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1859 in paleontology
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Plants
Angiosperms
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Dinosaurs
New taxa
| Taxon | Novelty | Status | Author(s) | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compsognathus longipes | Gen. et. sp. nov. | Valid | Wagner | Tithonian | Solnhofen Limestone | Germany | A compsognathid. | [[File:Compsognathus BW.jpg | 200px]] |
| Hadrosaurus foulkii | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Leidy | Campanian | Woodbury Formation | New Jersey | A hadrosaurid. | ||
| "Scelidosaurus" | Invalid | Nomen nudum | Owen | Sinemurian | Blue Lias | UK | A basal thyreophoran. | [[File:Scelidosaurus2.jpg | 200px]] |
Pterosaurs
- Buckman described a clutch of 4.5 cm long oval-shaped fossil eggs from Middle Jurassic marine rock in the United Kingdom. He erected the new oogenus and oospecies Oolithes bathonicae for them, the first time fossil eggs had been given their own unique taxonomic name.
New taxa
| Taxon | Novelty | Status | Author(s) | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimorphodon | Gen. nov. | Valid | Owen | Sinemurian | Blue Lias | UK | A new generic name for Pterodactylus macronyx. | [[File:Dimorphodon2DB.jpg | 200px]] |
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
| Taxon | Novelty | Status | Author(s) | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galesaurus | 252 Millions of years ago | South Africa |
References
References
- (2021). "Distribution and Morphological Diversity of Palaeocarpinus (Betulaceae) from the Paleogene of the Northern Hemisphere.". The Botanical Review.
- Leidy, J. 1859. Extinct vertebrata from the Judith River and Great Lignite Formations of Nebraska. American Philosophical Society Transactions 11:pp. 139-154.
- Owen, R. 1859. On the order of fossil and recent reptilia, and their distribution in time. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science: pp. 153-166.
- Wellnhofer, Peter. (2008). "A short history of pterosaur research.". Zitteliana B.
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