1808 in paleontology
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Reptiles
- The famed Georges Cuvier publishes illustrations of vertebrae discovered near Honfleur. He mistakenly describes them as crocodilian, although later researchers have concluded that these remains almost certainly belonged to a theropod dinosaur.{{cite book|last = Farlow|first = James Orville |first2 = M. K. |last2 = Brett-Surmann|title = The Complete Dinosaur|publisher = Indiana University Press|year = 1999|location = Bloomington, Indiana|pages = 6|isbn = 9780253213136 |oclc = 37107117}}