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Pterosaurs Johann Jacob Kaup first referred to pterosaurs by the name Pterosauri.

Lophotrochozoans

Newly named lophotrochozoans

Name Status Authors Notes MacrodontophionZborzewski, A. 1834. Apercu des recherches physiques rationnelles, sur les nouvelles curiosites Podolie-VoIhyniennes, et sur leurs rapports geologiques avec les autres localites. Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou 7: pp. 224-254. Nomen dubiumZborzewski

Sauropterygians

Newly named nothosaurs

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location NotesImages Nothosaurus mirabilis Gen. et sp. nov. Valid taxon Georg zu Münster Middle to early Late Triassic Muschelkalk A Seal-like marine reptile, from the family Nothosauridae. The type species of the genus Nothosaurus. Nothosaurus giganteus Sp. nov. Valid taxon Georg zu Münster Middle to early Late Triassic Osnabrück An additional species of Nothosaurus. Conchiosaurus clavatus Gen. et sp. nov. Junior synonym Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer Middle Triassic Muschelkalk A junior synonym of Nothosaurus.

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