| 释义 |
- Dinosaurs Newly named dinosaurs
- Plesiosaurs New taxa
- Synapsids Non-mammalian
- References
{{Year nav topic5|1841|paleontology|science}}{{Year in paleontology header|1841}}Dinosaurs- On June 30, Sir Richard Owen presents his findings regarding some enormous bones that the Reverend William Buckland had acquired at an earlier date. He names the new genus to which these bones belong "Cetiosaurus." This event marks the first scientific description of a sauropod.[1]
- Owen presents his treatise on British fossil reptiles to the British Association in August. This treatise marks the creation of a taxon called "Dinosauria."[1]
Newly named dinosaurs | | | Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | Images |
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CardiodonNomen dubiumSir Richard Owen, | Possible subjective synonym of Cetiosaurus | CetiosaurusValid Sir Richard Owen, | - {{Flag|France}}
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| A European Sauropod | CladeiodonMisidentification Sir Richard Owen, | Dubious non-dinosaurian archosaur. | SuchosaurusNomen dubium| Sir Richard Owen | Possible subjective synonym of Baryonyx. | |
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PlesiosaursNew taxa | | |
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PliosaurusValid Owen | - {{Flag|Argentina}}
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- {{Flag|Norway}}
- {{Flag|Poland}}
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- {{Flag|Tunisia}}
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| A Giant Pliosaur. | PolyptychodonValid Owen | - {{Flag|Czech Republic}}
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- {{Flag|Japan}}
- {{Flag|Russia}}
- {{Flag|Switzerland}}
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| "Thaumatosaurus" Valid Meyer | | |
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SynapsidsNon-mammalian| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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RhopalodonValid Fischer | |
References1. ^1 {{cite book| last = Farlow| first = James O.|author2= M. K. Brett-Surmann| title = The Complete Dinosaur| publisher = Indiana University Press| year = 1999| location = Bloomington, Indiana| pages = 9| isbn = 0-253-21313-4}}
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