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1825 in paleontology

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Dinosaurs

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Author(s)	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
last=Mantell	first=G.A.	year=1825	title=Notice on the Iguanodon, a newly discovered fossil reptile, from the sandstone of Tilgate Forest, in Sussex	journal=Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society	volume=115	pages=179–186	doi=10.1098/rstl.1825.0010	issn=0261-0523	jstor=107739	doi-access=free}}	Gen. nov.	Valid	Mantell	Barremian, 126–125 mya	Wessex Formation	England	last=Farlow	first=J.O.	last2=Brett-Surmann	first2=M.K.	title=The Complete Dinosaur	publisher=Indiana University Press	year=1999	pages=9	isbn=0-253-21313-4}}	[[File:Mantell's Iguanodon teeth.jpg	200px]]

Birds

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Author(s)	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
last=Koenig	first=E.	year=1825	title=none	journal=Icones Fossilium Sectilis	pages=1–44}}	Sp. nov	Valid	Koenig	Early Eocene (Ypresian)	London Clay Formation	England	Described as a genus of Laridae, but transferred to a new genus Halcyornis Owen, 1846.

Pterosaurs

Paleontologist Georg Graf Munster discovered an unusual skull. He sent the fossil to Soemmering, who thought it belonged to an ancient sea bird. He also sent a cast of the skull to August Georg Goldfuss, who recognized it as a pterosaur. He would name it in 1831.

References

Mantell, G.A.. (1825). "Notice on the ''Iguanodon'', a newly discovered fossil reptile, from the sandstone of Tilgate Forest, in Sussex". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Farlow, J.O.. (1999). "The Complete Dinosaur". Indiana University Press.
Koenig, E.. (1825). "none". Icones Fossilium Sectilis.
Wellnhofer, Peter. (2008). "A short history of pterosaur research.". Zitteliana B.

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