2012 in paleobotany

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2009
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2012
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In arthropod paleontology
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In mammal paleontology
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In paleoichthyology
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This paleobotany list records new fossil plant taxa that were to be described during the year 2012, as well as notes other significant paleobotany discoveries and events which occurred during 2012.

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List of years in paleobotany
In paleontology
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
In arthropod paleontology
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
In paleoentomology
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
In paleomalacology
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
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In reptile paleontology
2009
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In archosaur paleontology
2009
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In mammal paleontology
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In paleoichthyology
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Bryophytes

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages

Bryokhutuliinia crassimarginata [1]

Sp nov

Ignatov et al

Late Jurassic

Ukurey formation

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

A moss of uncertain placement.

Lycophytes

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages

Winslowia [2]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Dunn et al.

Carboniferous (Serpukhovian)

Pride Mountain Formation

Flag of the United States.svg  United States

A member of Isoetales belonging to the group Chaloneriaceae. Genus includes new species W. tuscumbiana.

Marchantiophytes

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages

Riccardiothallus [3]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Guo et al.

Devonian (Pragian)

Posongchong Formation

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

A liverwort belonging to the family Aneuraceae. Genus includes new species R. devonicus.

Ferns and fern allies

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages

Korallipteris [4]

Gen. et comb. nov

Valid

Vera & Passalia

Triassic to Miocene

Antarctica
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand [5]

A fern of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
A new genus for "Gleichenia" argentinica (1962);
Additional species were originally placed in Gleichenia, Gleichenites and Microphyllopteris .

Millerocaulis tekelili [6]

Sp. nov

Valid

Vera

Early Cretaceous (Aptian)

Cerro Negro Formation

Antarctica
(Livingston Island)

An Osmundaceae fern. Originally placed in Millerocaulis ;
Moved to Claytosmunda tekelili in (2017). [7]

Osmundopsis rafaelii [8]

Sp. nov

Valid

Escapa & Cúneo

Early Jurassic

Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina

A member of Osmundaceae.

Todites cacereii [8]

Sp. nov

Valid

Escapa & Cúneo

Early Jurassic

Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina

A member of Osmundaceae.

Bennettitales

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages

Anomozamites harrisi [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Anomozamites heeri [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Anomozamites villosus [10]

Sp. nov

Valid

Pott et al.

Probably late Middle Jurassic

Daohugou Beds

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

A member of Bennettitales. Originally described as a species of Anomozamites
Moved to the Wielandiella villosus (2015). [11] [12]

Cycadolepis barnardii [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Cycadolepis karatauensis [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Cycadolepis kirillii [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Cycadolepis kokalensis [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Cycadolepis lata [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Cycadolepis maija [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Cycadolepis multistomata [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Cycadolepis pachydermatica [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Cycadolepis perfecta [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Cycadolepis prynadае [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Cycadolepis schairensis [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Nilssoniopteris chirchilica [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Middle Jurassic (Aalenian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Nilssoniopteris localis [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Nilssoniopteris saveljevii [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Middle Jurassic (Aalenian)

Tonasha Formation

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Pterophyllum chagaense [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Pterophyllum doludenkoae [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Pterophyllum originalum [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Pterophyllum pаrvisegmentatum [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Pterophyllum pinniforme [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Pterophyllum valentinaeа [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Pterophyllum vsevolodii [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Williamsonia antonia [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Williamsonia baranovaeа [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Williamsonia chagaensе [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Williamsonia kokalensis [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Williamsonia vialovaea [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

"Pteridospermatophytes"

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages

Ctenozamites schweitzerii [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Middle Jurassic (Bajocian)

Karadiirmen' Formation

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

A member of Pteridospermatophyta of uncertain affinities.

Eretmonia macloughlinii [13]

Sp. nov

Valid

Ryberg, Taylor & Taylor

Late Permian

Upper Buckley Formation

Blank flag.svg  Antarctica

A member of Glossopteridales.

Kuvakospermum [14]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Naugolnykh & Sidorov

Permian (Wordian)

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

A seed fern belonging to the family Peltaspermaceae. Genus includes new species K. pedatum.

Lidgettoniopsis [15]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Ryberg, Taylor & Taylor

Late Permian

Beacon Supergroup (upper Buckley Formation)

Blank flag.svg  Antarctica

A seed fern belonging to the group Dictyopteridiales and the family Eretmoniaceae. Genus includes new species L. ramulus.

Scutum leiophyllum [15]

Sp. nov

Valid

Ryberg, Taylor & Taylor

Late Permian

Beacon Supergroup (upper Buckley Formation)

Blank flag.svg  Antarctica

A member of Glossopteridales belonging to the family Dictyopteridiaceae.

