Dinosaurs
New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Gresslyosaurus ingensRutimeyer. L. 1857. Reptilienknochen aus dem Keuper. Allg. Schweiz. Ges. Ge samt. Naturwiss. Verh. 41: pp. 62-64. Gen et sp. nov. Disputed Rütimeyer Rhaetian Knollenmergel Possible subjective synonym of Plateosaurus Stenopelix valdensis Gen. et sp. nov. Valid von Meyer Berriasian Obernkirchen Sandstein Formation A Marginocephalian.
Pterosaurs Hermann von Meyer names the species Pterodactylus crassipes, and also provides the alternative classification of the taxon as Rhamphorhynchus crassipes.
New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Pterodactylus crassipes Sp. nov. Valid von Meyer Kimmeridgian Solnhofen limestone Later identified as a theropod related to Archaeopteryx and named Ostromia crassipes.
Ichthyosaurs Holotype specimen of Temnodontosaurus crassimanus (Ichthyosauria) from the Early Jurassic at Kettleness, Yorkshire, England.
Paleontologists Birth of William Diller Matthew.
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