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This article contains papers in paleobotany that were published in 2016.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Maslova & Ignatov in Maslova et al. | Late Permian | A moss belonging to the order Protosphagnales. Genus includes new species B. polyrhizon and B. sublaeve. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ignatov & Kučera in Ignatov et al. | Eocene | A moss. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Shelton et al. | Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) | A Tricostaceae moss belonging to the superorder Hypnanae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ignatov et al. | Late Eocene | Rovno amber | A moss belonging to the order Dicranales. Genus includes new species P. papillosum. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ignatov et al. | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | A Bryopsida moss. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Cleal & Shute | Carboniferous (Westphalian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Barthel | Early Permian | A fern belonging to the group Coenopteridales, a species of Botryopteris. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Barthel | Early Permian | A member of Sphenophyllales, a species of Bowmanites. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Naugolnykh et al. | Eocene | A Cyclosorus species Thelypteridaceous fern. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ma et al. | Permian (Cisuralian) | A fern belonging to the group Botryopteridaceae. The type specimen is D. gracilis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Huang, Su & Zhou | Late Pliocene | A basket fern. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Batten, Li & Peng | Late Cretaceous | A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably a water fern, described on the basis of megaspores. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Batten, Li & Peng | Late Cretaceous | A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably a water fern, described on the basis of megaspores. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sagasti et al. | Middle–Late Jurassic | A member of Osmundaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Xie et al. | Late Miocene | A member of Polypodiaceae, a species of Neolepisorus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cleal & Shute | Carboniferous (Westphalian) | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Boardman, Iannuzzi & Dutra | Early Permian | A member of Sphenopsida. The type species is P. taioensis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schneider, Schmidt & Heinrichs | Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) | A member of Polypodiales belonging to the group Dennstaedtiaceae. The type species is Krameropteris resinatus. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Sundue & Poinar | Eocene or Miocene | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rozefelds, Dettmann & Clifford in Rozefelds et al. | Paleogene | A member of Pteridaceae belonging to the subfamily Parkerioideae (syn. Ceratopteridoideae). The type species is Tecaropteris aquaincola | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Pliocene | A fir cone scale species. | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene (Serravallian) | A fir palynomorph | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rai et al. | Middle Jurassic (Callovian) | An Araucariaceae petrified wood species. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ohsawa & Nishida in Ohsawa et al. | Late Eocene – early Oligocene | A member of Araucariaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Escapa et al. | Late Cretaceous | A member of Cupressaceae belonging to the subfamily Athrotaxoideae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chinnappa & Rajanikanth | Jurassic | A pinalean petrified wood species | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Buczkowski et al. | Eocene | A species of Cunninghamia . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wan et al. | Late Triassic (Norian) | A gymnosperm, a species of Xenoxylon. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wang & Sun in Wang et al. | Middle Jurassic | An Elatides species conifer belonging or related to the family Cupressaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Dolezych | A member of Cupressaceae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Blokhina & Bondarenko | Miocene | A member of Pinaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Parveen & Bhowmik | Triassic | A member of Coniferopsida, possibly a member of Voltziales; a species of Nidpuria. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Herrera et al. | Early Cretaceous | A spruce. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Falcon-Lang, Mages & Collinson | Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) | Falcon-Lang, Mages & Collinson (2016) considered it to be a species belonging to the genus Pinus ; [30] [31] Hilton, Riding & Rothwell (2016) considered it more likely to be a species belonging to the genus Protopinuxylon . [32] | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zidianakis et al. | Late Miocene | A pine. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Blokhina & Bondarenko | Miocene | A pine. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Herrera et al. | Early Cretaceous | A member of Pinaceae, a species of Pityostrobus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Late Eocene | A member of Podocarpaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rai et al. | Middle Jurassic (Callovian) | A member of Podocarpaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bodnar & Escapa | Early Jurassic | A member of Cupressaceae described on the basis of fossil woods; might be part of the same plant as Austrohamia minuta. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ding et al. | Early Cretaceous | A conifer, a species of Protocedroxylon. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Dolezych & Reinhardt | Paleocene | A conifer belonging to the group Protopinaceae. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Wei & Zhang in Wei et al. | Permian | A member of Coniferopsida. The type species is Prototianshanoxylon erdaogouense; genus also contains Prototianshanoxylon hamiense. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sokolova in Sokolova & Moiseeva | A species of Sequoiadendron . | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rothwell & Ohana | A member of Cupressaceae belonging to the subfamily Sequoioideae. Genus includes new species S. interdigitata. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ding et al. | Early Cretaceous | A conifer, a species of Taxodioxylon. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ding et al. | Early Cretaceous | A conifer, a species of Thujoxylon. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Tian et al. | Late Triassic | A Coniferales petrified wood species. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wilf, Stevenson & Cúneo | Early Eocene | A cycad belonging to the family Zamiaceae and the tribe Encephalarteae. Genus includes new species A. stockeyi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Le Couls et al. | Late Jurassic (early Oxfordian) | A cycad. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Takimoto & Ohana | Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) | A member of Cycadopsida. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Pott, van der Burgh & van Konijnenburg-van Cittert | A member of Ginkgoales, a species of Baiera . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhao et al. | Early Cretaceous | A member of Ginkgoales, a species of Baiera . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Golovneva | Amka Formation | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Afonin | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A member of Ginkgoaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jiang, Wang, Philippe & Zhang in Jiang et al. | Middle to Late Jurassic | A member of Ginkgoales of uncertain phylogenetic placement described on the basis of fossil wood. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kirichkova, Kostina & Nosova | A member of Ginkgoales. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kirichkova, Kostina & Nosova | Early Jurassic (Toarcian?) | A member of Ginkgoales. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Nom. nov | Valid | Degani-Schmidt & Guerra-Sommer | Permian (Sakmarian) | A Glossopteridaceous species. | ||||
Gen. et comb. et sp. nov | Valid | McLoughlin | Permian | A member of Glossopteridales. Genus includes K. inglisensis McLoughlin comb. nov., | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Marques-de-Souza & Iannuzzi | Permian (Cisuralian) | A glossopteridalean species | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Laveine & Oudoire | A member of Medullosales; a new genus for "Odontopteris" genuina. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mosseichik in Mosseichik & Paramonov | Carboniferous (late Bashkirian – early Moscovian) | A medullosalean species | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Álvarez-Vázquez & Cleal | Carboniferous (Westphalian) | A member of Medullosales, possibly a member of the family Cyclopteridaceae. Genus includes new species W. minima. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Serbet et al. | Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) | Bonner Springs Shale, Kansas City Group | A member of Lyginopteridaceae. Genus includes new species P. northcuttii. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Barboni, Dutra & Faccini | Triassic | A member of Corystospermaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yang in Yang & Li | Early Cretaceous | A seed fern. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Herbst & Crisafulli | A williamsoniaceous bennettitale. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wang & Sun in Wang et al. | Early Permian | A member of Cordaitopsida. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Wang | Jurassic (probably Callovian or Oxfordian) | A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally described as an early flowering plant; Herendeen et al. (2017) considered the holotype specimen to be more probably a fragment of slightly disintegrated conifer cone. [64] The type species is Euanthus panii. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Prámparo, Narváez & Mego | Early Cretaceous (probably Albian) | A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a member or a relative of Gnetophyta; a species of Galeacornea. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chinnappa, Rajanikanth & Rao | Early Cretaceous (Berriasian-Aptian) | A gymnosperm of uncertain phylogenetic placement described on the basis of a fossil leaf. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Han & Wang in Han et al. | Middle Jurassic | Originally described as an early flowering plant, resembling members of Hydatellaceae in general morphology and habit; Herendeen et al. (2017) considered the holotype specimen to be inadequately preserved for critical assessment of the relationships of the taxon. [64] The type species is Juraherba bodae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Correia et al. | Carboniferous (early Gzhelian) | Douro Carboniferous Basin | A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement (a member of Pteridospermopsida or a cycad). | |||