Vetlugospermum [16]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Naugolnykh

Early Triassic

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

A seed fern belonging to the group Peltaspermales. Genus includes new species V. rombicum.

Ginkgoales

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages

Baiera kazachstanica [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Baieroxylon rocablanquense [17]

Sp. nov

Valid

Gnaedinger

Early Jurassic

Roca Blanca Formation

Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina

Ginkgo cranei [18]

Sp. nov

Valid

Zhou, Quan, & Liu

upper Paleocene

Sentinel Butte Formation

Flag of the United States.svg  USA
Flag of North Dakota.svg  North Dakota

An extinct species in the modern genus Ginkgo

Ginkgo gomolitzkyana [19]

Sp. nov

Valid

Nosova

Middle Jurassic

Angren Formation

Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan

A member of Ginkgoales.

Ginkgo huolinhensis [20]

Sp. nov

Valid

Dong & Sun

Early Cretaceous

Huolinhe Formation

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

Ginkgoites barnardianus [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova

Middle Jurassic (Aalenian)

Кokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Ginkgoites irdalicus [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic

Ergozi Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Ginkgoites kelendensis [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova

Middle Jurassic (Aalenian)

Tonasha Formation

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Ginkgoites ketovianus [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova

Middle Jurassic (Bathonian)

Sarydiirmeny Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Leptotoma asiatica [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova

Middle Jurassic (Bajocian)

Karadiirmen' Formation

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Pseudotorellia karadiirmenica [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova

Middle Jurassic (Bajocian)

Karadiirmen' Formation

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Conifers

Araucariaceae

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Emwadea [21]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Dettmann, Clifford & Peters

Early Cretaceous (Albian)

Winton Formation

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

A member of the family Araucariaceae. Genus includes new species E. microcarpa.

Cheirolepidiaceae

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Duartenia [22]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Mohr et al.

Early Cretaceous

Crato Formation

Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

A possible member of Cheirolepidiaceae. The type species is Duartenia araripensis.

Glenrosa falcata [23]

Sp. nov

Valid

Gomez, Ewin & Daviero-Gomez

Early Cretaceous (Barremian)

Calizas de La Huergina Formation

Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

A conifer.

Cupressaceae

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Calocedrus huashanensis [24]

Sp. nov

Valid

Shi, Zhou, & Xie

Oligocene

Ningming Formation

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

A Calocedrus species

Fokienia shengxianensis [25]

Sp. nov

Valid

He, Sun & Liu

Late Miocene

Shengxian Formation
Xiaolongtan Formation

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

Originally placed in Fokienia .
Moved to Calocedrus shengxianensis in (2015). [26]

Pinaceae

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Eathiestrobus [27]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Rothwell et al.

Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)

Kimmeridge Clay Formation

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom

A member of Pinaceae. The type species is Eathiestrobus mackenziei.

Picea burtonii [28]

Sp. nov

Valid

Klymiuk & Stockey

Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

A spruce species seed cone.

Pinus yorkshirensis [29]

Sp. nov

Valid

Ryberg et al.

Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian-Barremian)

Speeton Clay Formation

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom

A pine.

Podocarpaceae

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Dacrycarpus puertae [30]

Sp. nov

Valid

Wilf

Eocene

Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina

A species of Dacrycarpus

Taxaceae

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Marskea kazachstanica [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Kokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Torreya kazachstanica [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Kokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Other conifers

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Elatocladus bulakus [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Kokala Suite

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

A conifer of uncertain affinities.

Plyophyllioxylon [31]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Feng et al.

Permian (Roadian/Wordian)

Lower Shihhotse Formation

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

A conifer of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species P. hulstaiense.

Other gymnosperms

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages

Nilssonia prosvirjakovaea [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kiritchkova & Nosova

Middle Jurassic (Bajocian)

Karadiirmen' Formation

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

A cycad.

Rehezamites [32]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Pott et al.

Early Cretaceous (Aptian)

Yixian Formation

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species R. anisolobus.

Angiosperms

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Archaeampelos senonica [33]

Sp. nov

Valid

Alekseev

Late Cretaceous

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

Baasia [34]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Estrada-Ruiz et al.

Late Cretaceous (probably early to middle Maastrichtian)

McRae Formation

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A member of the family Celastraceae. Genus includes new species B. armendarisense.

Bertilanthus [35]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Friis & Pedersen

Late Cretaceous

Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

An asterid. Genus includes new species B. scanicus.

