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1831 in paleontology
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Crocodylomorphs
New taxa
| Taxon | Novelty | Status | Author(s) | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macrospondylus | Gen. nov. | Valid | von Meyer | Toarcian | Posidonia Shale | Germany | A machimosaurid | [[File:Macrospondylus bollensis Holzmaden.jpg | 200px]] |
Pterosaurs
- August Goldfuss depicted pterosaurs as flying reptiles that used their wing claws to climb cliffs. He hypothesized that on land, they would have had to travel on all fours. He also suggested they may have been covered in hair.
New taxa
| Taxon | Novelty | Status | Author(s) | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| last=Goldfuss | first=G.A. | year=1831 | title=Beiträge zur Kenntniss verschiedener reptilien der Vorwelt | publisher=Carlton | pages=66}} | Sp. nov. | Valid | Goldfuss | Kimmeridgian | Solnhofen limestone | Germany | Later renamed Scaphognathus crassirostris | [[File:Scaphognathus crassirostris cast - Pterosaurs Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs.jpg | 200px]] | ||||||||||
| Ornithocephalus münsteri | Sp. nov. | Valid | Goldfuss | Kimmeridgian | Solnhofen limestone | Germany | Later renamed Rhamphorhynchus muensteri | [[File:Ornithocephalus Münsteri.jpg | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||
| last=Münster | first=G.G. | year=1831 | title=Beschreibung Einer Neuen Art Der Gattung Pterodactylus Cuv., Ornithocephalus Sömmer | journal=Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum | volume=15 | pages=49-60}} | Sp. nov. | Nomen dubium | Münster | Kimmeridgian | Solnhofen limestone | Germany | last=Bennett | first=S. Christopher | year=2006 | title=Juvenile specimens of the pterosaur Germanodactylus cristatus, with a revision of the genus | journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume=26 | issue=4 | pages=872–878 | doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[872:JSOTPG]2.0.CO;2 | s2cid=86460861 | url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/15674/files/PAL_E806.pdf }} |
Paleontologists
- Birth of Othniel Charles Marsh on October 29; noted for naming many dinosaur families and genera, including Apatosaurus and Allosaurus.
References
References
- Wellnhofer, Peter. (2008). "A short history of pterosaur research.". Zitteliana B.
- Goldfuss, G.A.. (1831). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss verschiedener reptilien der Vorwelt". Carlton.
- Münster, G.G.. (1831). "Beschreibung Einer Neuen Art Der Gattung ''Pterodactylus'' Cuv., ''Ornithocephalus'' Sömmer". Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum.
- Bennett, S. Christopher. (2006). "Juvenile specimens of the pterosaur ''Germanodactylus cristatus'', with a revision of the genus". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
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