1839 in paleontology

Arthropods Crustaceans NameNovelty Status AuthorsAge Unit Location Notes ImagesAegerGen. et. sp. nov.ValidMünsterLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Solnhofen LimestoneAn aegerid, type species is A. spinipes.AntrimposValidJr synonym MünsterLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Solnhofen LimestoneA penaeid, type species is A. speciosus.AuraGen. et. sp. nov.ValidMünsterLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Solnhofen LimestoneType species is A. desmarestii, now a junior synonym of Eryma.BlacullaGen. et. sp. nov.ValidMünsterLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Solnhofen LimestoneType species is B. nikoides.BolinaGen. et. sp. nov.Jr synonymMünsterLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Solnhofen LimestoneType species is B. pustulosa, now a junior synonym of Pseudastacus pustulosus. The species B. angusta was also assigned, and is now a junior synonym of Stenochirus angustus.BomburGen. et. sp. nov.ValidMünsterLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Solnhofen LimestoneA penaeid, type species is B. complicatus.BrisaGen. et. sp. nov.Jr synonym MünsterLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Solnhofen LimestoneType species is B. lucida, now a junior synonym of Glyphea pseudoscyllarus.BromeGen. et. sp. nov.ValidMünsterLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Solnhofen LimestoneAn indeterminate decapod, type species is B. ventrosa.BylgiaGen. et. sp. nov.Valid MünsterLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Solnhofen LimestoneA penaeid, type species is B. hexadon.CancrinosGen. et. sp. nov.ValidMünsterLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Solnhofen LimestoneA cancrinid, type species is C. claviger.DrobnaGen. et. sp. nov.Valid MünsterLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Solnhofen LimestoneA penaeid, type species is D. deformis.DusaGen. et. sp. nov.ValidMünsterLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Solnhofen LimestoneA penaeid, type species is D. monocera.ElderGen. et. sp. nov.Valid MünsterLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Solnhofen LimestoneType species is E. ungulatus.HefrigaGen. et. sp. nov.Valid MünsterLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Solnhofen LimestoneType species is H. serrata.KolgaGen. et. sp. nov.Jr synonym MünsterLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Solnhofen LimestoneType species is K. quindens, now a junior synonym of Antrimpos.MagilaGen. et. sp. nov.ValidMünsterJurassicSolnhofen LimestoneAn axiid, type species is M. latimana.OrphneaGen. et. comb. nov.Jr synonymMünsterLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Solnhofen LimestoneType species is O. pseudoscyllarus, now assigned to Glyphea.PalinurinaGen. et. sp. nov.ValidMünsterLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Solnhofen LimestoneAn palinurid, type species is P. longipes.RaunaGen. et. sp. nov.ValidMünsterLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Solnhofen LimestoneA penaeid, includes the species R. angusta.UdoraGen. et. sp. nov.ValidMünsterLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Solnhofen LimestoneType species is U. brevispina.

Archosaurs Newly named pseudosuchians Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

Name Status Authors Notes Ephoenosaurus Nomen nudum Anonymous In addition to never being formally described, it may be a subjective synonym of the crocodilian Machimosaurus

Pterosaurs Graf Munster received a complete skeleton of "Pterodactylus" munsteri which revealed the presence of a long bony tail in this species.

Paleontologists Birth of Harry Govier Seeley, the paleontologist who invented the Saurischian/Ornithischian dinosaur dichotomy.

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