Camptodromites sibiricus [33]

Sp. nov

Valid

Alekseev

Late Cretaceous

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

Celastrinites lanceolatus [33]

Sp. nov

Valid

Alekseev

Late Cretaceous

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

Chaneya hainanensis [36]

Sp. nov

Valid

Feng & Jin

Eocene

Changchang Basin

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

A fossil fruit.

Cissites basicordatus [33]

Sp. nov

Valid

Alekseev

Late Cretaceous

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Cissus lombardii [37]

Sp. nov

Valid

Manchester, Chen & Lott

Early Oligocene

Mancora Formation

Flag of Peru.svg  Peru

A species of Cissus .

Eucalyptus caldericola [38]

Sp. nov

Valid

Hermsen, Gandolfo & Zamaloa

Eocene (Ypresian)

Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina

A species of Eucalyptus .

Eucalyptus frenguelliana [38]

Sp. nov

Valid

Gandolfo & Zamaloa in Hermsen, Gandolfo & Zamaloa

Eocene (Ypresian)

Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina

A species of Eucalyptus .

Eucalyptus lynchiae [38]

Sp. nov

Valid

Gandolfo & Hermsen in Hermsen, Gandolfo & Zamaloa

Eocene (Ypresian)

Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina

A species of Eucalyptus .

Fulleroxylon [34]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Estrada-Ruiz et al.

Late Cretaceous (probably early to middle Maastrichtian)

McRae Formation

Flag of the United States.svg  United States

A member of the family Myrtaceae. Genus includes new species F. armendarisense.

Juglandiphyllites microdentatus [33]

Sp. nov

Valid

Alekseev

Late Cretaceous

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

Laurinoxylon stichkai [39]

Sp. nov

Valid

Boonchai & Manchester

Early Eocene

Bridger Formation

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A member of Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil wood.

Laurophyllum calicarioides [40]

Sp. nov

Valid

Bannister, Conran & Lee

Early Miocene

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Litsea .

Laurophyllum lacustris [40]

Sp. nov

Valid

Bannister, Conran & Lee

Early Miocene

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Beilschmiedia .

Laurophyllum maarensis [40]

Sp. nov

Valid

Bannister, Conran & Lee

Early Miocene

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Cryptocarya .

Laurophyllum microphyllum [40]

Sp. nov

Valid

Bannister, Conran & Lee

Early Miocene

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Cryptocarya .

Laurophyllum otagoensis [40]

Sp. nov

Valid

Bannister, Conran & Lee

Early Miocene

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Beilschmiedia .

Laurophyllum sylvestris [40]

Sp. nov

Valid

Bannister, Conran & Lee

Early Miocene

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Beilschmiedia .

Laurophyllum taieriensis [40]

Sp. nov

Valid

Bannister, Conran & Lee

Early Miocene

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Cryptocarya .

Laurophyllum vulcanicola [40]

Sp. nov

Valid

Bannister, Conran & Lee

Early Miocene

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Beilschmiedia .

Laurophyllum waipiata [40]

Sp. nov

Valid

Bannister, Conran & Lee

Early Miocene

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Cryptocarya .

Litseopsis nova-zelandiae [40]

Sp. nov

Valid

Bannister, Conran & Lee

Early Miocene

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

A member of Lauraceae.

Mahonia grimmii [41]

Sp. nov

Valid

Güner & Denk

Miocene

Eskihisar Formation

Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey

A species of Mahonia .

Mahonia somaensis [41]

Sp. nov

Valid

Güner & Denk

Miocene

Soma Formation

Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey

A species of Mahonia .

Morinda chinensis [42]

Sp. nov

Valid

Shi et al.

Eocene

Changchang Formation

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

A species of Morinda .

Newtonia mushensis [43]

Sp. nov

Valid

Pan et al.

Early Miocene

Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia

A species of Newtonia .

Palaeophytocrene hammenii [44]

Sp. nov

Valid

Stull in Stull et al.

Middle-late Paleocene

Bogotá Formation

Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia

A member of Icacinaceae belonging to the tribe Phytocreneae.

Palaeophytocrene piggae [44]

Sp. nov

Valid

Stull in Stull et al.

Late Paleocene

Sentinel Butte Formation

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A member of Icacinaceae belonging to the tribe Phytocreneae.

Pygmaeoxylon [34]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Estrada-Ruiz et al.

Late Cretaceous (probably early to middle Maastrichtian)

McRae Formation

Flag of the United States.svg  United States

A magnoliid of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species P. paucipora.

Pyrenacantha austroamericana [44]

Sp. nov

Valid

Stull in Stull et al.

