Archosauromorphs
Crocodylomorphs
New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Aeolodon Gen. nov. Valid von Meyer Kimmeridgian Solnhofen Formation A teleosaurid, named for Crocodilus priscus.
Pterosaurs Georg Wagler argued that pterosaurs represented a distinct class of aquatic vertebrates that he called Gryphi. Like Collini, Wagler thought that pterosaurs swam underwater using their forelimbs as flippers.
New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Ornithocephalus banthensis Sp. nov. Valid Theodori Toarcian Posidonia Shale Later renamed Dorygnathus banthensis
Other archosauromorphs
New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Protorosaurus speneri Gen. et sp. nov. Valid von Meyer Guadalupian, 260–251 mya Pirambola Formation One of the most primitive archosauromorphs. Previously considered to be related to Prolacerta within Prolacertiformes, but now a new genus shows that they were in fact not closely related.
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