-27 Hikanodon: history of the name? http://dml.cmnh.org/2019Feb/msg00107.html Dinosaur Mailing List 2019-02-27 Olshevsky George Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html 2019-03-02 2011-07-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html dead Megalosaurus conybearivon Ritgen F. A. 1826 Versuchte Herstellung einiger Becken urweltlichter Thiere Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 13 331–358 Sp. nov. Nomen oblitum von Ritgen Bathonian Taynton Limestone Formation England A species name for Megalosaurus, but forgotten to history.
Pterosaurs
New taxa
Name Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Pterodactylus nettecephaloides Sp. nov. Jr. synonym von Ritgen Tithonian Solnhofen limestone Germany A junior objective synonym of Pterodactylus brevirostris.Meyer C. E. H. 1832 Palaeologica zur Geschichte der Erde https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_8s1aAAAAcAAJ Frankfurt am Main Verlag von Siegmund Schmerber 109-117 Pterodactylus crocodilocephaloides Sp. nov. Jr. synonym von Ritgen Tithonian Solnhofen limestone Germany A junior objective synonym of Pterodactylus longirostris.
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