Talk:Timeline of plesiosaur research

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

Taxa by year
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)

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" ! colspan="2"| Plesiosaur genera by year 1838: Meyer erected the genus Charitosaurus.
 * 19th century
 * 19th century

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. 1903: Williston erected the genus Apatomerus.
 * 20th century
 * 20th century

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
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
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