List of years in paleobotany |
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This paleobotany list records new fossil plant taxa that were described during the year 2012, as well as other significant paleobotany discoveries and events which occurred during 2012.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | Ignatov et al | A moss of uncertain placement. | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Dunn et al. | Pride Mountain Formation | A member of Isoetales belonging to the group Chaloneriaceae. Genus includes new species W. tuscumbiana. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Guo et al. | Devonian (Pragian) | A liverwort belonging to the family Aneuraceae. Genus includes new species R. devonicus. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Vera & Passalia | A fern of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Vera | Cerro Negro Formation | An Osmundaceae fern. Originally placed in Millerocaulis ; | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Escapa & Cúneo | A member of Osmundaceae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Escapa & Cúneo | A member of Osmundaceae. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Кokala Suite | |||||
Anomozamites heeri [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pott et al. | Probably late Middle Jurassic | A member of Bennettitales. Originally described as a species of Anomozamites | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | ||||
Cycadolepis karatauensis [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | |||
Cycadolepis kirillii [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | |||
Cycadolepis kokalensis [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | |||
Cycadolepis lata [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | |||
Cycadolepis maija [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | |||
Cycadolepis multistomata [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | |||
Cycadolepis pachydermatica [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | |||
Cycadolepis perfecta [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | |||
Cycadolepis prynadае [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | |||
Cycadolepis schairensis [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Кokala Suite | |||||
Nilssoniopteris localis [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | |||
Nilssoniopteris saveljevii [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Middle Jurassic (Aalenian) | Tonasha Formation | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | ||||
Pterophyllum doludenkoae [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | |||
Pterophyllum originalum [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | |||
Pterophyllum pаrvisegmentatum [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | |||
Pterophyllum pinniforme [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | |||
Pterophyllum valentinaeа [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | |||
Pterophyllum vsevolodii [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | ||||
Williamsonia baranovaeа [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | |||
Williamsonia chagaensе [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | |||
Williamsonia kokalensis [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | |||
Williamsonia vialovaea [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) | Karadiirmen' Formation | A member of Pteridospermatophyta of uncertain affinities. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ryberg, Taylor & Taylor | Late Permian | Upper Buckley Formation | A member of Glossopteridales. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Naugolnykh & Sidorov | A seed fern belonging to the family Peltaspermaceae. Genus includes new species K. pedatum. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ryberg, Taylor & Taylor | Late Permian | Beacon Supergroup (upper Buckley Formation) | A seed fern belonging to the group Dictyopteridiales and the family Eretmoniaceae. Genus includes new species L. ramulus. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ryberg, Taylor & Taylor | Late Permian | Beacon Supergroup (upper Buckley Formation) | A member of Glossopteridales belonging to the family Dictyopteridiaceae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Naugolnykh | A seed fern belonging to the group Peltaspermales. Genus includes new species V. rombicum. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Кokala Suite | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gnaedinger | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhou, Quan, & Liu | upper Paleocene | An extinct species in the modern genus Ginkgo | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Nosova | Middle Jurassic | A member of Ginkgoales. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Dong & Sun | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova | Middle Jurassic (Aalenian) | Кokala Suite | ||||
Ginkgoites irdalicus [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic | Ergozi Suite | |||
Ginkgoites kelendensis [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova | Middle Jurassic (Aalenian) | Tonasha Formation | |||
Ginkgoites ketovianus [9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova | Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) | Sarydiirmeny Suite | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova | Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) | Karadiirmen' Formation | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova | Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) | Karadiirmen' Formation | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Dettmann, Clifford & Peters | A member of the family Araucariaceae. Genus includes new species E. microcarpa. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Mohr et al. | Early Cretaceous | A possible member of Cheirolepidiaceae. The type species is Duartenia araripensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gomez, Ewin & Daviero-Gomez | Early Cretaceous (Barremian) | A conifer. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Shi, Zhou, & Xie | Oligocene | A Calocedrus species | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | He, Sun & Liu | Late Miocene | Originally placed in Fokienia . | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rothwell et al. | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Kimmeridge Clay Formation | A member of Pinaceae. The type species is Eathiestrobus mackenziei. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Klymiuk & Stockey | A spruce species seed cone. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ryberg et al. | Speeton Clay Formation | A pine. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Wilf | A species of Dacrycarpus | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Kokala Suite | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Kokala Suite | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Kokala Suite | A conifer of uncertain affinities. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Feng et al. | Lower Shihhotse Formation | A conifer of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species P. hulstaiense. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Kiritchkova & Nosova | Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) | Karadiirmen' Formation | A cycad. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pott et al. | A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species R. anisolobus. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Estrada-Ruiz et al. | Late Cretaceous (probably early to middle Maastrichtian) | A member of the family Celastraceae. Genus includes new species B. armendarisense. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Friis & Pedersen | An asterid. Genus includes new species B. scanicus. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Feng & Jin | Changchang Basin | A fossil fruit. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Manchester, Chen & Lott | Early Oligocene | A species of Cissus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hermsen, Gandolfo & Zamaloa | A species of Eucalyptus . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gandolfo & Zamaloa in Hermsen, Gandolfo & Zamaloa | A species of Eucalyptus . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gandolfo & Hermsen in Hermsen, Gandolfo & Zamaloa | A species of Eucalyptus . | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Estrada-Ruiz et al. | Late Cretaceous (probably early to middle Maastrichtian) | A member of the family Myrtaceae. Genus includes new species F. armendarisense. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Boonchai & Manchester | Early Eocene | A member of Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil wood. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bannister, Conran & Lee | Early Miocene | A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Litsea . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bannister, Conran & Lee | Early Miocene | A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Beilschmiedia . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bannister, Conran & Lee | Early Miocene | A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Cryptocarya . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bannister, Conran & Lee | Early Miocene | A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Cryptocarya . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bannister, Conran & Lee | Early Miocene | A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Beilschmiedia . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bannister, Conran & Lee | Early Miocene | A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Beilschmiedia . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bannister, Conran & Lee | Early Miocene | A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Cryptocarya . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bannister, Conran & Lee | Early Miocene | A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Beilschmiedia . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bannister, Conran & Lee | Early Miocene | A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Cryptocarya . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bannister, Conran & Lee | Early Miocene | A member of Lauraceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Güner & Denk | A species of Mahonia . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Güner & Denk | A species of Mahonia . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Shi et al. | Changchang Formation | A species of Morinda . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pan et al. | Early Miocene | A species of Newtonia . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Stull in Stull et al. | Middle-late Paleocene | A member of Icacinaceae belonging to the tribe Phytocreneae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Stull in Stull et al. | Late Paleocene | A member of Icacinaceae belonging to the tribe Phytocreneae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Estrada-Ruiz et al. | Late Cretaceous (probably early to middle Maastrichtian) | A magnoliid of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species P. paucipora. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Stull in Stull et al. | Late early Oligocene | A species of Pyrenacantha . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Mohr, Coiffard & Bernardes-de-Oliveira | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | Fossil magnolialean angiosperm. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Boonchai & Manchester | Early Eocene | A member of Canellaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species W. edenense. | ||||