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1821 in paleontology

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Dinosaurs

On 21 June, Gideon Algernon Mantell displays the fossils he would later name Iguanodon to the Geological Society, but arouses little interest.

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Taxon	Novelty	Status	Author(s)	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Plesiosaurus	Gen. nov.	Valid	De la Beche & Conybeare	Sinemurian	Blue Lias	England	last=Storrs	first=G.W.	year=1997	chapter=Morphological and taxonomic clarification of the genus Plesiosaurus	pages=145–190	editor-last=Callaway	editor-first=J.M	editor2-last=Nicholls	editor2-first=E.L.	title=Ancient Marine Reptiles	publisher=Academic press}}	[[File:Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus NHM.jpg	200px]]

References

Farlow, James Orville. (1999). "The Complete Dinosaur". Indiana University Press.
De la Beche, H. T. & W. D. Conybeare. (1821). Notice of the discovery of a new fossil animal, forming a link between the ''[[Ichthyosaurus]]'' and [[crocodile]], together with general remarks on the osteology of the ''Ichthyosaurus''. ''Transactions of the Geological Society of London'' 5: 559–594
Storrs, G.W.. (1997). "Ancient Marine Reptiles". Academic press.

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