1860 in paleontology explained

Arthropods

Insects

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages
Limnobiorhynchus brevipalpa[1] comb. novjr synonym(Loew) Osten-SackenMiddle EoceneBaltic amberA Limoniid cranefly,
syn of Elephantomyia brevipalpa
Limnobiorhynchus pulchellacomb. novjr synonym(Loew) Osten-SackenMiddle EoceneBaltic amberA Limoniid cranefly,
syn of Elephantomyia pulchella

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Pterosaurs

New taxa

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

NameStatusAuthorsAgeLocationNotesImages
DeuterosaurusValidEichwald267 Millions of years agoThe scientists believed that they had found a Dinosaur, but in Reality it was a ProtoMammal.
EurosaurusValidEichwald
OudenodonValidOwen254 Millions of years ago.

Notes and References

  1. Kania . I . 2015 . Subfamily Limoniinae Speiser, 1909 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Baltic Amber (Eocene): The Genus Elephantomyia Osten Sacken, 1860 . PLOS ONE . 10 . 2 . 1–25 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0117434 . 25706127 . 4338262. 2015PLoSO..1017434K . free .

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