1852 in paleontology

none 1852 paleontology science 1852 Reptiles Non-dinosaurs NameAuthorsAgeLocationImagesTanystropheusvon Meyer237 Millions of years ago China France Germany Israel Switzerland UK200px Brachytrachelus Preoccupied. Geibel preoccupied name; now known as Scaphognathus Ctenochasma Valid von Meyer Pterosaur Macrotrachelus Jr. synonym. Giebel Jr. synonym of Pterodactylus. Dinosaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images AepisaurusGervais, P. 1852. Zoologie et paleontology francaise (animauz vertebras): Paris v. 1, iv + 271 (text), v. 2, explanation of plates, v. 3, Plates; Nomen dubium Gervais Early Cretaceous (Albian)Grès vert France A possible camarasaurid. 100px Oplosaurus Nomen dubium Gervais Early Cretaceous (Barremian) Wessex Formation England A sauropod of unknown affinities. Death Gideon Algernon Mantell died. Literature Bleak House by Charles Dickens was published. The story told by this novel is unrelated to paleontology, but it does briefly mention a Megalosaurus, which happened to be the first reference made to dinosaurs in fiction. References Sarjeant, W. A. S., 2001, Dinosaurs in fiction: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp. 504-529. Category:1850s in paleontology Paleontology