1808 in paleontology explained

Fossils

• The famed Georges Cuvier publishes illustrations of vertebrae discovered near Honfleur. He mistakenly describes them as crocodilian, although later researchers have concluded that these remains almost certainly belonged to a theropod dinosaur.^[1]

References

1. Book: Farlow, James Orville . M. K. . Brett-Surmann. The Complete Dinosaur. Indiana University Press. 1999. Bloomington, Indiana. 6. 9780253213136 . 37107117.