1861 in paleontology explained

Arthropods

Crustaceans

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Etallonia^[1]	Gen. et. comb. nov.	Valid	Oppel	Jurassic	Solnhofen Limestone		An axiid, type species is E. longimana, initially described as Magila longimana in 1839.
Pseudastacus	Gen. et. comb. nov.	Valid	Oppel	Jurassic	Solnhofen Limestone		A stenochirid, type species is P. pustulosus, initially described as Bolina pustulosa in 1839.

Dinosaurs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Archaeopteryx^[2]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Hermann von Meyer	Kimmeridgian	Solnhofen Limestone		Early bird, only known from a single flight feather.
Echinodon^[3]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Sir Richard Owen	Berriasian	Purbeck Beds		Known from multiple jaw and tooth fossils, originally interpreted as a lacertilian.^[4]
Teratosaurus	Gen. nov	Valid	Hermann von Meyer			Germany	Misidentified teratosaurid archosaur.

Pterosaurs

New taxa

References

1. A . Oppel . 1861 . Die Arten der Gattungen Eryma, Pseudastacus, Magila und Etallonia. . PDF . Jahreshefte des Vereins fur Vaterlandische Naturkunde in Wurttemberg . de . 17 . 355–364.
2. Meyer. H.. 1861-09-20. Archaeopterix lithographica (Vogel-Feder) und Pterydactylus von Solenhofen. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde. 678–679.
3. Book: Owen, R.. 1861. Monograph on the Fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck Formations. Part V. Order Lacertilia. Palaeontographical Society. 31–39.
4. Falconer. H.. 1861. Note on the synonymy of the fossil genus Echinodon of Professor Owen. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8. 46. 341. 10.1080/00222936108697425.