1842 in paleontology

Dinosaurs Newly named dinosaurs

Name Status Authors Notes BelodonMeyer, H. von. 1842. Notes on labyrinthodonts and fossil reptiles, including a description of Belodon plieningeri, new gen. and sp. Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaontologie 1842, pp. 301-304. Misidentification. von Meyer Misidentified phytosaur. Brachytaenius Misidentification.von MeyerDubious non-dinosaurian reptile.

Pterosaurs Sir Richard Owen formally named the orders Pterosauria and the Dinosauria.

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