1986 in paleontology
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Plants
=Pinophytes=
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| Abies milleri{{cite journal |last1=Schorn |first1=H.E. |author2=Wehr, W.C. |year=1986 |title=Abies milleri, sp. nov., from the middle Eocene Klondike Mountain Formation, Republic, Ferry County, Washington. |journal= Burke Museum Contributions in Anthropology and Natural History |volume=1 |pages = 1–7}}
| sp nov | Valid | | | Eocene Okanagan Highlands | {{Flag|USA}} | One of the oldest fir species | |
=Angiosperms=
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| Macginicarpa{{cite journal |last1=Manchester |first1=S. R. |year=1986 |title=Vegetative and reproductive morphology of an extinct plane tree (Platanaceae) from the Eocene of western North America |journal=Botanical Gazette |volume=147 |issue=2 |pages=200–226|doi=10.1086/337587 |s2cid=83715341 }}
| Gen et sp nov | valid | Manchester | | | {{flag|USA}} | A platanaceous infructescence genus. | |
| Macginistemon
| Gen et comb nov | valid | (MacGinitie) Manchester | | | {{flag|USA}} | A platanaceous stamen species. | |
| Macginitiea angustiloba
| Comb nov | valid | (Lesquereux) Manchester | | | {{flag|USA}} | A platanaceous species. | |
| Platananthus
| Gen et sp nov | valid | Manchester | | | {{flag|USA}} | A platanaceous staminate inflorescence genus. | |
Newly described insects
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| Stenolestes fischeri{{cite journal |last1=Nel. |first1=A. |year=1986 |title=Révision du genre cénozoïque Stenolestes Scudder, 1895; description de deux espèces nouvelles (Insecta, Odonata, Lestidae) |journal=Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Section C |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=447–461}}
| Sp nov | Valid | Nel | | | {{Flag|France}} | A Sieblosiid damselfly. | File:Stenolestes fischeri holotype MNHN.F.R06670 part side direct lighting.jpg]] |
Molluscs
=Bivalves=
Fish
Dinosaurs
=Newly named dinosaurs=
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.{{cite web | last = Olshevsky | first = George | title = Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List | url = http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html | access-date = 2008-08-07 | archive-date = 2011-07-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html | url-status = dead }}
=Newly named birds=
Plesiosaurs
=New taxa=
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| Tuarangisaurus
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|A Plesiosaur from New Zealand |
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Pterosaurs
- Fossil jaw fragments containing multicusped teeth were found in Dockum Group rocks in western Texas. One fragment, apparently from a lower jaw, contained two teeth, each with five cusps. Another fragment, from an upper jaw, also contained several multi-cusped teeth. These finds are very similar to the pterosaur genus Eudimorphodon and may be attributable to this genus, although without better fossil remains it is impossible to be sure.Wellnhofer, Peter (1991). "Summary of Triassic Pterosaurs." The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs. London, UK: Salamander Books Limited. p. 67. {{ISBN|0-86101-566-5}}.
=New taxa=
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| Phobetor
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