Phoenicopsis (Windwardia) daohugouensis [69] | Sp. nov | Valid | Huang et al. | Middle Jurassic | A member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Phoenicopsis . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Wang | Early Cretaceous (Barremian–Aptian) | An Ephedra -like seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Pseudoephedra paradoxa. | ||||
Umkomasia mongolica [71] | Sp. nov | Valid | Shi et al. | Tevshiin Govi Formation | First proposed as a member of Umkomasiales (also known as Corystospermales) and a species of Umkomasia ; | |||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Pott et al. | Late Triassic (Rhaetian) | A member of Bennettitales. The type species is Welsbergia bursigera (Harris). | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Coiffard & Mohr | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | A member of the family Araceae. Genus includes new species A. kahlertiana. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hermsen & Gandolfo | Early Eocene | A member of Juglandaceae. The type specimen is A. ignis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Khan et al. | Miocene | A member of Fabaceae, a species of Andiroxylon . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar | Late Oligocene-early Miocene | A member of Orchidaceae belonging to the tribe Cranichideae and the subtribe Cranichidinae. Genus includes A. mexicana. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Buckley in Poinar, Buckley & Chen | Early Cretaceous (late Albian) | A eumagnoliid of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type specimen is A. latifibris. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Shukla et al. | Early Eocene | A species of Aporosa . | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Paleocene | A replacement name for Populus cordata Newberry (1868). | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Carpenter, Jordan & Hill | Cenozoic | A species of Banksia ; a replacement name for Banksieaephyllum acuminatum Cookson & Duigan (1950). | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Carpenter, Jordan & Hill | Cenozoic | A member of Banksieae of uncertain phylogenetic placement, described on the basis of fossil leaves not assignable to any extant genus of Banksieae. Genus includes "Banksieaephyllum" incisum Blackburn (1981) and "Banksieaephyllum" cuneatum Hill & Christophel (1988). | ||||
? Berchemia altorhenana [82] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kovar-Eder | Early Oligocene | Possibly a member of the family Rhamnaceae. | |||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Doweld | A member of the family Juglandaceae; a new genus for "Sphaerocarya" uralensis Dorofeev (1970). | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chambers & Poinar | Eocene or Miocene | A monocotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a relative of the family Haemodoraceae. The type specimen is B. arcuatus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Friis, Pedersen & Crane | Late Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) | Potomac Group (Elk Neck Beds) | A eudicot, probably a member or a relative of rosids. Genus includes new species is C. mauldiniensis | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Huang et al. | Late Oligocene | A species of Camellia . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Chambers | Eocene or Miocene | A member of Mimosoideae. The type specimen is C. dominicana. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Blanchard, Wang & Dilcher | Early Eocene | A fossil fruit, probably a monocot (grass) fruit. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Poinar | Eocene to Miocene | A species of Catalpa . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Herendeen et al. | Late Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) | A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species C. polymerus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liang & Zhou in Liang et al. | Miocene | A species of Celastrus . | ||||
Cinnamomophyllum vicente-castellum [92] | Sp. nov | Valid | Marmi | Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian) | A member of Laurales of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Adams, Collinson, Smith & Bamford in Adams et al. | Early Miocene | A species of Cissus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Adams, Collinson, Smith & Bamford in Adams et al. | Early Miocene | A species of Cissus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Adams, Collinson, Smith & Bamford in Adams et al. | Early Miocene | A species of Cissus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kovar-Eder | Early Oligocene | A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Stockey, Rothwell & Johnson | Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) | A member of Araceae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar | Eocene-Miocene | A member of Orchidaceae belonging to the tribe Cranichideae and the subtribe Spiranthinae. Genus includes C. browni. