1837 in paleontology

1837 in paleontology

Paleontologists

* German paleontologist Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer formally named and described "Plateosaurus". This was the first known prosauropod, and to this day is still the one we known most about. [cite book| last = Farlow| first = James O.| coauthors = M. K. Brett-Surmann| title = The Complete Dinosaur| publisher = Indiana University Press| date = 1999| location = Bloomington, Indiana| pages = 11| isbn = 0-253-21313-4]

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