1987 in paleontology

[1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues.

Langeria[2] gen et sp nov Valid Wolfe & Wehr EoceneYpresian Okanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain Formation US Washington First described as a witch-hazel genus The type species is L. magnifica Macginitiea[2] Gen et comb nov Valid Wolfe & Wehr Paleocene Fort Union Formation USA Wyoming A platanaceous genusThe type species is Liquidambar gracile (1872) Tsukada[2] gen et sp nov Valid Wolfe & Wehr EoceneYpresian Okanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain Formation US Washington A dove-tree relativeThe type species is T. davidiifolia Schoepfia republicensis[2] Comb nov Valid (Lamotte) Wolfe & Wehr EoceneYpresian Okanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain Formation US Washington First suggested to be a Schoepfia relative, Moved from Cornus republicensis 1944 Alnus parvifolia[2] Comb nov Valid Wolfe & Wehr EoceneYpresian Okanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain Formation US Washington An alder speciesMoved from Betula parvifolia (1926) Betula leopoldae[2] sp nov Valid Wolfe & Wehr EoceneYpresian Okanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain Formation US Washington A birch species Carya washingtonensis[3] sp nov Valid Manchester MioceneLanghian Badger Pocket-Squaw Creek, Wanapum Basalts USA Washington described from one of the oldest rodent nut caches known Fagopsis undulata[2] Comb nov Valid (Knowlton) Wolfe & Wehr Paleocene Langford Formation US Wyoming A fagaceous speciesMoved from Fagus undulata (1899) Tilia johnsoni[2] sp nov Valid Wolfe & Wehr EoceneYpresian Okanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain Formation US Washington A linden species Photinia pageae[2] sp nov Valid Wolfe & Wehr EoceneYpresian Okanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain Formation US Washington A Photinia species Acer alaskense[4] Sect and sp nov Valid Wolfe & Tanai Latest Paleocene Chickaloon Formation USA Alaska Oldest Acer sp in Alaska; Only species of the section Alaskana Acer ashwilli[4] sp nov Valid Wolfe & Tanai early Oligocene John Day Formation USA Oregon extinct member of section Ginnala Acer browni[4] sp nov Valid Wolfe & Tanai early - Middle Miocene Collawash flora and several other floras USA  Canada extinct member of section Parviflora Acer castorrivularis[4] sp nov Valid Wolfe & Tanai Late Eocene Beaver Creek Flora USA Montana extinct member of section Macrantha Acer clarnoense[4] sp nov Valid Wolfe & Tanai Late Eocene John Day Formation USA Oregon extinct member of section Macrantha Acer dettermani[4] sp nov Valid Wolfe & Tanai Late Eocene - early Oligocene Meshik Volcanics USA Alaska extinct member of section Macrantha Acer douglasense[4] sect and sp nov Valid Wolfe & Tanai early Eocene West Foreland Formation USA Alaska Only species of the section Douglasa Acer eonegundo[4] Sp.

nov. valid Wolfe & Tanai Late Eocene Beaver Creek Flora USA Montana A possible member of Acer sect.

Cissifolia Acer republicense[4] Sect and sp nov Valid Wolfe & Tanai EoceneYpresian Okanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain Formation USA Washington type and only species in the extinct section Republica Acer rousei[4] sp nov Valid Wolfe & Tanai EoceneYpresian Okanagan HighlandsAllenby Formation Canada British Columbia only species in the extinct section Rousea Acer smileyi[4] sp nov Valid Wolfe & Tanai Late Oligocene - Middle Miocene Clarkia and other formations USA Idaho extinct member of section Parviflora Acer stewarti[4] sp nov Valid Wolfe & Tanai EoceneYpresian Okanagan HighlandsAllenby Formation Canada British Columbia one of two species in the extinct section Stewarta Acer stonebergae[4] sp nov Valid Wolfe & Tanai EoceneYpresian Okanagan HighlandsAllenby Formation Canada British Columbia one of three species in the extinct section Torada Acer taggarti[4] sp nov valid Wolfe & Tanai Middle Miocene Mascall Formation USA Oregon Member of Acer Section Rubra Acer taurocursum[4] sp nov Valid Wolfe & Tanai Late Eocene Bull Run Flora USA Nevada extinct member of section Rubra Acer toradense[4] sp nov Valid Wolfe & Tanai EoceneYpresian Okanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain Formation US Washington one of three species in the extinct section Torada Acer traini[4] sp nov Valid Wolfe & Tanai Early to middle Miocene Trout Creek flora USA Canada extinct member of section Glabra Acer washingtonense[4] Sect and sp nov Valid Wolfe & Tanai EoceneYpresian Okanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain Formation US Washington type species in the extinct section Torada Acer whitebirdense[4] Comb nov Valid (Ashlee) Wolfe & Tanai Middle Miocene White Bird Flora USA Idaho member of Acer section Rubra Barghoornia[2] gen et sp nov Valid Wolfe & Wehr EoceneYpresian Okanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain Formation US Washington A burseraceous genus The type species is B. oblongifolia Bohlenia[2] gen et comb nov Valid Wolfe & Wehr EoceneYpresian Okanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain Formation US Washington A sapindaceous genusThe type species is Dipteronia americana (1935) (in part) Also includes Dipteronia insignis (1937) Rhus malloryi[2] sp nov Valid Wolfe & Wehr EoceneYpresian Okanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain Formation US Washington A sumac relativeSplit into four species in 2019 Princetonia[5] Gen et sp nov Valid Stockey EoceneYpresian Okanagan HighlandsPrinceton Chert Canada British Columbia An angiosperm flower genus of uncertain affiliation.The type species is P. allenbyensis Republica[2] gen, sp, et comb nov Valid Wolfe & Wehr EoceneYpresian Okanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain Formation US Washington An incertae sedis angiospermpossibly of Hamamelididae affiliations Type species R. hickeyi.

Genus also includes Dicotylophyllum kummerensis (1977)[6] and Dicotylophyllum litseafolia (1969) Tuarangia gravgaerdensis[7] sp nov valid Berg-Madsen Middle Cambrian Bornholm Denmark second Tuarangia species named Attercopus[8] gen et sp nov Valid Shear et al. Givetian Gilboa, New York

[24] Carduelis triasi [25] Valid Sp nov. Alcover & Florit Late Pleistocene-Holocene La Palma Canary Islands A Fringillidae, Carduelinae.

nov. Dieter S. Peters Middle Eocene Messel pit Germany A Juncitarsid Necrobyas medius [32] jr synonym Sp.

nov. Rasmussen, Olson, & Simons Early Oligocene Jebel Qatrani Formation Egypt A Jacanidae, two species N. bulotorum and N. tolutaria.

Palaeobyas [32] Valid Gen et sp nov. Mourer-Chauviré Eocene or Oligocene Phosphorites du Quercy France A Sophiornithid, monotypic with P. cracrafti.

nov. Steadman & Zarriello Holocene Ua Huka; Hiva Oa; Tahuata French Polynesia A Psittacidae, Loriinae.