1972 in paleontology

Bryophytes

Mollusca

Bivalves

Archosauromorphs

Newly named archosauromorphs

Newly named pseudosuchians

Newly named dinosauriforms

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

Newly named birds

Synapsids

Newly named therapsids

Mammalian

Other Animals

References

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