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Dinosaurs
Newly named dinosaurs
Name Status Authors Notes
BelodonMeyer, H. von. 1842. Notes on labyrinthodonts
and fossil reptiles, including a description of
Belodon plieningeri, new gen. and sp. Neues
Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geologie und
Palaontologie 1842, pp. 301-304.
Misidentification.
von Meyer Misidentified phytosaur.
Brachytaenius
Misidentification.von MeyerDubious non-dinosaurian reptile.
thumb|center|150px|Belodon was actually a phytosaur.
Pterosaurs
Sir Richard Owen formally named the orders Pterosauria and the Dinosauria. wellnhofer-2008 Wellnhofer, Peter 2008 A short history of pterosaur research. Zitteliana B 28 7–19
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Paleontology
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