Crocodylomorphs New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Metriorhynchus Gen. nov. Valid von Meyer Kimmeridgian La Voulte-sur-Rhône Many species have been referred to Metriorhynchus since 1830, yet recent studies show that only three species are valid and referrable to the genus, the type M. geoffroyii, M. superciliosus, and M. hastifer.
Dinosaurs New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Iguanodon mantelli Sp. nov. Jr. synonym von Meyer Barremian Tilgate Forest A species for Iguanodon, which had already been given by Holl in 1829 as I. anglicus. Streptospondylus Gen. nov. Valid von Meyer Oxfordian, 161 mya Vaches Noires The remains of Streptospondylus were the first dinosaurian remains to be described (by Cuvier in 1808), however, their identification was thought to be teleosaurid or metriorhynchid.
Pterosaurs New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Pterodactylus bucklandi Sp. nov. Nomen dubium von Meyer Bathonian Stonesfield Slate While von Meyer reported the locality as Stonesfield, these fossils are likely misrepresented and originally came from Solnhofen limestone. "Ornithocephalus giganteus" Nomen nudum von Meyer Kimmeridgian Solnhofen limestone Meyer attributes the name to Sommerring, 1820, while Wellnhofer attributes the name to Oken, 1819. Neither Sommerring nor Oken used the name.
Paleontologists Death of Georges Cuvier
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