1987 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 or were published in the year 1987.
Contents
Paleobotany
Newly described angiosperms
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sect and sp nov |
Valid |
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, Montana |
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 |
extinct member of section Macrantha |
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sect and sp nov |
Valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
Only species of the section Douglasa |
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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 |
extinct member of section Rubra |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
extinct member of section Macrantha |
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Sect and sp nov |
Valid |
Wolfe & Tanai |
Ypresian |
type and only species in the extinct section Republica |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Allenby formation & McAbee Site |
only species in the extinct section Rousea |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Clarkia and other formations |
extinct member of section Parviflora |
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sp nov |
Valid |
one of two species in the extinct section Stewarta |
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sp nov |
Valid |
one of three species in the extinct section Torada |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Bull Run Flora, Nevada |
extinct member of section Rubra |
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sp nov |
Valid |
one of three species in the extinct section Torada |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Trout Creek flora and others |
extinct member of section Glabra |
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Sect and sp nov |
Valid |
type species in the extinct section Torada |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Tom Thumb Tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation |
Monotypic with the species Barghoornia oblongifolia |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Tom Thumb Tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Tom Thumb Tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Badger Pocket-Squaw Creek, Wanapum Basalts |
described from one of the oldest rodent nut caches known |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Tom Thumb Tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation |
Monotypic with the species Langeria magnifica |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Tom Thumb Tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Tom Thumb Tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Tom Thumb Tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation |
Incertae sedis angiospermae |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Tom Thumb Tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Tom Thumb Tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Tom Thumb Tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Tom Thumb Tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation |
Monotypic with the species Tsukada davidiifolia |
Molluscs
Newly described bivalves
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp nov |
valid |
Berg-Madsen |
second Tuarangia species named |
Arthropods
Newly described arachnids
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 |
Newly described crustaceans
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Quayle |
Newly described insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Dlussky |
A sphecomyrmine ant. |
Vertebrates
- Stokes suggested that sauropods recycled their gastroliths and chose them based on brightness of color.[9]
Newly described dinosaurs
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 |
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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 |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid taxon |
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Pseudolagosuchus[15] |
Gen et sp nov |
Valid taxon |
Ladinian (Middle Triassic) |
possibly a jr synonym of Lewisuchus |
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Ugrosaurus[16] |
gen et sp nov |
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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. |
Newly named birds
Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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jr synonym |
Gen et sp. nov. |
An Ameghinornithidae, jr synonym of Strigogyps sapea.[19] it is the type species of the genus Aenigmavis Peters, 1987. |
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Valid |
Sp nov. |
An Anatidae. |
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Valid |
Gen et sp nov. |
An Ardeidae, monotypic with C. junnei. |
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Valid |
Sp nov. |
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jr synonym |
Sp nov. |
A Dromaiidae, jr synonym of Emuarius gidju.[24] |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Late Holocene |
A Columbidae. |
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Valid |
Gen et sp nov. |
A Sandcoleid, monotypic with E. pallas. |
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Valid |
Gen et sp nov. |
A Jacanidae, monotypic with J. nymphaeobates |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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jr synonym |
Sp. nov. |
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Valid |
Gen et sp. nov. |
A Jacanidae, |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
An Otidid |
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Valid |
Sp nov. |
An Otididae. |
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Valid |
Gen et sp nov. |
A Threskiornithid, monotypic with P. songlinensis. |
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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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Valid |
Gen et sp nov. |
A Sophiornithid,[33] monotypic with P. cadurcensis. |
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Valid |
Gen et sp nov. |
An Alcidae, Petralcinae, monotypic with P. austriaca. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Phasianid. |
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Valid |
Gen et sp nov. |
A Steatornithidae, Preficinae, monotypic with P. nivea |
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Valid |
Gen et sp nov. |
A Sophiornithid, monotypic with S. quercynus |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Holocene |
A Psittacidae, Loriinae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Psittacidae, Loriinae. |
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Valid |
Gen et sp nov. |
A Tytthostonychid, monotypic with T. glauconiticus |
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Valid |
Gen et sp nov. |
A Xenerodiopid, monotypic with X. mycter |
Pterosaurs
New taxa
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- ↑ Bakker, Williams & Currie, 1987 (Weishampel et al. 1990 cite Bakker, R.T., M. Williams, and P. Currie. 1988. Nanotyrannus, a new genus of pygmy tyrannosaur, from the latest Cretaceous of Montana. Hunteria 1: pp. 1-30.) vide Currie, P.J. 1987. Theropods of the Judith River Formation of Dinosaur Frovincial Park, Alberta. in: Currie, P.J. E.H. Koster (eds.), 4th Symp. Mesozoic Terr. Ecosyst. Short Paper, Tyrrell Mus. Palaeontol., Drumheller, Alberta [Clevelanotyrannus citation in bibliography]: pp. 52-60.
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- ↑ Arcucci, A. 1987. Un nuevo Lagosuchidae (Thecodontia-Pseudosuchia) de la fauna de Los Chanares (Edad Reptile Chanarense, Triasic Medio), La Rioja, Argentina. Ameghiniana 24 (1- 2): pp. 89-94.
- ↑ Cobabe, E.A., and D.E. Fastovsky. 1987. Urgosaurus olsoni, a new ceratopsian (Reptilia: Ornithischia) from the Hell Creek Formation of Eastern Montana. Journal of Paleontology 61 (1): pp. 148-154.
- ↑ Chatterjee, S. 1987. A new theropod dinosaur from India with remarks on the Gondwana-Laurasia connection in the Late Triassic. In: Gondwana Six: Stratigraphy Sedimentology and Paleontology (G.D. McKenzie, Ed.). Geophysical Monogr. No. 41: pp. 183-189.
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