1870 in paleontology


Arthropods

Newly named insects

Turtles

Archosauromorphs

Newly named birds

Newly named non-avian dinosaurs

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Pterosaurs

New taxa

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

NameStatusAuthorsAgeLocationNotesImages

Lystrosaurus

Valid

Cope
252 Millions years ago.
It was a ProtoMammal that had fangs very similar to those of a walrus.
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