1831 in paleontology

none 1831 paleontology science 1831 Crocodylomorphs New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Macrospondylus Gen. nov. Valid von Meyer Toarcian Posidonia Shale Germany A machimosaurid frameless Pterosaurs August Goldfuss depicted pterosaurs as flying reptiles that used their wing claws to climb cliffs. He hypothesized that on land, they would have had to travel on all fours. He also suggested they may have been covered in hair. wellnhofer-2008 Wellnhofer, Peter 2008 A short history of pterosaur research. Zitteliana B 28 7–19 New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Pterodactylus crassirostrisGoldfuss G.A. 1831 Beiträge zur Kenntniss verschiedener reptilien der Vorwelt Carlton 66 Sp. nov. Valid Goldfuss Kimmeridgian Solnhofen limestone Germany Later renamed Scaphognathus crassirostris frameless Ornithocephalus münsteri Sp. nov. Valid Goldfuss Kimmeridgian Solnhofen limestone Germany Later renamed Rhamphorhynchus muensteri frameless Pterodactylus mediusMünster G.G. 1831 Beschreibung Einer Neuen Art Der Gattung Pterodactylus Cuv., Ornithocephalus Sömmer Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 15 49-60 Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Münster Kimmeridgian Solnhofen limestone Germany The only specimen was destroyed in World War II but shows similarities to Germanodactylus.Bennett S. Christopher 2006 Juvenile specimens of the pterosaur Germanodactylus cristatus, with a revision of the genus Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 4 872–878 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[872:JSOTPG]2.0.CO;2 86460861 http://doc.rero.ch/record/15674/files/PAL_E806.pdf Paleontologists Birth of Othniel Charles Marsh on October 29; noted for naming many dinosaur families and genera, including Apatosaurus and Allosaurus. References Paleontology Category:1830s in paleontology Paleontology