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Paleontology or palaeontology 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 humans have 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 1986.
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sp nov | Valid | One of the oldest fir species | ![]() | |||||
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Gen et sp nov | valid | Manchester | A platanaceous infructescence genus. | |||||
Gen et comb nov | valid | (MacGinitie) Manchester | A platanaceous stamen species. | |||||
Comb nov | valid | (Lesquereux) Manchester | A platanaceous species. | |||||
Gen et sp nov | valid | Manchester | A platanaceous staminate inflorescence genus. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type Strata | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | Valid | Nel | A Sieblosiid damselfly. | ![]() | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type Strata | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov | Jermak | "northern Siberia" | possible jr synonym of Pojetaia | |||||
gen et sp nov | Li & Zhou | Henan province | jr synonym of Pojetaia runnegari | |||||
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Oelofsen | Prince Albert Formation (Ecca Group) | A member of Symmoriida. [7] The type species is D. oosthuizeni. | ||||
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. [8]
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Valid | Sp. nov. | A Strigidae. | ||||||
Valid | Gen. et Sp. nov. | A Procellariidae, type species E. kazachstanensis | ||||||
Valid | Gen. et Sp. nov. | A Eurolimnornithidae, | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Rallidae. | ||||||
jr synonym | Sp. nov. | Described as an Ichthyornithidae, | ||||||
Valid | Gen. et Sp. nov. | A Gobipteryginae Alexornithid, | ||||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Kessler & Jurcsák | A Eurolimnornithidae, type genus P. biharicus | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Cathartidae. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Rallidae. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type Strata | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid | Tomasetti & Plane | |||||||
Rostriamynodon grangeri [25] | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Wall & Manning | Early late Eocene | An amynodontid | |||