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1824 in paleontology

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Dinosaurs

  • William Buckland realizes that fossils he previously believed to be of cetacean origin were actually Iguanodon fossils. This mistake cost him the chance to describe the genus himself.

New taxa

TaxonNoveltyStatusAuthor(s)AgeUnitLocationNotesImages
"Iguanosaurus"Gen. nov.Nomen nudumAnonymousBarremian, 126-125 myaUnknownEngland"Iguanosaurus" was first mentioned in a magazine article by an anonymous author (possibly Mantell) in 1824. The author suggested that Mantell was originally going to name the teeth "Iguanosaurus", but William Daniel Conybeare suggested that it be instead named Iguanodon.
last=Bucklandfirst=W.year=1824title=Notice on the Megalosaurus, or great fossil lizard of Stonesfieldjournal=Transactions of the Geological Society of Londonvolume=2issue=1pages=390–396doi=10.1144/transgslb.1.2.390url=https://zenodo.org/record/1448577}}Gen. nov.ValidBucklandlast=Bensonfirst=R.B.J.year=2009title=An assessment of variability in theropod dinosaur remains from the Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) of Stonesfield and New Park Quarry, UK and taxonomic implications for Megalosaurus bucklandii and Iliosuchus incognitusjournal=Palaeontologyvolume=52issue=4pages=857–877doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00884.x}}Taynton Limestone FormationEnglandlast=Farlowfirst=J.O.last2=Brett-Surmannfirst2=M.K.title=The Complete Dinosaurpublisher=Indiana University Pressyear=1999pages=8–9isbn=0-253-21313-4}}[[File:Buckland, Megalosaurus jaw.jpg200px]]

Pterosaurs

New taxa

TaxonNoveltyStatusAuthor(s)AgeUnitLocationNotesImages
last=Cuvierfirst=G.year=1824title=Recherches sur les Ossemens fossileslocation=Paris et Amsterdampublisher=chez G. Dufour et E. d'Ocagnevolume=5 pt. 2pages=380–383url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/214698#page/388/mode/1up }}Sp. nov.Nomen dubiumCuvierKimmeridgianSolnhofen limestoneGermany

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

TaxonNoveltyStatusAuthor(s)AgeUnitLocationNotesImages
last=Conybearefirst=W.D.year=1824title=On the discovery of an almost perfect skeleton of the Plesiosaurusjournal=Transactions of the Geological Society of Londonissue=2volume=1pages=381-389}}Sp. nov.ValidConybeareSinemurian, 199 myaBlue LiasEngland[[File:Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus NHM.jpg200px]]

Pterosaurs

  • Cuvier reiterated his previous conclusions that Pterodactylus was a reptile that flew with membranous wings. He also advanced novel speculations about its paleobiology, like that it used the claws on its wings to climb trees and "crawled" quadrupedally when not in flight rather than walking on its hind limbs.

References

References

  1. Delair, J.B.. (1975). "Earliest Discoveries of the Dinosaurs". Isis.
  2. Carpenter, K.. (2010). "Early and "Middle" Cretaceous Iguanodonts in Time and Space". [[Journal of Iberian Geology]].
  3. Buckland, W.. (1824). "Notice on the ''Megalosaurus'', or great fossil lizard of Stonesfield". Transactions of the Geological Society of London.
  4. Benson, R.B.J.. (2009). "An assessment of variability in theropod dinosaur remains from the Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) of Stonesfield and New Park Quarry, UK and taxonomic implications for ''Megalosaurus bucklandii'' and ''Iliosuchus incognitus''". Palaeontology.
  5. Farlow, J.O.. (1999). "The Complete Dinosaur". Indiana University Press.
  6. Cuvier, G.. (1824). "Recherches sur les Ossemens fossiles". chez G. Dufour et E. d'Ocagne.
  7. Conybeare, W.D.. (1824). "On the discovery of an almost perfect skeleton of the ''Plesiosaurus''". Transactions of the Geological Society of London.
  8. Storrs, G.W.. (1997). "Ancient Marine Reptiles". Academic press.
  9. Wellnhofer, Peter. (2008). "A short history of pterosaur research.". Zitteliana B.
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