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1832 in paleontology

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Crocodylomorphs

New taxa

Taxon	Novelty	Status	Author(s)	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Metriorhynchus	Gen. nov.	Valid	von Meyer	Kimmeridgian	La Voulte-sur-Rhône	France	Many species have been referred to Metriorhynchus since 1830, yet recent studies show that only three species are valid and referrable to the genus, the type M. geoffroyii, M. superciliosus, and M. hastifer.	[[File:Metriorhynchus brevirostris.jpg	200px]]

Dinosaurs

New taxa

Taxon	Novelty	Status	Author(s)	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Iguanodon mantelli	Sp. nov.	Jr. synonym	von Meyer	Barremian	Tilgate Forest	England	A species for Iguanodon, which had already been given by Holl in 1829 as I. anglicus.	[[File:Mantell's Iguanodon teeth.jpg	200px]]
Streptospondylus	Gen. nov.	Valid	von Meyer	Oxfordian, 161 mya	Vaches Noires	France	The remains of Streptospondylus were the first dinosaurian remains to be described (by Cuvier in 1808), however, their identification was thought to be teleosaurid or metriorhynchid.	[[File:StreptospondylusNV.jpg	200px]]

Pterosaurs

New taxa

Taxon	Novelty	Status	Author(s)	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
last=Meyer	first=C. E. H.	year=1832	title=Palaeologica zur Geschichte der Erde	url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_8s1aAAAAcAAJ	location=Frankfurt am Main	publisher=Verlag von Siegmund Schmerber	pages=109-117}}	Sp. nov.	Nomen dubium	von Meyer	Bathonian	Stonesfield Slate	England	last1=O’Sullivan	first1=M.	last2=Martill	first2=D.M.	year=2018	title=Pterosauria of the Great Oolite Group (Bathonian, Middle Jurassic) of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, England	journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica	doi=10.4202/app.00490.2018}}
"Ornithocephalus giganteus"		Nomen nudum	von Meyer	Kimmeridgian	Solnhofen limestone	Germany	last=Wellnhofer	first=Peter	url=https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Abhandlungen-Akademie-Bayern_NF_141_0001-0133.pdf	title=Die Pterodactyloidea (Pterosauria) der Oberjura-Plattenkalke Süddeutschlands	publisher=Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Wissenschaftlichen Klasse, Abhandlungen	year=1970	volume=141	page=133}} Neither Sommerring nor Oken used the name.

Paleontologists

Death of Georges Cuvier

References

(2010). "The oldest known metriorhynchid crocodylian from the Middle Jurassic of North-eastern Italy: ''Neptunidraco ammoniticus'' gen. et sp. nov.". Gondwana Research.
Cuvier, G.. (1808). "Sur les ossements fossiles de crocodiles et particulièrement sur ceux des environs du Havre et d'Honfleur, avec des remarques sur les squelettes de sauriens de la Thuringe". Annales du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris.
Meyer, C. E. H.. (1832). "Palaeologica zur Geschichte der Erde". Verlag von Siegmund Schmerber.
(2018). "Pterosauria of the Great Oolite Group (Bathonian, Middle Jurassic) of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, England". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.
Wellnhofer, Peter. (1970). "Die Pterodactyloidea (Pterosauria) der Oberjura-Plattenkalke Süddeutschlands". Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Wissenschaftlichen Klasse, Abhandlungen.
von Soemmerring, S.T.. (1819). "Ueber die fossilen Reste einer großen Fledermausgattung, welche sich zu Karlsruhe in der Großherzoglichen Sammlung befinden". Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften München.
Oken, L.. (1819). "Isis (oder Encyclopädische Zeitung) von Oken". Jena : Expedition der Isis.
Farlow, James Orville. (1999). "The Complete Dinosaur". Indiana University Press.

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