| 释义 |
- Arthropods Newly named insects
- Turtles
- Archosauromorphs Newly named birds Newly named non-avian dinosaurs
- Plesiosaurs New taxa
- Pterosaurs New taxa
- Synapsids Non-mammalian
- References
{{Year nav topic5|1870|paleontology|science}}{{Year in paleontology header|1870}}ArthropodsNewly named insects| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Bibio lartetii[1]Sp. nov jr synonym Oustalet, 1870 Oligocene {{Flag|France}}A bibionid,
moved to Plecia larteti in 2017 Protomyia lugens[1]Sp nov jr synonym Oustalet, 1870 Oligocene {{Flag|France}}A bibionid,
moved to Penthetria lugens in 2017 |
Turtles| Name | Status | Authors | Notes |
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PneumatoarthrusMisidentification. Edward Drinker Cope | Misidentified dubious marine turtle remains. | |
ArchosauromorphsNewly named birds| Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes |
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LaornisMisidentification. Othniel Charles Marsh | - {{Flag|USA}} ({{Flag|New Jersey}})
Misidentified bird. | |
Newly named non-avian dinosaurs| Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | Images |
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AntrodemusNomen dubium| Joseph Leidy | Possible subjective synonym of Allosaurus. | OrnithopsisNomen dubium| Harry Govier Seeley | - {{Flag|Switzerland}}
- {{Flag|UK}}
| Earlier it was believed that his bones were those of a pterosaur. But now it is known that they were the bones of a Sauropod. | StruthiosaurusValid Bunzel | - {{Flag|Austria}}
- {{Flag|France}}
- {{Flag|Romania}}
- {{Flag|Hungary}}
| A dwarf ankylosaur. |
PlesiosaursNew taxa| Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes |
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TaphrosaurusValid Cope | - {{Flag|USA}} ({{Flag|New Jersey}})
| UronautesValid Cope | | |
PterosaursNew taxa| Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | Images |
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AmblydectesJr. synonym. Seeley | Junior synonym of Coloborhynchus. | CycnorhamphusValid Seeley | | Germany}} | RhabdopelixMisidentification Cope | At first it was thought to be a Triassic pterosaur, but is now known to be (at least in part) a kuehneosaurid | |
SynapsidsNon-mammalian| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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LystrosaurusValid Cope 252 Millions years ago.- {{Flag|Antarctica}}
- {{Flag|China}}
- {{Flag|India}}
- {{Flag|South Africa}}
| It was a ProtoMammal that had fangs very similar to those of a walrus. | | |
References{{Portal|Paleontology}}1. ^1 {{Cite journal|last1=Skartveit |first1=J. |last2=Nel |first2=A. |year=2017 |title=Revision of fossil Bibionidae (Insecta: Diptera) from French Oligocene deposits |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4225 |issue=1 |pages=1–83 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4225.1.1 |pmid=28187637 }}
2 : 1870s in paleontology|1870 in science |