1816 in paleontology
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Reptiles
- Henry Englefield publishes a general work on the geology of the Isle of Wight, reporting the discovery of large, almost certainly dinosaurian bones being discovered by geologist Thomas Webster in what would later be identified as Cretaceous strata.{{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}}