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yudova & Golovneva in Yudova, Golovneva & Alekseev | Chingandzha Formation | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sun et al. | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | Yong'ancun Formation | A member of Magnoliopsida of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kovar-Eder | Early Oligocene | A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Halamski & Kvaček | Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) | A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a replacement name for Rhus cretacea Velenovský (1885). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kovar-Eder | Early Oligocene | A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kovar-Eder | Early Oligocene | A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kovar-Eder | Early Oligocene | A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Blanchard, Wang & Dilcher | Early Eocene | A species of Dipelta . | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad & Gautam | Late Miocene | Middle Churia Formation | A species of Dipterocarpus . | |||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad & Gautam | Late Miocene | Middle Churia Formation | A species of Dipterocarpus . | |||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Prasad & Gautam | Late Miocene | Middle Churia Formation | A species of Dipterocarpus . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kovar-Eder | Early Oligocene | A species of Distylium | ||||
Dryobalanoxylon neyveliensis [ citation needed ] Sp. nov | Valid | Kumarasamy & Elayaraja | Miocene | Neyveli Lignite Formation | A member of Dipterocarpaceae. | |||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Poinar, Kevan & Jackes | Eocene to Miocene | A member of Urticaceae. Genus includes E. hispaniolae and E. ehecatli . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Nagrale et al. | A member of the family Hydrocharitaceae described on the basis of a fossil leaf. Genus includes new species E. deccanii. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Chambers | Eocene or Miocene | A member of Mimosoideae belonging to the genus Entada . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Herman in Herman & Sokolova | Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Coniacian) | Vetvinskaya Member (Chalbugchan Group) | A member of Platanofolia, a species of Ettingshausenia. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Stockey, Nishida & Atkinson | A member of Cornales. Genus includes new species E. hokkaidoensis. | |||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Oligocene (Chattian) | A species of Ficus ; a replacement name for Ficus obtusata Heer (1856) (preoccupied). | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Eocene | A species of Ficus ; a replacement name for Ficus lucida Chandler (1962) (preoccupied). | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A member of the family Juglandaceae; a replacement name for Sphaerocarya Dorofeev (1970). | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar | Eocene or Miocene | A member of Orchidaceae known from Dominican amber. The type species is Globosites apicola. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bannister, Conran, Mildenhall & Lee in Conran et al. | Early Miocene | A species of Hedycarya . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Egerton, Williams & Lacovara | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian to early Maastrichtian) | A member of Monimiaceae, a species of Hedycaryoxylon . | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Oligocene | A member of Cannabaceae; a replacement name for Humularia Dorofeev (1982). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Benicio et al. | Late Pleistocene | A member of the family Fabaceae belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae. Genus includes new species I. heterogenum. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Crepet et al. | Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian) | A member of Laurales, probably related to Atherospermataceae and Gomortegaceae. The type species is Jamesrosea burmensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Llorens & Perez Loinaze | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | A flowering plant known from pollen grains, a species of Jusinghipollis . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Li, Xiao & He in Li et al. | Miocene | A species of Koelreuteria . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cevallos-Ferriz, Cerón López & Flores Rocha | Miocene | A member of Lauraceae, a species of Laurinoxylon. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kovar-Eder | Early Oligocene | A member of the family Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil leaves. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chambers & Poinar | Eocene or Miocene | A member of Celastraceae belonging to the subfamily Hippocrateoideae. The type specimen is L. anomala. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hernández-Damián et al. | Miocene | A species of Lonchocarpus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hernández-Damián, Calvillo-Canadell & Cevallos-Ferriz | Miocene | A species of Lunania . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jin & Tang in Tang et al. | Eocene | A species of Machilus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Huang et al. | Late Miocene | A species of Mahonia . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar, Chambers & Brown | Eocene | A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species M. acanthinus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Conran, Lee & Reichgelt | Miocene | A member of Euphorbiaceae belonging to the subfamily Acalyphoideae, a species of Malloranga . | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Paleocene | A replacement name for Harmsia McIver & Basinger (1993). