1832 in paleontology

none 1832 paleontology science 1832 Crocodylomorphs New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Metriorhynchus Gen. nov. Valid von Meyer Kimmeridgian La Voulte-sur-Rhône France Many species have been referred to Metriorhynchus since 1830, yet recent studies show that only three species are valid and referrable to the genus, the type M. geoffroyii, M. superciliosus, and M. hastifer.Cau A. Fanti F. 2010 The oldest known metriorhynchid crocodylian from the Middle Jurassic of North-eastern Italy: Neptunidraco ammoniticus gen. et sp. nov. Gondwana Research 19 2 550–565 10.1016/j.gr.2010.07.007 2011GondR..19..550C frameless Dinosaurs New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Iguanodon mantelli Sp. nov. Jr. synonym von Meyer Barremian Tilgate Forest England A species for Iguanodon, which had already been given by Holl in 1829 as I. anglicus. Streptospondylus Gen. nov. Valid von Meyer Oxfordian, 161 mya Vaches Noires France The remains of Streptospondylus were the first dinosaurian remains to be described (by Cuvier in 1808), however, their identification was thought to be teleosaurid or metriorhynchid.Cuvier G. 1808 Sur les ossements fossiles de crocodiles et particulièrement sur ceux des environs du Havre et d'Honfleur, avec des remarques sur les squelettes de sauriens de la Thuringe Annales du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris 7 73–110frameless Pterosaurs New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Pterodactylus bucklandiMeyer 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 Sp. nov. Nomen dubium von Meyer Bathonian Stonesfield Slate England While von Meyer reported the locality as Stonesfield, these fossils are likely misrepresented and originally came from Solnhofen limestone.O’Sullivan M. Martill D.M. 2018 Pterosauria of the Great Oolite Group (Bathonian, Middle Jurassic) of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, England Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 10.4202/app.00490.2018 "Ornithocephalus giganteus" Nomen nudum von Meyer Kimmeridgian Solnhofen limestone Germany Meyer attributes the name to Sommerring, 1820, while Wellnhofer attributes the name to Oken, 1819.Wellnhofer Peter https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Abhandlungen-Akademie-Bayern_NF_141_0001-0133.pdf Die Pterodactyloidea (Pterosauria) der Oberjura-Plattenkalke Süddeutschlands Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Wissenschaftlichen Klasse, Abhandlungen 1970 141 133 Neither Sommerring nor Oken used the name.von Soemmerring S.T. 1819 Ueber die fossilen Reste einer großen Fledermausgattung, welche sich zu Karlsruhe in der Großherzoglichen Sammlung befinden Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften München 7 105 - 112Oken L. Isis (oder Encyclopädische Zeitung) von Oken 1819 Jena : Expedition der Isis 1788-1798 Pterodactylus longirostris Paleontologists Death of Georges Cuvier Farlow James Orville M. K. Brett-Surmann The Complete Dinosaur Indiana University Press 1999 Bloomington, Indiana 8 9780253213136 37107117 References Category:1830s in paleontology Paleontology