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1809 in paleontology

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Pterosaurs

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Petro-Dactyle{{Cite journal |last=Cuvier |first=G. |year=1809 |title=Mémoire sur le squelette fossile d'un reptile volant des environs d'Aichstedt, que quelques naturalistes ont pris pour un oiseau, et dont nous formons un genre de Sauriens, sous le nom de Petro-Dactyle |journal=Annales du Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris |volume=13 |pages=424–437 |url=https://archive.org/details/cbarchive_48783_cuvierg1809mmoiresurlesquelett1809/mode/2up}}

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| Cuvier

| Tithonian

| Solnhofen limestone

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| Later renamed Pterodactylus in 1819.{{Cite book|last=Cuvier|first=G.|url=https://archive.org/details/isisoderencyclop1819oken|title=Isis (oder Encyclopädische Zeitung) von Oken|date=1819|publisher=Jena : Expedition der Isis|editor-last=Oken|editor-first=Lorenz|pages=[https://archive.org/details/isisoderencyclop1819oken/page/n586/mode/1up 1126] ; [https://archive.org/details/isisoderencyclop1819oken/page/n914/mode/1up 1788]|language=de|chapter=Pterodactylus longirostris}}

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