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Marmi | Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian) | A eudicot of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Tarran, Wilson & Hill | Eocene-Early Oligocene | A species of Metrosideros . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kovar-Eder | Early Oligocene | A species of Myrica . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gee & Taylor | Late Oligocene | A species of Nymphaea . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Ramteke & Kapgate | A member of the family Ochnaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species O. tertiera. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kovar-Eder | Early Oligocene | A member of the family Oleaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kovar-Eder | Early Oligocene | A member of the family Oleaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Soomro et al. | Miocene | A member of Fabaceae, a species of Ormosioxylon . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Shao & Xie in Shao et al. | Late Miocene | Bangmai Basin | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Dong & Sun in Dong et al. | Oligocene | A member of Juglandaceae, a species of Palaeocarya . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Blanchard, Wang & Dilcher | Early Eocene | A member of Araliaceae. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Grímsson et al. | Canada | A member of the family Fagaceae described on the basis of pollen. Genus includes new species P. campania and P. eocaena. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jud, Nelson & Herrera | Early Miocene | Culebra Formation Cucaracha Formation La Boca Formation | A species of Parinari . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Herman in Herman & Sokolova | Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Coniacian) | Vetvinskaya Member (Chalbugchan Group) | A member of Legumifolia, a species of Parvileguminophyllum. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cevallos-Ferriz & Vázquez-Rueda | Late Cretaceous | A member of Proteales of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species P. coahuilensis. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Stull, Adams, Manchester & Collinson in Stull et al. | Eocene | A member of Icacinaceae related to members of the tribe Phytocreneae. Genus includes "Icacinicarya" echinata Chandler (1961). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Khan & Bera | Middle Miocene | A species of Persea . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Khan & Bera | Middle Miocene | A species of Persea . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chambers & Poinar | Uncertain (Eocene to Miocene) | A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species P. pentalepidus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Mildenhall in Conran et al. | Early Miocene | A pollen of a member of the family Monimiaceae. Genus includes new species P. fragilis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liang & Zhou in Liang et al. | Miocene | A species of Populus . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Borkar et al. | Late Cretaceous-Paleogene | Deccan Intertrappean beds | Fossil fruit with similarities to fruits of members of the family Portulacaceae. Genus includes new species P. bhuterensis. | |||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene (Burdigalian) | A species of Potamogeton ; a replacement name for Potamogeton decipiens Nikitin (preoccupied). | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene (Burdigalian) | A species of Potamogeton ; a replacement name for Potamogeton carinatus Nikitin (preoccupied). | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Middle Pleistocene | A species of Potamogeton ; a replacement name for Potamogeton pseudofriesii Dorofeev (preoccupied). | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Pliocene (Piacenzian) | A species of Potamogeton ; a replacement name for Potamogeton praenatans Dorofeev (preoccupied). | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Pliocene (Piacenzian) | A species of Potamogeton ; a replacement name for Potamogeton pliocenicus Dorofeev (preoccupied). | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Pliocene (Piacenzian) | A species of Potamogeton ; a replacement name for Potamogeton stylatus Dorofeev & Wieliczkiewicz in Dorofeev (preoccupied). | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Pleistocene (Gelasian) | A species of Potamogeton ; a replacement name for Potamogeton obtusus Dorofeev (preoccupied). | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene (Messinian) | A species of Potamogeton ; a replacement name for Potamogeton corniculatus Negru (preoccupied). | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Pleistocene (Gelasian) | A species of Potamogeton ; a replacement name for Potamogeton striatus Dorofeev (preoccupied). | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Pleistocene (Gelasian) | A species of Potamogeton ; a replacement name for Potamogeton palaeorutilus Dorofeev (preoccupied). | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Pliocene (Piacenzian) | A species of Potamogeton ; a replacement name for Potamogeton microcarpus Dorofeev (preoccupied). | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Pliocene (Piacenzian) | A species of Potamogeton ; a replacement name for Potamogeton tataricus Dorofeev & Wieliczkiewicz in Dorofeev (preoccupied). | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Carpenter, Jordan & Hill | Cenozoic | A plant described on the basis of fossil leaves, sharing convergent traits with members of the genus Banksia . Genus includes "Banksia" fastigata Deane (1925), "Banksieaephyllum" attenuatum Hill & Christophel (1988), "Banksieaephyllum" longifolium Hill & Merrifield (1993), "Banksieaephyllum" pinnatum Cookson & Duigan (1950), "Banksieaephyllum" praefastigatum Vadala & Drinnan (1998), "Banksieaephyllum" regularis Hill & Christophel (1988), "Banksieaephyllum" westdaliense Hill & Merrifield (1993) and "Phyllites" yallournensis Cookson & Duigan (1950). | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene | A species of Pterocarya ; a replacement name for Juglans japonica Tanai (1961). