1826 in paleontology

Dinosaurs

= Newly named dinosaurs =

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Name ! Novelty ! Status ! Author(s) ! Age ! Unit ! Location ! Notes ! Images
Hikanodon{{cite book\|last=Nöggerath\|first=J.\|year=1826\|title=Cuvier's Ansichten von der Urwelt: nach der zweiten Originalausgabe verdeutscht und mit Anmerkungen begleitet\|location=Bonn\|publisher=Edward Weber\|volume=2\|page=18}} \| Gen. nov. \| Jr. synonym \| Nöggerath \| Barremian, 126–125 mya \| Tilgate Forest \| {{flag\|England}} \| In a brief description of a fossil reptile from the "iron sands" of England, Nöggerath mentions that Mantell has named the taxon Hikanodon, creating an invalid junior objective synonym of Iguanodon named the year earlier.{{cite web\|last=Reid\|first=I.\|date=2019-02-27\|title=Hikanodon: history of the name?\|url=http://dml.cmnh.org/2019Feb/msg00107.html\|publisher=Dinosaur Mailing List\|accessdate=2019-02-27}}{{cite web \| last = Olshevsky \| first = George \| title = Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List \| url = http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html \| accessdate = 2019-03-02 \| archive-date = 2011-07-15 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html \| url-status = dead }} \|
Megalosaurus conybeari{{cite journal \|last=von Ritgen \|first=F. A. \|year=1826 \|title=Versuchte Herstellung einiger Becken urweltlichter Thiere \|journal=Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum \|volume=13 \|pages=331–358}} \| Sp. nov. \| Nomen oblitum \| von Ritgen \| Bathonian \| Taynton Limestone Formation \| {{flag\|England}} \| A species name for Megalosaurus, but forgotten to history. \| 200px

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Name

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! Status

! Author(s)

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

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Hikanodon{{cite book|last=Nöggerath|first=J.|year=1826|title=Cuvier's Ansichten von der Urwelt: nach der zweiten Originalausgabe verdeutscht und mit Anmerkungen begleitet|location=Bonn|publisher=Edward Weber|volume=2|page=18}}

| Gen. nov.

| Jr. synonym

| Nöggerath

| Barremian, 126–125 mya

| Tilgate Forest

| {{flag|England}}

| In a brief description of a fossil reptile from the "iron sands" of England, Nöggerath mentions that Mantell has named the taxon Hikanodon, creating an invalid junior objective synonym of Iguanodon named the year earlier.{{cite web|last=Reid|first=I.|date=2019-02-27|title=Hikanodon: history of the name?|url=http://dml.cmnh.org/2019Feb/msg00107.html|publisher=Dinosaur Mailing List|accessdate=2019-02-27}}{{cite web | last = Olshevsky | first = George | title = Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List | url = http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html | accessdate = 2019-03-02 | archive-date = 2011-07-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html | url-status = dead }}

Megalosaurus conybeari{{cite journal |last=von Ritgen |first=F. A. |year=1826 |title=Versuchte Herstellung einiger Becken urweltlichter Thiere |journal=Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum |volume=13 |pages=331–358}}

| Sp. nov.

| Nomen oblitum

| von Ritgen

| Bathonian

| Taynton Limestone Formation

| {{flag|England}}

| A species name for Megalosaurus, but forgotten to history.

| 200px

Pterosaurs

=New taxa=

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Name ! Novelty ! Status ! Author(s) ! Age ! Unit ! Location ! Notes ! Images
Pterodactylus nettecephaloides \| Sp. nov. \| Jr. synonym \| von Ritgen \| Tithonian \| Solnhofen limestone \| {{flag\|Germany}} \| A junior objective synonym of Pterodactylus brevirostris.{{cite book \|last=Meyer \|first=C. E. H. \|year=1832 \|title=Palaeologica zur Geschichte der Erde \|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_8s1aAAAAcAAJ \|location=Frankfurt am Main \|publisher=Verlag von Siegmund Schmerber \|pages=109-117}} \|
Pterodactylus crocodilocephaloides \| Sp. nov. \| Jr. synonym \| von Ritgen \| Tithonian \| Solnhofen limestone \| {{flag\|Germany}} \| A junior objective synonym of Pterodactylus longirostris. \|

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! Status

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Pterodactylus nettecephaloides

| Sp. nov.

| Jr. synonym

| von Ritgen

| Tithonian

| Solnhofen limestone

| {{flag|Germany}}

| A junior objective synonym of Pterodactylus brevirostris.{{cite book |last=Meyer |first=C. E. H. |year=1832 |title=Palaeologica zur Geschichte der Erde |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_8s1aAAAAcAAJ |location=Frankfurt am Main |publisher=Verlag von Siegmund Schmerber |pages=109-117}}

Pterodactylus crocodilocephaloides

| Sp. nov.

| Jr. synonym

| von Ritgen

| Tithonian

| Solnhofen limestone

| {{flag|Germany}}

| A junior objective synonym of Pterodactylus longirostris.

References

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