1824 in paleontology

none 1824 paleontology science 1824 Dinosaurs William Buckland realizes that fossils he previously believed to be of cetacean origin were actually Iguanodon fossils. This mistake cost him the chance to describe the genus himself. New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images "Iguanosaurus" Gen. nov. Nomen nudum AnonymousDelair J.B. Sarjeant W.A.S. 1975 Earliest Discoveries of the Dinosaurs Isis 66 1 4–25 229523 10.1086/351373 Barremian, 126-125 myaCarpenter K. Ishida Y. 2010 Early and "Middle" Cretaceous Iguanodonts in Time and Space Journal of Iberian Geology 36 2 145–164 10.5209/rev_JIGE.2010.v36.n2.3 free Unknown England "Iguanosaurus" was first mentioned in a magazine article by an anonymous author (possibly Mantell) in 1824. The author suggested that Mantell was originally going to name the teeth "Iguanosaurus", but William Daniel Conybeare suggested that it be instead named Iguanodon. MegalosaurusBuckland W. 1824 Notice on the Megalosaurus, or great fossil lizard of Stonesfield Transactions of the Geological Society of London 2 1 390–396 10.1144/transgslb.1.2.390 https://zenodo.org/record/1448577 Gen. nov. Valid Buckland Bathonian, 166 myaBenson R.B.J. 2009 An assessment of variability in theropod dinosaur remains from the Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) of Stonesfield and New Park Quarry, UK and taxonomic implications for Megalosaurus bucklandii and Iliosuchus incognitus Palaeontology 52 4 857–877 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00884.x Taynton Limestone Formation England The Reverend William Buckland gives a presentation to the Geological Society describing the first scientifically named dinosaur, Megalosaurus on February 20. Later that year its formal scientific description is published in writing.Farlow J.O. Brett-Surmann M.K. The Complete Dinosaur Indiana University Press 1999 8–9 0-253-21313-4frameless Pterosaurs New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Pterodactylus grandisCuvier G. 1824 Recherches sur les Ossemens fossiles Paris et Amsterdam chez G. Dufour et E. d'Ocagne 5 pt. 2 380–383 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/214698#page/388/mode/1up Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Cuvier Kimmeridgian Solnhofen limestone Germany Plesiosaurs New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Plesiosaurus dolichodeirusConybeare W.D. 1824 On the discovery of an almost perfect skeleton of the Plesiosaurus Transactions of the Geological Society of London 2 1 381-389 Sp. nov. Valid Conybeare Sinemurian, 199 mya Blue Lias EnglandHenry De la Beche and Conybeare named the genus in 1821, following up with the type species P. dolichodeirus in 1824. The species was named on the basis of a complete skeleton discovered by Mary Anning.Storrs G.W. 1997 Morphological and taxonomic clarification of the genus Plesiosaurus 145–190 Callaway J.M Nicholls E.L. Ancient Marine Reptiles https://archive.org/details/ancientmarinerep00call limited Academic press frameless Pterosaurs Cuvier reiterated his previous conclusions that Pterodactylus was a reptile that flew with membranous wings. He also advanced novel speculations about its paleobiology, like that it used the claws on its wings to climb trees and "crawled" quadrupedally when not in flight rather than walking on its hind limbs. wellnhofer-2008 Wellnhofer, Peter 2008 A short history of pterosaur research. Zitteliana B 28 7–19 References Paleontology Category:1820s in paleontology Paleontology