Crocodylomorphs New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Macrospondylus Gen. nov. Valid von Meyer Toarcian Posidonia Shale A machimosaurid Pterosaurs August Goldfuss depicted pterosaurs as flying reptiles that used their wing claws to climb cliffs. He hypothesized that on land, they would have had to travel on all fours. He also suggested they may have been covered in hair.
New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Pterodactylus crassirostris Sp. nov. Valid Goldfuss Kimmeridgian Solnhofen limestone Later renamed Scaphognathus crassirostris Ornithocephalus münsteri Sp. nov. Valid Goldfuss Kimmeridgian Solnhofen limestone Later renamed Rhamphorhynchus muensteri Pterodactylus medius Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Münster Kimmeridgian Solnhofen limestone The only specimen was destroyed in World War II but shows similarities to Germanodactylus.
Paleontologists Birth of Othniel Charles Marsh on October 29; noted for naming many dinosaur families and genera, including Apatosaurus and Allosaurus.
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