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1881 in paleontology
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Molluscs
Bivalves
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| last1=Elicki | first1=O. | last2=Gürsu | first2=S. | year=2009 | title=First record of Pojetaia runnegari Jell, 1980 and Fordilla Barrande, 1881 from the Middle East (Taurus Mountains, Turkey) and critical review of Cambrian bivalves | journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift | volume=83 | issue=2 | pages=267–291 | doi=10.1007/s12542-009-0021-9 | url=http://www.geo.tu-freiberg.de/~elicki/ELICKI_GUERSU_2009_PalZ_CambrianBivalves.pdf | access-date=2012-01-06 | archive-date=2013-10-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202640/http://www.geo.tu-freiberg.de/~elicki/ELICKI_GUERSU_2009_PalZ_CambrianBivalves.pdf | url-status=dead }} | gen et sp nov | Valid | Barrande | Early Cambrian | early Cambrian bivalve genus | [[Image:Fordilla troyensis shell.jpg | thumb | center | 150px | *[[Fordilla | Fordilla troyensis]]*]] | ||
| last1=Sánchez | first1=T.M. | year=1999 | title=New Late Ordovician (Early Caradoc) Bivalves from the Sierra de Villicum (Argentine Precordillera) | journal=Journal of Paleontology | volume=73 | issue=1 | pages=66–76 | jstor=1306745}} | sp nov | synonym | Barrande | Ordovician | moved to the genus Concavodonta as C. ponderata in 1972 |
Dinosaurs
Newly named dinosaurs
| Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crataeomus | Nomen dubium | Harry Govier Seeley | ||
| Diracodon | Nomen dubium | Othniel Charles Marsh | ||
| Doratodon | Misidentification | Harry Govier Seeley | ||
| Hallopus | Misidentification. | Othniel Charles Marsh | ||
| Hoplosaurus | Nomen dubium | Harry Govier Seeley | ||
| Mochlodon | Valid | Harry Govier Seeley | ||
| Oligosaurus | Nomen dubium | Harry Govier Seeley | ||
| Ornithomerus | Jr. synonym | Harry Govier Seeley | ||
| **Pleuropeltus | Nomen dubium | Harry Govier Seeley | ||
| Rhadinosaurus | Nomen dubium | Harry Govier Seeley |
|- |}
Pterosaurs
New taxa
| Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dermodactylus | Valid | Marsh | ||
| Laopteryx | Valid | Marsh | ||
| Nyctodactylus | Jr. synonym. | Marsh |
|- |}
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aelurosaurus | Valid | Owen | 257 Million of years ago | A Saber-Toothed Gorgonopsian. |
Paleontologists
- Death of the Reverend William Fox a significant early collector of dinosaur fossils from the Isle of Wight.
References
References
- (2009). "First record of ''Pojetaia runnegari'' Jell, 1980 and ''Fordilla'' Barrande, 1881 from the Middle East (Taurus Mountains, Turkey) and critical review of Cambrian bivalves". Paläontologische Zeitschrift.
- (1999). "New Late Ordovician (Early Caradoc) Bivalves from the Sierra de Villicum (Argentine Precordillera)". Journal of Paleontology.
- Farlow, James O.. (1999). "The Complete Dinosaur". Indiana University Press.
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