Late early Oligocene

Flag of Peru.svg  Peru

A species of Pyrenacantha .

Schenkeriphyllum glanduliferum [45]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Mohr, Coiffard & Bernardes-de-Oliveira

Early Cretaceous (Aptian)

Crato Formation

Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

Fossil magnolialean angiosperm.

Wilsonoxylon [39]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Boonchai & Manchester

Early Eocene

Bridger Formation

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A member of Canellaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species W. edenense.

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Corystosperms are a group of extinct seed plants belonging to the family Corystospermaceae assigned to the order Corystospermales or Umkomasiales. They were first described based on fossils collected by Hamshaw Thomas from the Burnera Waterfall locality near the Umkomaas River of South Africa. Corystosperms are typified by a group of plants that bore forked Dicroidium leaves, Umkomasia cupulate ovulate structures and Pteruchus pollen organs, which grew as trees that were widespread over Gondwana during the Middle and Late Triassic. Other fossil Mesozoic seed plants with similar leaf and/or reproductive structures have also sometimes been included within the "corystosperm" concept sensu lato, such as the "doyleoids" from the Early Cretaceous of North America and Asia. A potential corystosperm sensu lato, the leaf genus Komlopteris, is known from the Eocene of Tasmania, around 53-50 million years old, over 10 million years after the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.

This article records new taxa of plants that are scheduled to be described during the year 2017, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleobotany that are scheduled to occur in the year 2017.

This article records new taxa of plants that are scheduled to be described during the year 2018, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleobotany that occurred in the year 2018.

This article records new taxa of fossil plants that are scheduled to be described during the year 2019, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleobotany that are scheduled to occur in the year 2019.

This article records new taxa of plants that were described during the year 2014, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleobotany that occurred in the year 2014.

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This list of 2013 in paleobotany records new fossil plant taxa that were described during 2013, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleobotany that occurred in the year.

The paleoflora of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands includes all plant and fungi fossils preserved in the Eocene Okanagan Highlands Lagerstätten. The highlands are a series of Early Eocene geological formations which span an 1,000 km (620 mi) transect of British Columbia, Canada and Washington state, United States and are known for the diverse and detailed plant fossils which represent an upland temperate ecosystem immediately after the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum, and before the increased cooling of the middle and late Eocene to Oligocene. The fossiliferous deposits of the region were noted as early as 1873, with small amounts of systematic work happening in the 1880-90s on British Columbian sites, and 1920-30s for Washington sites. A returned focus and more detailed descriptive work on the Okanagan Highlands sites revived in the 1970's. The noted richness of agricultural plant families in Republic and Princeton floras resulted in the term "Eocene orchards" being used for the paleofloras.

This article records new taxa of fossil plants that are scheduled to be described during the year 2021, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleobotany that are scheduled to occur in the year 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Czekanowskiales</span>

Czekanowskiales, also known as Leptostrobales, are an extinct group of seed plants. Members of the family are distinguished by persistent leaves borne on deciduous short shoots, subtended by scale-like leaves. The leaves are highly dissected. They likely grew as trees and shrubs. The main ovulate structure of Czekanowskiales, Leptostrobus, consists of bivalved seed-bearing round capsule-like structures arranged along a long axis. The fossil record of Czekanowskiales is largely confined to the Northern Hemisphere, and they inhabited warm-temperate and temperate climates under humid conditions. The oldest possible records of the group are ovulate cones from the Late Permian of Italy, but the group is primarily known from the Late Triassic onwards, and were abundant during the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous. Only a handful of species are known from the Late Cretaceous, confined to the northern Russian Far East, corresponding to the decline of other seed plant groups during the explosive radiation of flowering plants. The affinites of Czekanowskiales to other seed plants are obscure. A close relationship to the Ginkgoales have been proposed, based on similar preserved molecular signatures of fossil cuticles, with some authors placing Ginkgoales and Czekanowskiales into the broader grouping Ginkgophyta.

This paleobotany list records new fossil plant taxa that were to be described during the year 2022, as well as notes other significant paleobotany discoveries and events which occurred during 2022.

This paleobotany list records new fossil plant taxa that were to be described during the year 2023, as well as notes other significant paleobotany discoveries and events which occurred during 2023.

<i>Umaltolepis</i> Extinct genus of plants

Umaltolepis is an extinct genus of seed plant, known from the Early Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of Asia. Within the form classification system used within paleobotany, it refers to the seed-bearing reproductive structures, which grew on woody plants with strap-shaped Ginkgo-like leaves assigned to the genus Pseudotorellia.

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