1881 in paleontology

none 1881 paleontology science 1881 Molluscs Bivalves Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images FordillaElicki O. Gürsu S. 2009 First record of Pojetaia runnegari Jell, 1980 and Fordilla Barrande, 1881 from the Middle East (Taurus Mountains, Turkey) and critical review of Cambrian bivalves Paläontologische Zeitschrift 83 2 267–291 10.1007/s12542-009-0021-9 http://www.geo.tu-freiberg.de/~elicki/ELICKI_GUERSU_2009_PalZ_CambrianBivalves.pdf 2012-01-06 2013-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202640/http://www.geo.tu-freiberg.de/~elicki/ELICKI_GUERSU_2009_PalZ_CambrianBivalves.pdf dead gen et sp nov Valid Barrande Early Cambrian USA early Cambrian bivalve genus thumb|center|150px|Fordilla troyensis Nucula ponderata Sánchez T.M. 1999 New Late Ordovician (Early Caradoc) Bivalves from the Sierra de Villicum (Argentine Precordillera) Journal of Paleontology 73 1 66–76 1306745 sp nov synonym Barrande Ordovician France Portugal UK moved to the genus Concavodonta as C. ponderata in 1972 Dinosaurs Newly named dinosaurs Name Status AuthorsLocation Notes ''Crataeomus'' Nomen dubium Harry Govier Seeley Possible subjective synonym of Struthiosaurus. ''Diracodon'' Nomen dubium Othniel Charles Marsh Possible subjective synonym of Stegosaurus. Doratodon Misidentification Harry Govier Seeley Misidentified crocodilian. Hallopus Misidentification. Othniel Charles Marsh Misidentified crocodilian. ''Hoplosaurus'' Nomen dubium Harry Govier Seeley synonym of Pelorosaurus. Mochlodon Valid Harry Govier Seeley Austria Hungary RomaniaA Dwarf Iguanodont. ''Oligosaurus'' Nomen dubium Harry Govier Seeley Possible subjective synonym of Rhabdodon. ''Ornithomerus'' Jr. synonym Harry Govier Seeley Junior subjective synonym of Rhabdodon. ''Pleuropeltus'' Nomen dubium Harry Govier Seeley Possible subjective synonym of Struthiosaurus. Rhadinosaurus Nomen dubium Harry Govier Seeley Austria Pterosaurs New taxa Name Status AuthorsLocation Notes Dermodactylus Valid Marsh Laopteryx Valid Marsh Nyctodactylus Jr. synonym. Marsh Jr. synonym of Nyctosaurus. Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Location Notes Images Aelurosaurus Valid Owen257 Million of years ago South AfricaA Saber-Toothed Gorgonopsian.thumb|150px|center|Aelurosaurus Paleontologists Death of the Reverend William Fox a significant early collector of dinosaur fossils from the Isle of Wight. Farlow James O. M. K. Brett-Surmann The Complete Dinosaur Indiana University Press 1999 Bloomington, Indiana 15 0-253-21313-4 References