Talk:Timeline of plesiosaur research

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Did you know... that multiple Leptocleidus skeletons have been found preserved as gemstone quality opal over the course of the history of plesiosaur research?

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1811[edit]

The 1811 discovery was an ichthyosaur I believe.--Wetman (talk) 19:00, 21 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My source verifies Anning's discovery of a plesiosaur that year, although it's quite likely she found both. Abyssal (talk) 20:42, 25 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Taxa by year[edit]

If anyone ever sets their heart on updating this timeline, they might consider listing the taxa described by year and how they were interpreted at the time. This expansion would probably increase the article's size beyond the receommended 100 kb, and the article could be split by century and/or decade as growth dictates. I actually compiled a list of generic descriptions by year that has been rotting in my user space for a few years and will include it below for any interested editors. Abyssal (talk) 19:34, 27 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Plesiosaur genera by year
19th century
1838: Meyer erected the genus Charitosaurus. 1840: Hawkins erected the genus Hexatarsostinus. 1841: Sir Richard Owen erected the genus Pliosaurus. 1841: Sir Richard Owen erected the genus Polyptychodon. 1851: Leidy erected the genus Cimoliasaurus. 1851: Leidy erected the genus Discosaurus. 1851: Cope erected the genus Orophosaurus. 1854: Sir Richard Owen erected the genus Deirosaurus. 1855: Reuss erected the genus Aptychodon. 1855: Leidy erected the genus Brimosaurus. 1865: Sir Richard Owen erected the genus Archaeonectrus. 1865: Leidy erected the genus Piratosaurus. 1868: Cope erected the genus Elasmosaurus. 1869: Cope erected the genus Crymocetus. 1869: Cope erected the genus Polycotylus. 1869: Seeley erected the genus Stereosaurus. 1870: Cope erected the genus Taphrosaurus. 1870: Cope erected the genus Uronautes. 1871: Phillips erected the genus Cryptoclidus. 1871: Seeley erected the genus Rhomaleosaurus. 1873: Sauvage erected the genus Liopleurodon. 1874: Seeley erected the genus Colymbosaurus. 1874: Seeley erected the genus Eretmosaurus. 1874: Hector erected the genus Mauisaurus. 1874: Seeley erected the genus Muraenosaurus. 1878: Otschev erected the genus Georgiasaurus. 1883: Kiprijanoff erected the genus Luetkesaurus. 1884: Gurich erected the genus Dactylosaurus. 1887: Cope erected the genus Piptomerus. 1888: Cragin erected the genus Trinacromerum. 1889: Lydekker erected the genus Peloneustes. 1890: Dames erected the genus Anarosaurus. 1892: Seeley erected the genus Cryptoclidus. 1893: Marsh erected the genus Pantosaurus. 1894: Fritsch erected the genus Cymatosaurus. 1894: Knight erected the genus Megalneusaurus.
20th century
1903: Williston erected the genus Apatomerus. 1903: Williston erected the genus Dolichorhynchops. 1908: Korotneff Procotylus 1909: Andrews Simolestes 1909: Andrews Tricleidus 1911: Watson Microcleidus 1911: Watson Sthenarosaurus 1913: Brown Leurospondylus 1914: Wegner Brancasaurus 1917: Williston Moodie Ogmodirus 1922: Andrews Eurycleidus 1922: Andrews Leptocleidus 1925: Rabeck Tapinosaurus. 1928: Nopcsa Eurysaurus 1930: Swinton Macroplata 1935: Stromer Peyerus 1940: White Seeleyosaurus 1941: Cabrera Aristonectes 1943: Welles Aphrosaurus 1943: Welles Fresnosaurus 1943: Welles Hydralmosaurus 1943: Welles Hydrotherosaurus 1943: Welles Morenosaurus 1943: Welles Thalassomedon 1943: Welles Thalassonomosaurus 1944: Young Sinopliosaurus 1952: Welles Styxosaurus 1953: Welles Thalassiosaurus 1959: Persson Scanisaurus 1960: Persson Woolungasaurus 1965: Young Chinchenia 1979: Yadagiri Ayyasami Dravidosaurus 1980: Dong Bishanopliosaurus 1980: Sato Wu Borealonectes 1981: Brown Kimmerosaurus 1982: Kimair Bathyspondylus 1985: Zhang Yuzhoupliosaurus 1986: Wiffen Moisley Turangisaurus 1987: Chatterjee Small Turneria 1992: Chatterjee Small Sulcusuchus 1993: Bakker Attenborosaurus 1994: Chatterjee Creisler Morturneria 1996: Cruickshank Martill Pachycostasaurus 1996: Carpenter Plesiopleurodon 1996: Storrs Taylor Thalassiodracon 1997: Sander Rieppel Bucher Augustasaurus 1997: Carpenter Libonectes 1997: Gasparini Maresaurus 1999: Carpenter Callawayasaurus 21st century[edit] 2002 O'Keefe Hauffiosaurus 2002 Cruickshank Fordyce Kaiwhekea 2002 Gasparini Bardet Vinent Iturralde Vinialesaurus 2003 Sato Terminonatator 2003 Bardet Suberbiola Jalil Thililua 2004 O'Keefe Plesiopterys 2005 Kear Eromangasaurus 2005 Buchy Metayer Frey Manemergus 2006 Dalla Vecchia Bobosaurus 2006 Sato Hasegawa Manabe Futabasaurus 2006 Grobmann Hydrorion 2006 Kear Opallionectes 2006 Kear Schroeder Lee Umoonasaurus 2007 Albright Gillette Titus Eopolycotylus 2007 Schumacher Pahasapasaurus 2007 Albright Gillette Titus Palmulasaurus 2008 Bardet Fernandez Garcia-Ramos Superbiola Pinuela Ruiz-Omenaca Vincent Occitanosaurus 2009 Gasparini Gallardosaurus 2009 Druckenmiller Russell Nichollsaura 2010 Sennikov Arkhangelsky Alexeyisaurus 2010 Meyerasaurus Smith Vincent 2011 Smith Araújo Mateus Lusonectes 2011: Ketchum Benson Marmonectes 2011 Schwermann Sander Westphaliasaurus 2011 Vincent Pereda-Suberbiola Bouya Amaghzaz Meslouh Zarafasaura 2012 Kubo, Mitchell & Henderson Albertonectes 2012 Vincent & Benson Anningasaura 2012 Benson, Evans & Druckenmiller Avalonnectes 2012 Knutsen, Druckenmiller & Hurum Djupedalia 2012 Benson, Evans & Druckenmiller Eoplesiosaurus 2012 Benson et al Hastanectes 2012 Smith, Araújo & Mateus Lusonectes 2012 Knutsen, Druckenmiller & Hurum Spitrasaurus 2012 Benson, Evans & Druckenmille Stratesaurus 2012 Benson et al. Vectocleidus

1811[edit]

Taxa by year[edit]

21st century[edit]