1887 in paleontology

Lepidosaurs

Archosaurs

Classification Events

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

  Newly named dinosaurs

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Plants

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.