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Xu, Su & Zhou in Xu et al. | Late Miocene | An oak. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Martínez & Choo in Martínez et al. | A member of Ericales related to the family Clethraceae. Genus includes new species R. jerseyensis. | |||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Paleocene | A member of Rhamnaceae; a replacement name for Rhamnites Forbes ex McIver & Basinger (1993). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Khan & Bera | Miocene | A member of Connaraceae, a species of Rourea . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Su & Zhou in Su et al. | Late Miocene | A species of rose. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar | Eocene or Miocene | A member of Orchidaceae known from Dominican amber. The type species is Rudiculites dominicana. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Marmi | Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian) | A possible member of the family Salicaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sender et al. | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | A member of Platanaceae, a species of Sapindopsis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Khan, Spicer & Bera in Khan et al. | Pliocene | A species of Shorea . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Khan, Spicer & Bera in Khan et al. | Late Pliocene-early Pleistocene | A species of Shorea . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Khan, Spicer & Bera in Khan et al. | Miocene | A species of Shorea . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Khan, Spicer & Bera in Khan et al. | Miocene | A species of Shorea . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Khan, Spicer & Bera in Khan et al. | Pliocene | A species of Shorea . | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene (Tortonian) | A species of Silene ; a replacement name for Silene mirabilis Negru (1986). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Struwe | Eocene or Miocene | A member of Loganiaceae found in Dominican amber, a species of Strychnos . | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Pliocene | A species of Styrax ; a replacement name for Styrax laevigatus Miki (1941). | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Pliocene | A species of Styrax ; a replacement name for Styrax rugosus Miki (1941). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Atkinson | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | A member of Cornales of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes S. starrii. | ||||
? Ternstroemites maritiae [82] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kovar-Eder | Early Oligocene | A member of Ericales, possibly a member of the family Pentaphyllaceae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kovar-Eder | Early Oligocene | A species of Trachelospermum . | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Tertiary | A water caltrop; a replacement name for Trapa sachalinensis Vassiljev in Baranov (1954) (preoccupied). | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Pleistocene | A water caltrop; a replacement name for Trapa minuta Opravil (1966) (preoccupied). | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Miocene | A water caltrop; a replacement name for Trapa mikii Suzuki (1961) (preoccupied). | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Pliocene | A water caltrop; a replacement name for Trapa pseudoincisa Vassiljev in Baranov (1954) (preoccupied). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Korasidis et al. | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | |||||
Nom. nov | Doweld | Miocene | A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a replacement name for Schenkiella Wójcicki & Kvaček (2002) (considered by Doweld to be a parahomonym of Schenckiella Hennings, 1893). The type species is "Trapa" credneri Schenk (1877). | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Moreau et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | A relative of members of the family Platanaceae. Genus includes V. hermaphroditica. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Jud & Sohn | Early Cretaceous | A herbaceous eudicot, possibly related to Ranunculales. The type species is Vernifolium tenuiloba. | ||||
