1879 in paleontology


Ichthyosaurs

NameStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotes

Sauranodon

Junior homonym

Marsh

Late Jurassic

Sundance Formation


Preoccupied by Sauranodon Jourdan, 1862; renamed Baptanodon Marsh, 1880.

Archosauromorphs

Newly named non-avian dinosaurs

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

NameStatusAuthorsDiscovery yearAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Macromerion

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