1887 in paleontology

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Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils.^[1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because mankind has encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred in the year 1887.

Dinosaurs

Classification Events

Harry Govier Seeley divides the Dinosaurs into two taxa based on the configuration of their hip bones.^[2]

Newly named dinosaurs

Name	Status	Authors	Notes
Aristosuchus	Nomen dubium	Harry Govier Seeley
Ornithodesmus	Valid	Harry Govier Seeley
Patricosaurus	Misidentification.	Harry Govier Seeley	Chimera of misidentified lepidosaur and archosaur remains.

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Name	Status	Authors		Notes
Piptomerus	Valid	Cope

Pterosaurs

New taxa

Name	Status	Authors		Notes
Ornithodesmus	Misidentification.[2]	Seeley		Misidentified deinonychosaur.[2]
	Valid

Plants

The Fossil Grove was discovered in Glasgow, Scotland. It contains the fossilised stumps of eleven extinct Lepidodendron trees, which are sometimes described as "giant club mosses" but they may be more closely related to quillworts.

Paleontologists

Death of George Bax Holmes, a wealthy fossil collector who collaborated with Sir Richard Owen. His collection remains preserved in Brighton's Booth Museum of Natural History.^[3]

References

↑ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
↑ Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 16. ISBN 0-253-21313-4. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)
↑ Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 15. ISBN 0-253-21313-4. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)

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