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This article records new taxa of fossil plants that are scheduled to be described during the year 2015, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleobotany that are scheduled to occur in the year 2015.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nagalingum & Cantrill | Early Cretaceous | A leptosporangiate fern of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Neregato, Rößler & Noll in Neregato et al. | Permian | A member of Calamitaceae, a species of Arthropitys . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Neregato, Rößler & Noll in Neregato et al. | Permian | A member of Calamitaceae, a species of Arthropitys . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mays & Tosolini in Mays et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | A fern of probable osmundalean affinity, a species of Cladophlebis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Nagalingum & Cantrill | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Triton Point Formation | A leptosporangiate fern of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Cladophlebis. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Nagalingum & Cantrill | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Triton Point Formation | A leptosporangiate fern of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Cladophlebis. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Nagalingum & Cantrill | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Triton Point Formation | A leptosporangiate fern of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Cladophlebis. | |||
Gen. et comb. nov. | Valid | Wittry et al. | Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) | A psaroniaceous marattialean fern. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rothwell & Ash | Late Triassic (Norian) | A horsetail. The type species is Equisetocaulis muirii. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Elgorriaga et al. | Early Jurassic | A species of Equisetum . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vera & Herbst | Cretaceous (probably Albian–Turonian) | Probably Mzinene Formation | A tree fern. The type species is Kwazulupteris schaarschmidtii. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Frolov & Mashchuk | Early Jurassic | A fern, a species of Lobifolia . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Escapa et al. | Early Jurassic | A member of Marattiaceae, a species of Marattiopsis . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Puebla, Prámparo & Gandolfo | Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian) | A member of Marsileaceae. The type species is Mendozaphyllum loncochense. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vera & Herbst | Cretaceous (probably Albian–Turonian) | Probably Mzinene Formation | A tree fern. The type species is Natalipteris wildei. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jarzynka & Pacyna | Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) | A member of Equisetopsida of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Neocalamites. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nagalingum & Cantrill | Early Cretaceous | Triton Point Formation | A leptosporangiate fern of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Nunatakia alexanderensis. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin | Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) | A member of Osmundaceae. Originally described as a species of Osmunda ; transferred to the genus Osmundastrum by Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin (2017). [13] | ||||
Osmundacaulis bamfordae [14] | Sp. nov | Valid | Herbst | Cretaceous (Albian-Turonian interval) | Probably Mzinene Formation | A member of Osmundaceae, a species of Osmundacaulis . | ||
Osmundacaulis tidwellii [14] | Sp. nov | Valid | Herbst | Cretaceous (Albian-Turonian interval) | Probably Mzinene Formation | A member of Osmundaceae, a species of Osmundacaulis . | ||
Osmundacaulis whittlesii [15] | Sp. nov | Valid | Smith, Rothwell & Stockey | Early Cretaceous | A member of Osmundaceae, a species of Osmundacaulis . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Naugolnykh & Pronin | Late Triassic (Rhaetian) | A member of Matoniaceae, a species of Phlebopteris. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schneider, Heinrichs & Schmidt in Schneider et al. | Miocene | A fern found in Dominican amber, a species of Pleopeltis . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Devonian (Famennian) | A fern-like plant, a euphyllophyte of uncertain phylogenetic placement. [19] Genus includes new species Shougangia bella. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Nagalingum & Cantrill | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Triton Point Formation | A leptosporangiate fern of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Sphenopteris. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Mamontov et al. | Late Eocene | A liverwort found in Rovno amber, a species of Anastrophyllum . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Katagiri | Eocene | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A liverwort belonging to the family Cephaloziaceae found in Baltic amber; a species of Cephalozia . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mamontov, Heinrichs & Váňa in Mamontov et al. | Late Eocene | A liverwort found in Rovno amber, a species of Cephaloziella . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Heinrichs et al. | Miocene | A liverwort belonging to the family Lejeuneaceae, a species of Ceratolejeunea . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mamontov et al. | Late Eocene | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Heinrichs et al. | Miocene | A liverwort belonging to the family Lejeuneaceae, a species of Mastigolejeunea . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lee et al. | Miocene | A liverwort belonging to the family Lejeuneaceae found in Dominican amber, a species of Microlejeunea . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Heinrichs et al. | Eocene | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Váňa et al. | Paleogene | A Jungermannial liverwort found in Bitterfeld amber, a species of Notoscyphus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Heinrichs, Váňa & Schäfer-Verwimp in Heinrichs et al. | Eocene | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A liverwort, a species of Tetralophozia . | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Zhao et al. | Middle Jurassic | A member of Bennettitales, a species of Anomozamites. | ||||
