Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Pterosaurs

New taxa

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Late Jurassic The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 163.5 ± 1.0 to 145.0 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata.Owen 1987. In European lithostratigraphy, the name ...

, 155–150 million years ago , Solnhofen Limestone , , A gnathosaurine ctenochasmatid. This is one of two species assigned to ''Gnathosaurus'', the other being ''G. macrurus''. '' Aurorazhdarcho'' is a potential junior

synonym A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are al ...

of ''Gnathosaurus subulatus''.{{cite journal, last=Bennett, first=C.S., year=2013, title=New information on body size and cranial display structures of ''Pterodactylus antiquus'', with a revision of the genus, journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift, volume=87, issue=2, pages=269–289, doi=10.1007/s12542-012-0159-8, s2cid=83722829 ''Gnathosaurus'' as well as related genera such as '' Germanodactylus'', '' Ctenochasma'', and '' Pterodactylus'' all possessed large soft tissue crests. All four genera are from the Solnhofen Limestone, and share a common ancestor which, presumably, also had a crest. , Gnathosaurus JWPhoto

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1830s in paleontology

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