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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.
Plants
[edit]Basal eudicots
[edit]Proteales
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gen et sp nov | Valid | First described as a witch-hazel genus |  | ||||||
| Gen et comb nov | Valid | A platanaceous genus | synonymy
|  |
Superasterids
[edit]Cornales
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gen et sp nov | Valid | A dove-tree relative |  |
Santalales
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comb nov | Valid | First suggested to be a Schoepfia relative, |  |
Superrosids
[edit]Fagales
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comb nov | Valid | An alder species |  | ||||||
| sp nov | Valid | A birch species |  | ||||||
| sp nov | Valid | Badger Pocket-Squaw Creek, Wanapum Basalts | described from one of the oldest rodent nut caches known | ||||||
| Comb nov | Valid | synonymy
| A fagaceous species |  |
Malvales
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sp nov | Valid | A linden species |  |
Rosales
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sp nov | Valid | A Photinia species |  |
Sapindales
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sect and sp nov | Valid | Oldest Acer sp in Alaska; Only species of the section Alaskana | |||||||
| sp nov | Valid | Wolfe & Tanai | extinct member of section Ginnala | ||||||
| sp nov | Valid | Wolfe & Tanai | Collawash flora and several other floras | extinct member of section Parviflora | |||||
| sp nov | Valid | Wolfe & Tanai | Beaver Creek Flora | extinct member of section Macrantha | |||||
| sp nov | Valid | Wolfe & Tanai | Late Eocene | John Day Formation | extinct member of section Macrantha | ||||
| sp nov | Valid | Wolfe & Tanai | Late Eocene - early Oligocene | extinct member of section Macrantha | |||||
| sect and sp nov | Valid | Wolfe & Tanai | Only species of the section Douglasa | ||||||
| Sp. nov. | valid | Wolfe & Tanai | Middle-Late Eocene | "Bull Run" Flora | extinct species of Acer sect. Negundo | ||||
| sp nov | valid | Wolfe & Tanai | Late Miocene | Lolo pass flora | Member of Acer Section Rubra | ||||
| sp nov | Valid | Wolfe & Tanai | one of two species in the extinct section Stewarta | ||||||
| sp nov | Valid | Wolfe & Tanai | Latest Eocene - Early Oligocene | Meshik Volcanics | extinct member of section Glabra | ||||
| sp nov | Valid | Wolfe & Tanai | Oligocene | extinct member of section Rubra | |||||
| sp nov | Valid | Wolfe & Tanai | extinct member of Acer section Macrantha | ||||||
| Sp. nov. | valid | Wolfe & Tanai | Late Eocene | Beaver Creek Flora | A possible member of Acer sect. Cissifolia | ||||
| Sect and sp nov | Valid | Wolfe & Tanai | type and only species in the extinct section Republica | ||||||
| sp nov | Valid | only species in the extinct section Rousea | |||||||
| sp nov | Valid | Clarkia and other formations | extinct member of section Parviflora | ||||||
| sp nov | Valid | one of two species in the extinct section Stewarta | |||||||
| sp nov | Valid | Wolfe & Tanai | one of three species in the extinct section Torada | ||||||
| sp nov | valid | Wolfe & Tanai | Middle Miocene | Member of Acer Section Rubra | |||||
| sp nov | Valid | Bull Run Flora | extinct member of section Rubra | ||||||
| sp nov | Valid | one of three species in the extinct section Torada | |||||||
| sp nov | Valid | Wolfe & Tanai | extinct member of section Glabra | ||||||
| Sect and sp nov | Valid | Wolfe & Tanai | type species in the extinct section Torada | ||||||
| Comb nov | Valid | (Ashlee) Wolfe & Tanai | member of Acer section Rubra | ||||||
| gen et sp nov | Valid | A burseraceous genus |  | ||||||
| gen et comb nov | Valid |
| A sapindaceous genus |  | |||||
| sp nov | Valid | A sumac relative |  |
incertae sedis
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen et sp nov | Valid | Stockey | An angiosperm flower genus of uncertain affiliation. | ||||||
| gen, sp, et comb nov | Valid | An incertae sedis angiosperm |  |
Molluscs
[edit]Newly described bivalves
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sp nov | valid | Berg-Madsen | second Tuarangia species named |
Arthropods
[edit]Newly described arachnids
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gen et sp nov | Valid | Shear et al. | one of the oldest spiders |
Newly described crustaceans
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sp nov | Valid | Quayle |
Newly described insects
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen et sp nov | Valid | Dlussky | A sphecomyrmine ant. |  | ||||
| Sp nov. | Valid | Nel | A Calopterygid damselfly. |  |
Vertebrates
[edit]- Stokes suggests that sauropods recycled their gastroliths and chose them based on brightness of color.[11]
- First Argentinosaurus bone found.
