1857 in paleontology
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Dinosaurs
=New taxa=
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| Gresslyosaurus ingensRutimeyer. L. 1857. Reptilienknochen aus dem Keuper. Allg. Schweiz. Ges. Ge samt. Naturwiss. Verh. 41: pp. 62-64.
| Gen et sp. nov. | Disputed | Rhaetian | {{Flag|Switzerland}} | Possible subjective synonym of Plateosaurus | |
| Stenopelix valdensis
| Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Obernkirchen Sandstein Formation | {{Flag|Germany}} | A Marginocephalian. | 200px |
Pterosaurs
- Hermann von Meyer names the species Pterodactylus crassipes, and also provides the alternative classification of the taxon as Rhamphorhynchus crassipes.
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| Pterodactylus crassipes{{cite journal|last=von Meyer|first=C.E.H.|year=1857|title=Beiträge zur näheren Kenntnis fossiler Reptilien|journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde|pages=532-543}}
| Sp. nov. | Valid | {{flag|Germany}} | Later identified as a theropod related to Archaeopteryx and named Ostromia crassipes. | 200px |
Ichthyosaurs
- Holotype specimen of Temnodontosaurus crassimanus (Ichthyosauria) from the Early Jurassic at Kettleness, Yorkshire, England.{{Cite journal|author1=Swaby, Emily J.|author2=Lomax, Dean R.|year=2020|title=A revision of Temnodontosaurus crassimanus (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) of Whitby, Yorkshire, UK|journal=Historical Biology|volume=33|issue=11|pages=2715–2731|doi=10.1080/08912963.2020.1826469|s2cid=225116735|url=https://pure.manchester.ac.uk/ws/files/188959232/FULL_TEXT.PDF}}