1887 in paleontology

none 1887 paleontology science 1887 Lepidosaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Patricosaurus Nomen dubiumHarry Govier SeeleyMiddle Cretaceous (late Albian to early Cenomanian)Cambridge GreensandUKAn indeterminate lepidosaur.Barrett and Evans, 2002. A reassessment of the Early Cretaceous reptile ‘Patricosaurus merocratus’ Seeley from the Cambridge Greensand, Cambridgeshire, UK. Cretaceous Research. 23, 231-240. Archosaurs Classification Events Harry Govier Seeley divides the Dinosaurs into two taxa based on the configuration of their hip bones. Farlow James O. M. K. Brett-Surmann The Complete Dinosaur Indiana University Press 1999 Bloomington, Indiana 16 0-253-21313-4 Newly named dinosaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location NotesImages Aristosuchus Valid Harry Govier Seeley Early Cretaceous (Barremian)Wessex FormationUKA compsognathid.thumb|Aristosuchus Ornithodesmus ValidHarry Govier SeeleyEarly Cretaceous (Barremian)Wessex FormationUKA member of Paraves. Plesiosaurs New taxa Name Status Authors Notes Orophosaurus Nomen dubium Cope Piptomerus Synonym of Cimoliasaurus Cope 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. Farlow James O. M. K. Brett-Surmann The Complete Dinosaur Indiana University Press 1999 Bloomington, Indiana 15 0-253-21313-4 References