Newly described dinosaurs
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gen et sp nov | Valid taxon | |||||||
| Gen et sp nov | Valid taxon | |||||||
| gen et sp nov | Valid taxon | |||||||
| gen et sp nov | determined to be a junior synonym of Nanotyrannus |  | ||||||
| nomen nudum |  China |  | ||||||
| gen et sp nov | Valid taxon | |||||||
| Pseudolagosuchus[17] | Gen et sp nov | Valid taxon | Ladinian (Middle Triassic) | possibly a jr synonym of Lewisuchus | ||||
| Ugrosaurus[18] | gen et sp nov |  | ||||||
| Baugh vide: Armstrong | Possibly a Fish neural spine, never formally described | |||||||
| gen et sp nov | name preoccupied | Name preoccupied by a bryozoan. Renamed Alwalkeria in 1994. |  |
Newly named birds
[edit]| Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jr synonym | Gen et sp. nov. | An Ameghinornithidae, jr synonym of Strigogyps sapea.[21] it is the type species of the genus Aenigmavis Peters, 1987. | ||||||
| Valid | Sp nov. | An Anatidae. | ||||||
| Valid | Gen et sp nov. | 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.[24] | ||||||
| Valid | Sp nov. | |||||||
| jr synonym | Sp nov. | A Dromaiidae, jr synonym of Emuarius gidju.[27] | ||||||
| Valid | Sp. nov. | A Columbidae. | ||||||
| Valid | Gen et sp nov. | A Sandcoleid, monotypic with E. pallas. | ||||||
| Valid | Gen et sp nov. | A Jacanidae, monotypic with J. nymphaeobates | ||||||
| Valid | Sp. nov. | |||||||
| jr synonym | Sp. nov. | |||||||
| Valid | Gen et sp. nov. | A Jacanidae, | ||||||
| Valid | Sp. nov. | An Otidid | ||||||
| Valid | Sp nov. | An Otididae. | ||||||
| Valid | Gen et sp nov. | A Threskiornithid, monotypic with P. songlinensis. | ||||||
| Valid | Gen et sp nov. | A Sophiornithid, monotypic with P. cracrafti. | ||||||
| Valid | Gen et sp nov. | A Palaeoglaucid, monotypic with P. perrierensis. | ||||||
| Valid | Gen et sp nov. | A Sophiornithid,[36] monotypic with P. cadurcensis. | ||||||
| Valid | Gen et sp nov. | Monotypic with P. austriaca. Originally thought to be an auk; Göhlich & Mayr (2018) reinterpreted it as a member of Gaviiformes.[38] | ||||||
| Valid | Sp. nov. | A Phasianid. | ||||||
| Valid | Gen et sp nov. | A Steatornithidae, Preficinae, monotypic with P. nivea | ||||||
| Valid | Gen et sp nov. | A Sophiornithid, monotypic with S. quercynus | ||||||
| Valid | Sp. nov. | Holocene | A Psittacidae, Loriinae. | |||||
| Valid | Sp. nov. | A Psittacidae, Loriinae. | ||||||
| Valid | Gen et sp nov. | A Tytthostonychid, monotypic with T. glauconiticus | ||||||
| Valid | Gen et sp nov. | A Xenerodiopid, monotypic with X. mycter |
Pterosaurs
[edit]New taxa
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- ^ Dieter S. Peters (1987). "Ein "Phorusrhacide" aus dem Mittel-Eozän von Messel (Aves, Gruiformes: Cariamae)". Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie, Lyon. 99: 71–87.
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- ^ Jacques Cheneval (1987). "Les Anatidae (Aves: Anseriformes) du Miocène de France: Révision Systématique et Évolution". Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie, Lyon. 99: 137–157.
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- ^ Ursula B. Göhlich; Gerald Mayr (2018). "The alleged early Miocene Auk Petralca austriaca is a Loon (Aves, Gaviiformes): restudy of a controversial fossil bird". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. 30 (8): 1076–1083. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1333610. S2CID 90729728.
- ^ Storrs L. Olson (1987). "An Early Oilbird from the Green River Formation of Wyoming (Caprimulgiformes: Steatornithidae)" (PDF). Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie, Lyon. 99: 57–69.
- ^ a b David W. Steadman & Marie C. Zarriello (1987). "Two New Species of Parrots (Aves: Psittacidae) From Archeological Sites in the Marquesas Islands" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 100 (3): 518–528. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
- ^ Storrs L. Olson & David C. Parris (1987). "The Cretaceous Birds of New Jersey" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 63 (63): 1–22. doi:10.5479/si.00810266.63.1.