1876 in paleontology explained

Anapsids

Newly named anapsids

Plesiosaurs

Newly named plesiosaurs

Pterosaurs

New taxa

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Location	Notes	Images
Cistecephalus	Valid	Owen	255 Millions of years ago.		Box-Headed animal
Endothiodon	Valid	Owen	257 Millions of years ago.
Gorgonops	Valid	Owen	257 Millions of years ago.		A Gorgonopsian.
Scaloposaurus	Valid	Owen	251 Millions of years ago.
Tapinocephalus	Valid	Owen	261 Millions of years ago.		A Dome-headed Dinocephalian.
Theriognathus	Valid	Owen	255 Millions of years ago.
Titanosuchus	Valid	Owen	261 Millions of years ago.		Titanic crocodile.

Notes and References

1. Roger B. J. Benson, Hilary F. Ketchum, Leslie F. Noè and Marcela Gómez-Pérez (2011). "New information on Hauffiosaurus (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) based on a new species from the Alum Shale Member (Lower Toarcian: Lower Jurassic) of Yorkshire, UK". Palaeontology 54 (3): 547–571. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01044.x.
2. P. Vincent and A. S. Smith. 2009. A redescription of Plesiosaurus propinquus Tate & Blake, 1876 (Reptilia, Plesiosauria), from the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) of Yorkshire, England. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 57(3-4):133-142