Ptilophyllum cariae [30] | Sp. nov | Valid | Scanu, Kustatscher & Pittau | Middle Jurassic (Bajocian–Bathonian) | A member of Bennettitales, a species of Ptilophyllum . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pott & Axsmith | Late Triassic | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Sun et al. | Middle Jurassic | A member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Czekanowskia. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sun, Na, Dilcher, Wang & Li in Sun et al. | Middle Jurassic | A member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Phoenicopsis . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Li & Sun in Li et al. | Middle Jurassic | A Phoenicopsis species Czekanowskiales. | ||||
Solenites baishanensis [35] | Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Early Cretaceous | A member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Solenites . | |||
Solenites gracilis [35] | Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Early Cretaceous | A member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Solenites . | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Gordenko | Middle Jurassic | A possible ginkgoalean gymnosperm seed. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kostina & Herman in Kostina, Herman & Kodrul | Middle Jurassic (possibly Aalenian) | A relative of the ginkgo. | ||||
Ginkgoidium nundichii [38] | Sp. nov | Valid | Velasco-de León et al. | Middle Jurassic | A member of Ginkgoales, a species of Ginkgoidium . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kostina & Herman in Kostina, Herman & Kodrul | Middle Jurassic (possibly Aalenian) | A member of Ginkgoales, a species of Pseudotorellia . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kostina & Herman in Kostina, Herman & Kodrul | Middle Jurassic (possibly Aalenian) | A member of Ginkgoales, a species of Pseudotorellia . | ||||
Sphenobaiera mixteca [38] | Sp. nov | Valid | Velasco-de León et al. | Middle Jurassic | A member of Ginkgoales, a species of Sphenobaiera . | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Mays | Late Cretaceous | An araucariaceous pollen. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chinnappa, Rajanikanth & Rao | Early Cretaceous | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mays | Late Cretaceous | An araucariaceous pollen. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Klymiuk, Stockey & Rothwell | Comox Formation | A basal cupressaceous genus. | ||||
Sp. nov | jr synonym | Bodnar et al. | Middle Triassic | A Cupressaceae sensu lato wood. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Tian & Wang in Tian et al. | Late Middle Jurassic to early Late Jurassic | A member of Cupressaceae, a species of Protaxodioxylon. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Spencer, Mapes, Hilton & Rothwell in Spencer et al. | Middle Jurassic (Aalenian) | A member of Cupressaceae. The type species is Scitistrobus duncaanensis. | ||||
Sequoia maguanensis [46] | Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang & Zhou in Zhang et al. | Late Miocene | A relative of the coast redwood. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yudova & Golovneva | Arman Formation | A species of Sequoia . | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Xu et al. | Late Eocene | A Pinus subgenus Strobus pine. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yamada, Yamada & Tsukagoshi | Late Miocene | A pine. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Xu & Sun in Xu et al. | Late Miocene | A pine. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bondarenko, Wang & Zhou in Wang et al. | Late Miocene | A species of Tsuga . | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Vera & Césari | Early Cretaceous | Baqueró Group | A cheirolepidiaceous conifer wood. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Šimůnek | Carboniferous | Saale Basin | A Cordaitaceous conifer. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Šimunek & Haldovský | Carboniferous | Kladno-Rakovník Basin | A Cordaitaceous conifer. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Early Permian | A Cordaitaceous conifer. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Césari et al. | Carboniferous (Stephanian) | A Cordaitaceous conifer wood | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Kvaček | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | A conifer; | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ruiz & Wachtler | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | A member of Coniferales. The type species is Estellencsia saezii. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Moreau et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | A member of Coniferales of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Glenrosa. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Shi et al. | Middle-Late Triassic | A conifer. The type species is Junggaropitys dalongkouensis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Herrera et al. | Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) | Tevshiin Govi Formation | A member of Voltziales. The type species is Krassilovia mongolica. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Naugolnykh | Middle Permian (Kazanian) | A member of Pinophyta belonging to the group Vojnovskyales. The type species is M. ivagorica. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Nosova & Kiritchkova | Middle Jurassic (Aalenian–Bathonian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu, Gao & Jin | Late Eocene | Maoming Basin | A species of Nageia . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ruiz & Wachtler | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | A member of Coniferales belonging to the family Ortiseiaceae, a species of Ortiseia . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chinnappa, Rajanikanth & Rao | Early Cretaceous | A member of Coniferales, a species of Pityospermum . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mays | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to early Turonian) | A conifer. | ||||
Podocarpoxylon atuelensis [65] | Sp. nov | Valid | Gnaedinger et al. | Early Jurassic | A member of Podocarpaceae, a species of Podocarpoxylon . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Franco & Brea | Late Cenozoic | A member of Podocarpaceae. The type species is Prumnopityoxylon gnaedingerae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sucerquia, Bernardes-de-Oliveira & Mohr | Early Cretaceous | A member of Cheirolepidiaceae, a species of Pseudofrenelopsis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Xu et al. | Early Cretaceous | A species of Taxus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Feng in Feng et al. | Middle Jurassic | Apossible Miroviaceous pinophyte. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Smith et al. | Late Eocene | A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic affinity. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Edrei & Manchester | Eocene | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yang & Lin in Yang, Lin & Ferguson | Early Cretaceous | A species of Ephedra . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cariglino | Permian (Guadalupian?-Lopingian) | A member of Glossopteridales belonging to the family Arberiaceae. The type species is Golondrinia archangelskyi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Devonian (Famennian) | Wutong (Wutung) Formation | An early seed plant. The type species is Latisemenia longshania. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wan & Wang | Late Permian (Changhsingian) | A seed fern belonging to the group Peltaspermales. The type species is Nanshanopteris nervosa. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bukhman, Bukhman & Gomankov | Late Permian | A seed fern. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Devonian (Famennian) | A member of Lagenospermopsida (a group of plants of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably spermatophytes). The type species is Placotheca minuta. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Naugolnykh | Middle Permian (Kazanian) | A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement described on the basis of isolated roots. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ruiz & Wachtler | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | A member of Caytoniales, a species of Sagenopteris . | ||||
Taeniopteris novomundensis [79] | Sp. nov | Valid | Prestianni et al. | Late Triassic (Carnian) | A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably a member of Cycadophyta; a species of Taeniopteris . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Prestianni & Gerrienne | Late Devonian | A spermatophyte of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Thorezia vezerensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chinnappa, Rajanikanth & Rao | Early Cretaceous | A seed fern belonging to the group Corystospermales, a species of Thinnfeldia. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Prestianni et al. | Carboniferous (Tournaisian) | An early seed plant, a species of Warsteinia. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wang & Liu | Devonian (Famennian) | A plant of uncertain phylogenetic affinity, | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Huang et al. | Late Miocene | Zhaotong Basin | A member of Nymphaeaceae related to Euryale ferox . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | |||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Friis et al. | Early Cretaceous (late Barremian–early Albian) | A member of Chloranthaceae. The type species is Canrightiopsis intermedia; genus also contains Canrightiopsis crassitesta and Canrightiopsis dinisii. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A species of Artabotrys . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ramos, Brea & Kröhling | Late Pleistocene | A member of Lauraceae, a species of Cryptocaryoxylon . | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A species of Meiogyne . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Franco et al. | Cretaceous | A member of Lauraceae, a species of Paraperseoxylon . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Martínez et al. | Late Cretaceous | A member of Piperaceae, a species of Piper . | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A species of Pseuduvaria . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Atkinson et al. | Eocene | A member of Lauraceae. The type species is Tinaflora beardiae. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Oligocene | A coryphoid palm tree, a species of Chuniophoenix . