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1839 in paleontology

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Summary

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Arthropods

Crustaceans

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images

Archosaurs

Newly named pseudosuchians

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

Name	Status	Authors	Notes

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Pterosaurs

Graf Munster received a complete skeleton of "Pterodactylus" munsteri which revealed the presence of a long bony tail in this species.

Paleontologists

Birth of Harry Govier Seeley, the paleontologist who invented the Saurischian/Ornithischian dinosaur dichotomy.

References

Münster, Georg Herbert. (1839). "Beitraege zur Petrefacten-Kunde : mit XXX. nach der Natur gezeichneten tafeln". in Commission der Buchner'schen Buchhandlung.
Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List".
Wellnhofer, Peter. (2008). "A short history of pterosaur research.". Zitteliana B.
Farlow, James O.. (1999). "The Complete Dinosaur". Indiana University Press.

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