1840 in paleontology explained

Arthropods

Crustaceans

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages
Alvis[1] Gen. et. sp. nov.Jr synonymMünsterJurassicSolnhofen LimestoneType species is A. octopus, initially described as an isopod, now a junior synonym of Pseudastacus.[2]
NornaGen. et. sp. nov.ValidMünsterJurassicSolnhofen LimestoneA peracarid initially described as an isopod, type species is N. lithophila.
SculdaGen. et. sp. nov.ValidMünsterLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Solnhofen LimestoneA mantis shrimp initially described as an isopod, type species is S. pennata.
UrdaGen. et. sp. nov.ValidMünsterJurassic - CretaceousAn isopod, species named include U. rostrata, U. decorata, U. cincta & U. elongata.

Anapsids

Newly named anapsids

Archosauromorphs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[3]

NameStatusAuthorsNotes
Hylosaurus[4] Jr. synonymFitzingerJunior synonym of Hylaeosaurus.
TherosaurusValidFitzingerAn iguanodont. New name for "Iguanodon" mantelli von Meyer (1832) (=Iguanodon anglicus Holl (1829)).

Plesiosaurs

Newly named plesiosaurs

NameStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotes
Plesiosaurus arcuatusValidOwenEarly Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)Blue LiasA rhomaleosaurid.
Plesiosaurus brachyspondylusValidOwenLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)Kimmeridge Clay FormationA thalassophonean pliosaurid.
Plesiosaurus hawkinsiiValidOwenEarly Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)Blue LiasA pliosaurid.
Plesiosaurus rugosusValidOwenEarly Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)Blue LiasA microcleidid.
Plesiosaurus trochantericusValidOwenLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)Kimmeridge Clay FormationA cryptoclidid.

Mammals

Newly named cetaceans

References

  1. Münster . G . 1840 . Ueber einige Isopoden in den Kalkschiefern von Bayern. . PDF . Beiträge zur Petrefactenkunde . de . 3 . 19–23.
  2. Moore . R. C. . Brooks . H. K. . Glaessner . M. F. . Rolfe . W. D. Ian . Manning . Raymond B. . Holthuis . L. B. . Hessler . Robert R. . 1969-01-01 . Part R, Arthropoda 4, vol. 1 & 2, ch. 4, p. 295-566 . Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology . en . 10.17161/dt.v0i0.5629 . 2153-621X.
  3. Web site: Olshevsky . George . Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List . 2008-08-07 . 2011-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html . dead .
  4. Fitzinger, L.J. 1840. Über Palaeosaurussternbergii, eine neue Gattung vorweltlicherReptilien und die Stellung dieser Thiere imSysteme überhaupt. Wiener Mus. Annalen II: pp.175-187 + plate XI.
  5. Book: Grateloup, Jean-Pierre Silvestre de . Description d'un fragment de machoire fossile d'un genre nouveau de reptile (saurien) : de taille gigantesque voison de l'iguanodon, trouvé dans les grès marins à Léognan près Bordeaux (Gironde) (1840) . 1840 . s.n.] . [S.l |language=fr].