1829 in paleontology
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{{Year in paleontology header|1829}}
Dinosaurs
=New taxa=
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| Iguanodon anglicus{{cite book |last=Holl |first=Friedrich|title=Handbuch der Petrifaktenkunde, Vol. I. Ouedlinberg |year=1829 |publisher=P.G. Hilscher |location=Dresden |oclc= 7188887}}
| Sp. nov. | Holl | {{flag|England}} | A species for Iguanodon Mantell, 1825 | 200px |
Pterosaurs
- William Buckland described the new species Pterodactylus macronyx based on fossil remains discovered by Mary Anning in December the previous year from the Lias Group of the Dorset Coast of England. These were the first scientifically documented pterosaurs to be discovered outside of the Solnhofen lithographic limestone.{{Cite journal |ref= wellnhofer-2008 |author=Wellnhofer, Peter|year=2008 |title=A short history of pterosaur research. |journal=Zitteliana B |volume=28 |pages=7–19}}
=New taxa=
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| Pterodactylus macronyx{{cite journal |last1=Buckland |first1=W. |title=XI.--On the Discovery of a New Species of Pterodactyle in the Lias at Lyme Regis. |journal=Transactions of the Geological Society of London |date=1 January 1829 |volume=s2-3 |issue=1 |pages=217–222 |doi=10.1144/transgslb.3.1.217 |s2cid=129251962 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/2224681 }}
| Sp. nov. | Valid | Buckland | {{flag|England}} | Later named Dimorphodon macronyx | 200px |
