1842 in paleontology
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Dinosaurs
=Newly named dinosaurs=
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| BelodonMeyer, H. von. 1842. Notes on labyrinthodonts
and fossil reptiles, including a description of Belodon plieningeri, new gen. and sp. Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaontologie 1842, pp. 301-304. | Misidentification. |style="border-right:0px" valign="top"| von Meyer |style="border-left:0px" valign="top"| | Misidentified phytosaur. |
| Brachytaenius
| Misidentification. | style="border-right:0px" valign="top"| von Meyer |style="border-left:0px" valign="top"| | Dubious non-dinosaurian reptile. |
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Pterosaurs
See also
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