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Chambers | Eocene or Miocene | A monocot of uncertain phylogenetic placement found in Dominican amber. The type species is Dasylarynx anomalus. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Coiffard & Mohr | Late Cretaceous | A member of Araceae; a new genus for "Proteaephyllum" sagenopteroides. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Oligocene | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Kvaček & Smith | Late Cretaceous (Turonian to early Campanian) | A member of Araceae. A new genus for "Araciphyllites" austriacus Kvaček & Herman (2005); genus also contains "Zingiberopsis" riggauensis Knobloch (1979). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sainz-Resendiz et al. | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | A palm tree wood taxon, a species of Palmoxylon . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Allen | Eocene | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Chambers | A member of Commelinaceae. | |||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Denk et al. | Miocene | A member of Smilacaceae; a replacement name for "Quercus" aspera Unger (1847) (subsequently transferred to the genus Smilax , which would make it a junior homonym of the extant Smilax aspera ). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Oligocene | A coryphoid palm tree, a species of Trachycarpus . | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Ma & Sun in Ma et al. | Oligocene | A species of Buxus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ma & Sun in Ma et al. | Oligocene | A species of Buxus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Golovneva in Golovneva, Herman & Shczepetov | Cretaceous (late Albian–early Turonian) | A species of Menispermites . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Licht, Boura & De Franceschi in Licht et al. | Late middle Eocene | A member of Menispermaceae, a species of Menispermoxylon . | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Singh et al. | Early Eocene | Cambay Shale Formation | A member of the family Rubiaceae described on the basis of leaf impressions. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhu, Huang & Zhou in Zhu et al. | Late Pliocene | A member of Araliaceae, a species of Aralia . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hammouda & Weigend in Hammouda et al. | Eocene (Ypresian to Lutetian) | A member of Boraginaceae belonging to the tribe Echiochileae, a species of Boraginocarpus . | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A species of Cerbera . | |||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A species of Chionanthus . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Martinetto | Pliocene | A species of Cornus . | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A species of Diospyros . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Singh et al. | Early Eocene | Cambay Shale Formation | A member of the family Ebenaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. | |||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A species of Gardenia . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Singh et al. | Early Eocene | Cambay Shale Formation | A member of the family Rubiaceae described on the basis of leaf impressions. Genus includes new species G. cambayum. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Allen, Stull & Manchester | Eocene | A member of Icacinaceae, a species of Goweria . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Allen, Stull & Manchester | Eocene | A member of Icacinaceae, a species of Icacinicaryites . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Allen, Stull & Manchester | Eocene | A member of Icacinaceae, a species of Iodes . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar, Weigend & Henning | A member of Loasaceae. The type species is Klaprothiopsis dyscrita. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pavlyutkin | Late Miocene | Ust-Suifun Formation | A honeysuckle. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | (Trivedi & Srivastava) Srivastava, et al. | An Oleaceous wood taxon. | |||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A species of Randia . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Franco, Brea & Zavattieri | Middle Miocene | A member of Verbenaceae related to members of the genus Rhaphithamnus . The type species is Rhaphithamnoxylon artabeae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Moya, Brea & Franco | Late Pleistocene | A member of Styracaceae, a species of Styracoxylon . | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Maslova et al. | Late Eocene | A member of Altingiaceae, a species of Liquidambar . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wu & Sun in Wu et al. | Pliocene (Piacenzian) | Upper Mangbang Formation | A species of Rhodoleia . | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A species of Vitis . | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Moya & Brea | Late Pleistocene | A member of Mimosoideae. The type species is Abaremaxylon hydrochorea. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jacques, Shi & Zhou in Jacques et al. | Miocene (Langhian) | A member of Moraceae, a species of Artocarpus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jacques, Shi & Zhou in Jacques et al. | Miocene (Langhian) | A member of Leguminosae, a species of Bauhinia . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lin et al. | Miocene (Langhian) | Fotan Group | A member of Leguminosae, a species of Bauhinia . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jacques, Shi & Zhou in Jacques et al. | Miocene (Langhian) | A member of Urticaceae, a species of Boehmeria . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Singh et al. | Early Eocene | Cambay Shale Formation | A member of the family Calophyllaceae described on the basis of leaf impressions. Genus includes new species C. eocenicum. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jacques, Shi & Zhou in Jacques et al. | Miocene (Langhian) | A member of Calophyllaceae, a species of Calophyllum . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Singh et al. | Early Eocene | Cambay Shale Formation | An angiosperm pollen with a close affinity with Carallia . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Li & Sun in Li et al. | Late Miocene | A species of Castanopsis . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Li & Sun in Li et al. | Late Miocene | A species of Castanopsis . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jia, Huang & Zhou in Jia et al. | Late Miocene | A member of Ulmaceae, a species of Cedrelospermum . | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Lin & Wong | Late Oligocene to middle Miocene | A Cercis species. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chambers & Poinar | Eocene or Miocene | El Mamey Formation | A member of Rhamnaceae found in Dominican amber. The type species is Comopellis presbya. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Moya & Brea | Late Pleistocene | A member of Mimosoideae. The type species is Cylicodiscuxylon paragabunensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chen & Manchester | Oligocene | A member of Polygalaceae, a species of Deviacer . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Myers & Erwin | Late Eocene–Early Oligocene | A member of Polygalaceae, a species of Deviacer . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jacques, Shi & Zhou in Jacques et al. | Miocene (Langhian) | A member of Salicaceae, a species of Flacourtia . | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Shukla, Singh & Mehrotra | Early Eocene | Cambay Shale Formation | A species of Gynocardia . | |||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A species of Hydnocarpus . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mu et al. | Miocene | A member of Fagaceae, a species of Lithocarpus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jacques, Shi & Zhou in Jacques et al. | Miocene (Langhian) | A member of Euphorbiaceae, a species of Macaranga . | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A species of Millettia . | |||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A species of Millettia. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Meng et al. | Late Miocene | A member of Juglandaceae, a species of Palaeocarya . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ickert-Bond, Pigg & DeVore | Late Paleocene | A member of Ochnaceae. The type species is Paleoochna tiffneyi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Xu & Jin in Xu et al. | Eocene | A member of Caesalpinioideae, a species of Podocarpium . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Chambers | Eocene or Miocene | A member of Fabaceae belonging to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae found in Dominican amber, a species of Prioria . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Su, Wilf & Zhou in Su et al. | Late Pliocene | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pavlyutkin | Early Oligocene | An oak. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jia et al. | Late Miocene | An oak. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pavlyutkin | Early Oligocene | An oak. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kovar-Eder in Kovar-Eder, Kern & Sun | Late Pliocene | Ma’anshancun Formation | An oak. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jia et al. | Late Miocene | An oak. | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene | An oak; a replacement name for Quercus lavrovii Rajushkina (1987) (preoccupied). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kovar-Eder in Kovar-Eder, Kern & Sun | Late Pliocene | Ma’anshancun Formation | An oak. | |||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A species of Rhamnus . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Huang et al. | Pliocene (Piacenzian) | |||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A species of Spatholobus . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Boonchai, Manchester & Wheeler | Eocene | A moraceous wood morphogenus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kloster & Gnaedinger in Kloster et al. | Miocene | A member of Fabaceae belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae. The type species is Zygiaxylon amazonicum. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Miocene | A maple. | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A species of Bombax . | |||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A species of Buchanania . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lebreton Anberrée et al. | Late Miocene | A species of Burretiodendron . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lebreton Anberrée et al. | Early Oligocene [140] to late Miocene | A species of Burretiodendron . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Khan, Bera & Spicer in Khan et al. | Middle to late Miocene | A member of Combretaceae, a species of Combretum . | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A species of Cupania . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Srivastava, Gaur & Mehrotra | Miocene | A member of Lythraceae, a species of Lagerstroemia . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Singh et al. | Early Eocene | Cambay Shale Formation | An Anacardiaceae leaf morphotaxon. | |||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A species of Paranephelium . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rozefelds, Dettmann & Clifford in Rozefelds et al. | Probably Oligocene | A species of Pleiogynium . