List of years in paleontology       (table)
… 1877 .  1878 .  1879 .  1880  . 1881  . 1882  . 1883 … 1884 1885 1886 -1887- 1888 1889 1890 … 1891 .  1892 .  1893 .  1894  . 1895  . 1896  . 1897 …    In science: 1884 1885 1886 -1887- 1888 1889 1890
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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 faeces (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]

Paleontologists

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

References

1. ^ Newman, Garfield, et al (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 0-07-088739-X. 
2. ^ Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 16. ISBN 0-253-21313-4. 
3. ^ Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 15. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.