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1871 in paleontology
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Fish
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Archosauromorphs
New taxa
| Taxon | Novelty | Status | Author(s) | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crocodilus carcharidens | Sp. nov. | Valid | Bunzel | Campanian | Grünbach Formation | Austria | Later given the genus name Doratodon | |
| Zatomus | Nomen dubium | Cope | Dubious genus of non-dinosaurian archosaur |
Dinosaurs
| Taxon | Novelty | Status | Author(s) | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | ||||||
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| last=Bunzel | first=E. | year=1871 | title=Die Reptilfauna der Gosauformation in der Neuen Welt bei Weiner-Neustadt | journal=Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt | volume=5 | pages=1-18}} | Gen. et sp. nov. | Nomen dubium | Bunzel | Campanian | Grünbach Formation | Austria | Believed to be a lacertilian, a possible synonym of Struthiosaurus | |
| last=Cope | first=E.D. | year=1871 | title=Supplement to the "Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia and Reptilia of North America" | journal=Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society | volume=12 | pages=41-52}} | Sp. nov. | Nomen dubium | Cope | Maastrichtian | Navesink Formation? | New Jersey | A species of Hadrosaurus | |
| Iguanodon suessii | Sp. nov. | Valid | Bunzel | Campanian | Grünbach Formation | Austria | Later given the genus name Mochlodon | |||||||
| "Megalosaurus schnaitheimii" | Nomen nudum | Bunzel | Late Jurassic | Schnaitheim | Germany | An invalid species of Megalosaurus mentioned in passing | ||||||||
| Struthiosaurus | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Bunzel | Campanian | Grünbach Formation | Austria | A nodosaurid |
Pterosaurs

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References
References
- (1984). "Paleontology of the Green River Formation, with a review of the fish fauna". Bulletin of the Wyoming State Geological Survey.
- Bunzel, E.. (1871). "Die Reptilfauna der Gosauformation in der Neuen Welt bei Weiner-Neustadt". Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt.
- Cope, E.D.. (1871). "Supplement to the "Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia and Reptilia of North America"". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.
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