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rozefelds, Dettmann & Clifford in Rozefelds et al. | Latest Oligocene or early Miocene | A species of Pleiogynium . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Singh et al. | Early Eocene | Cambay Shale Formation | A member of the family Malvaceae belonging to the subfamily Dombeyoideae, described on the basis of fossil wood. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Moya & Brea | Late Pleistocene | A member of Vochysiaceae, a species of Qualeoxylon . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Huang et al. | Latest Miocene to earliest Pliocene | A member of Staphyleaceae, a species of Staphylea . | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A species of Sterculia . | |||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A species of Sterculia. | |||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A species of Sterculia. | |||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A member of the family Rutaceae. | |||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A species of Vatica . | |||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad et al. | Late Miocene | Geabdat Sandstone Formation | A species of Vatica. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Xie in Liu et al. | Late Miocene | A species of Ventilago . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Li & Oskolski in Li et al. | Miocene | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Passalia, Llorens & Páez | Late Cretaceous | A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Bamfordphyllum crassivena. | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Martinetto | An angiosperm seed of uncertain affinity | |||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Smith et al. | Eocene | An angiosperm seed of uncertain affinity. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Halamski & Kvaček | Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) | A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Halamski & Kvaček | Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) | A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Jud | Early Cretaceous | An early eudicot of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for "Sphenopteris" thyrsopteroides Fontaine (1889). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Marmi et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) | A willow-like eudicot, a species of Saliciphyllum . | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Vachard, Krainer & Lucas | Permian (Kungurian) | A member of Codiaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Vachard, Krainer & Lucas | Permian (Kungurian) | A member of Codiaceae. | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Holocene | A green alga belonging to the group Charophyta and the family Characeae; a species of Chara . A replacement name for Chara elliptica Nikolskaja (1984) (preoccupied). | ||||
Charaxis martinclosasi [154] | Sp. nov | Valid | Granier et al. | Early Cretaceous (Barremian) | A green alga belonging to the group Charophyta; a species of Charaxis. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wellman, Steemans & Miller | Late Ordovician and early Silurian | An early land plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Chelinospora. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Strother, Traverse & Vecoli | Ordovician (Darriwilian to Late Ordovician [157] ) | An early land plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Cryptotetras erugata; genus also contains Cryptotetras mordacis. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Strother, Traverse & Vecoli | Ordovician (Darriwilian) | An early land plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Didymospora luna; genus also contains Didymospora fucosogranulata. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Vachard, Krainer & Lucas | Permian (Kungurian) | A member of Gymnocodiaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Vachard, Krainer & Lucas | Permian (Kungurian) | A member of Gymnocodiaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thomas & Seyfullah | Carboniferous (Bashkirian) | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liu et al. | Late Devonian (Famennian) | A member of Lycopsida of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Lobodendron fanwanense. | ||||
Montenegrella? gracilis [160] | Sp. nov | Valid | Sokač & Grgasović | Early Cretaceous (Barremian) | A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales, possibly a species of Montenegrella . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mays & Cantrill in Mays et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | McLoughlin et al. | Permian (Guadalupian) | A member of Isoetales, a species of Paurodendron . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Slater et al. | Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) | A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a member or a relative of lycopsids. The type species is Reticuspinosporites whytei. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hashemi-Yazdi, Sajjadi & Dehbozorgi | Middle Jurassic | A lycophyte known from spores, a species of Retitriletes. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Strother, Traverse & Vecoli | Ordovician (Darriwilian to Late Ordovician [157] ) | An early land plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Rimosotetras. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wellman, Steemans & Miller | Late Ordovician and early Silurian | An early land plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Tetraplanarisporites laevigatus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Shelton et al. | Early Cretaceous | A pleurocarpous moss. The type species is Tricosta plicata. | ||||
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