1887 in paleontology

Classification Events

 * Harry Govier Seeley divides the Dinosaurs into two taxa based on the configuration of their hip bones.

Newly named dinosaurs
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New taxa
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New taxa
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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.