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Paleontology or palaeontology 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 humans have 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 or were published in the year 1987.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
First described as a witch-hazel genus |
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Gen et comb nov |
Valid |
A platanaceous genus |
synonymy
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
A dove-tree relative |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Schoepfia republicensis[2] |
Comb nov |
Valid |
First suggested to be a Schoepfia relative, |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Comb nov |
Valid |
An alder species |
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sp nov |
Valid |
A birch species |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Manchester |
Badger Pocket-Squaw Creek, Wanapum Basalts |
described from one of the oldest rodent nut caches known |
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Fagopsis undulata[2] |
Comb nov |
Valid |
Langford Formation |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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sp nov |
Valid |
A linden species |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Photinia pageae[2] |
sp nov |
Valid |
A Photinia species |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sect and sp nov |
Valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
Oldest Acer sp in Alaska; Only species of the section Alaskana |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
extinct member of section Ginnala |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
Collawash flora and several other floras |
extinct member of section Parviflora |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
Beaver Creek Flora |
extinct member of section Macrantha |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
Late Eocene |
John Day Formation |
extinct member of section Macrantha |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
Late Eocene - early Oligocene |
Meshik Volcanics |
extinct member of section Macrantha |
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sect and sp nov |
Valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
West Foreland Formation |
Only species of the section Douglasa |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
Middle-Late Eocene |
"Bull Run" Flora |
extinct species of Acer sect. Negundo |
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sp nov |
valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
Late Miocene |
Lolo pass flora |
Member of Acer Section Rubra |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
one of two species in the extinct section Stewarta |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
Latest Eocene - Early Oligocene |
Meshik Volcanics |
extinct member of section Glabra |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
Oligocene |
Tsadaka Formation & Tyonek Formation |
extinct member of section Rubra |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
extinct member of Acer section Macrantha |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
Late Eocene |
Beaver Creek Flora |
A possible member of Acer sect. Cissifolia |
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Sect and sp nov |
Valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
type and only species in the extinct section Republica |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
only species in the extinct section Rousea |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
Clarkia and other formations |
extinct member of section Parviflora |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
one of two species in the extinct section Stewarta |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
one of three species in the extinct section Torada |
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sp nov |
valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
Middle Miocene |
Member of Acer Section Rubra |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
Bull Run Flora |
extinct member of section Rubra |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
one of three species in the extinct section Torada |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
Trout Creek flora |
extinct member of section Glabra |
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Sect and sp nov |
Valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
type species in the extinct section Torada |
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Comb nov |
Valid |
(Ashlee) Wolfe & Tanai |
member of Acer section Rubra |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
A burseraceous genus |
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Bohlenia[2] |
gen et comb nov |
Valid |
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A sapindaceous genus |
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sp nov |
Valid |
A sumac relative |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Republica[2] |
gen, sp, et comb nov |
Valid |
An incertae sedis angiosperm |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp nov |
valid |
Berg-Madsen |
second Tuarangia species named |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Shear et al. |
one of the oldest spiders |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Quayle |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Dlussky |
Taimyr amber |
A sphecomyrmine ant. |
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Sapho armissani |
Sp nov. |
Valid |
Nel |
Narbonne Basin |
A Calopterygid damselfly. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid taxon |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid taxon |
Sanz, Buscalioni, Casanovas-Cladellas, & Santafé |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid taxon |
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gen et sp nov |
determined to be a junior synonym of Nanotyrannus |
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nomen nudum |
China | |||||||
gen et sp nov |
Valid taxon |
Tumanova |
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Pseudolagosuchus[16] |
Gen et sp nov |
Valid taxon |
Ladinian (Middle Triassic) |
possibly a jr synonym of Lewisuchus |
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Ugrosaurus[17] |
gen et sp nov |
Cobabe & David Fastovsky |
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Baugh vide: Armstrong |
Possibly a Fish neural spine, never formally described |
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gen et sp nov |
name preoccupied |
Name preoccupied by a bryozoan. Renamed Alwalkeria in 1994. |
Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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jr synonym |
Gen et sp. nov. |
Peters |
An Ameghinornithidae, jr synonym of Strigogyps sapea.[20] it is the type species of the genus Aenigmavis Peters, 1987. |
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Aythya chauvirae [21] |
Valid |
Sp nov. |
Cheneval |
An Anatidae. |
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Calcardea junnei [22] |
Valid |
Gen et sp nov. |
Wilwood Formation |
Monotypic with C. junnei. Originally classified as a member of Ardeidae; this interpretation was rejected by Mayr, Gingerich & Smith (2019), who considered this bird to be a member of Telluraves, and claimed that it resembled parrot-like taxon Vastanavis.[23] |
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Valid |
Sp nov. |
Alcover & Florit |
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Dromaius gidju [25] |
jr synonym |
Sp nov. |
Patterson & Vickers Rich |
Wipajiri Formation |
A Dromaiidae, jr synonym of Emuarius gidju.[26] |
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Ducula david [27] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Balouet & Olson |
A Columbidae. |
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Eoglaucidium pallas [28] |
Valid |
Gen et sp nov. |
Fischer |
A Sandcoleid, monotypic with E. pallas. |
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Janipes nymphaeobates [29] |
Valid |
Gen et sp nov. |
A Jacanidae, monotypic with J. nymphaeobates |
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Juncitarsus merkeli [30] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Dieter S. Peters |
A Juncitarsid |
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Necrobyas medius [31] |
jr synonym |
Sp. nov. |
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Nupharanassa [29] |
Valid |
Gen et sp. nov. |
A Jacanidae, |
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Otis khosatzkii [33] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Bocheński & Kurochkin |
An Otidid |
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Otis paratetrax [33] |
Valid |
Sp nov. |
Bocheński & Kurochkin |
An Otididae. |
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Palaeoalectoris [34] |
Valid |
Gen et sp nov. |
Hou |
Xiacaowan Formation |
A Threskiornithid, monotypic with P. songlinensis. |
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Palaeobyas [31] |
Valid |
Gen et sp nov. |
A Sophiornithid, monotypic with P. cracrafti. |
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Valid |
Gen et sp nov. |
A Palaeoglaucid, monotypic with P. perrierensis. |
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Palaeotyto cadurcensis [31] |
Valid |
Gen et sp nov. |
A Sophiornithid,[35] monotypic with P. cadurcensis. |
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Valid |
Gen et sp nov. |
Mlíkovský |
Monotypic with P. austriaca. Originally though to be an auk; Göhlich & Mayr (2018) reinterpreted it as a member of Gaviiformes.[37] |
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Platalea tiangangensis [34] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Hou |
Xiacaowan Formation |
A Phasianid. |
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Prefica [38] |
Valid |
Gen et sp nov. |
A Steatornithidae, Preficinae, monotypic with P. nivea |
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Sophiornis[31] |
Valid |
Gen et sp nov. |
A Sophiornithid, monotypic with S. quercynus |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Steadman & Zarriello |
Holocene |
A Psittacidae, Loriinae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Steadman & Zarriello |
A Psittacidae, Loriinae. |
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Valid |
Gen et sp nov. |
Olson & Parris, |
A Tytthostonychid, monotypic with T. glauconiticus |
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Xenerodiopus [29] |
Valid |
Gen et sp nov. |
A Xenerodiopid, monotypic with X. mycter |
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