1865 in paleontology

none 1865 paleontology science 1865 Newly named archosauromorphs Newly named basal archosauromorphs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes AnkistrodonNomen dubium Thomas Henry Huxley Early TriassicPanchet FormationIndiaA proterosuchid. Newly named dinosaurs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location NotesImages Astrodon johnstoni Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Leidy Early Cretaceous (Aptian/Albian boundary) Arundel Formation Maryland An indeterminate titanosauriform. 200px Coelosaurus Preoccupied.Joseph LeidyLate Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian)Navesink Formation New Jersey An ornithomimid. Preoccupied by Owen 1854. Megadactylus PreoccupiedHitchcockEarly JurassicPortland Formation USPreoccupied by Fitzinger, 1843. Later renamed Amphisaurus. Polacanthus ValidSir Richard Owen vide Anonymous.Early Cretaceous (Barremian)Wessex Formation UKA polacanthine ankylosaur. 200px Tomodon Preoccupied.Joseph Leidy Maastrichtian Navesink Formation USPreoccupied by Duméril 1853 Later renamed Diplotomodon. Plesiosaurs Newly named plesiosaurs thumb|right|100px|Anhanguera. Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Piratosaurus Nomen dubium Leidy Late Cretaceous (Santonian)A dubious plesiosaur.Plesiosaurus homalospondylusValid Sir Richard Owen Early Jurassic (Toarcian)Alum shaleUKA Microcleididae plesiosaur. Type species of Microcleidus Watson, 1909.Plesiosaurus rostratusValid Sir Richard Owen Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)Charmouth MudstoneUKA rhomaleosaurid plesiosaur. Type species of Archaeonectrus Novozhilov, 1964. References Paleontology Category:1860s in paleontology Paleontology 5 Paleontology, 1865 In