? Viscophyllum hendriksiae [82] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kovar-Eder | Early Oligocene | Possibly a member of the family Loranthaceae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhu & Zhou in Zhu et al. | Late Miocene | A member of Rutaceae, a species of Zanthoxylum . | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Strother | Cambrian | A green alga belonging to the group Charophyta. The type species is Adinosporus voluminosus; genus also contains Adinosporus bullatus and Adinosporus geminus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Vachard & Cózar in Vachard et al. | Carboniferous (Mississippian) | A green alga, possibly a member of Ulotrichales. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Momont, Gerrienne & Prestianni | A member of Stenokoleales (a group of plants of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly related to the seed plants). The type species is Brabantophyton runcariense. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gereltsetseg | Late Oligocene | A green alga belonging to the group Charophyta. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ghavidel-Syooki | Ordovician (Katian-Hirnantian) | An early land plant described on the basis of cryptospores. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ghavidel-Syooki | Ordovician (Katian-Hirnantian) | An early land plant described on the basis of cryptospores. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Edwards, Geng & Li | Early Devonian | Pingyipu Group | A member of Zosterophyllopsida. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ghavidel-Syooki | Ordovician (Katian-Hirnantian) | An early land plant described on the basis of cryptospores. | ||||
Lundbladispora punctata [159] | Sp. nov | Valid | Césari & Colombi | Late Triassic | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Xue & Basinger | Devonian (Famennian) | A member of Rhacophytales. The type species is Melvillipteris quadriseriata. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Trabelsi & Martín-Closas in Trabelsi et al. | Early Cretaceous | A green alga belonging to the group Charophyta. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Heinrichs, Lee, Schäfer-Verwimp & Schmidt in Heinrichs et al. | Eocene (Ypresian) | Cambay amber | A liverwort belonging to the family Lejeuneaceae; a species of Microlejeunea . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cózar & Vachard in Vachard et al. | Carboniferous (Mississippian) | A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales, possibly a member of the family Polyphysaceae. The type specimen is N. aprica. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Middle Jurassic | A thalloid liverwort, a species of Pallaviciniites. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Vachard & Cózar in Vachard et al. | Carboniferous (Mississippian) | Algeria | A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales and the family Seletonellaceae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Naugolnykh | Late Cretaceous | A vascular plant described on the basis of isolated roots. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Hetherington, Dubrovsky & Dolan | Carboniferous (Bashkirian) | A vascular plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is R. carbonica. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Heinrichs et al. | Eocene | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li & Sun in Li et al. | Early Cretaceous | A liverwort belonging to the family Aytoniaceae. The type specimen is R. huolinhensis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Agić | Early Cambrian | A member of Chlorophyta belonging to the group Prasinophyceae. Genus includes new species R. corrugata. | ||||
Retusotriletes herbstii [159] | Sp. nov | Valid | Césari & Colombi | Late Triassic | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ghavidel-Syooki | Ordovician (Katian-Hirnantian) | An early land plant described on the basis of cryptospores. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ghavidel-Syooki | Ordovician (Katian-Hirnantian) | An early land plant described on the basis of cryptospores. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ghavidel-Syooki | Ordovician (Katian-Hirnantian) | An early land plant described on the basis of cryptospores. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thomas & Seyfullah | Carboniferous (Bolsovian) | A lycophyte belonging to the group Sigillariostrobaceae, a species of Sigillariostrobus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thomas & Seyfullah | Carboniferous (Langsettian–Duckmantian) | A lycophyte belonging to the group Sigillariostrobaceae, a species of Sigillariostrobus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Strother | Cambrian | A green alga belonging to the group Charophyta. The type species is Spissuspora laevigata. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Strother | Cambrian | A green alga belonging to the group Charophyta. The type species is Vidalgea maculata. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Filipiak & Zatoń | Devonian (early Famennian) | A possible member of Bryopsidales. The type species is V. dixii. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Wu & LoDuca in Wu et al. | Cambrian | A possible member of Chlorophyta. The type species is "Bosworthia" gyges Walcott (1919). | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Edwards, Geng & Li | Early Devonian | Pingyipu Group | A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a lycophyte; a new genus for "Zosterophyllum" longa Wang (2007). | |||
Cunninghamia is a genus of one or two living species of evergreen coniferous trees in the cypress family Cupressaceae. They are native to China, northern Vietnam and Laos, and perhaps also Cambodia. They may reach 50 m (160 ft) in height. In vernacular use, it is most often known as Cunninghamia, but is also sometimes called "China-fir". The genus name Cunninghamia honours Dr. James Cunningham, a British doctor who introduced this species into cultivation in 1702 and botanist Allan Cunningham.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2011.
Hymenaea allendis is an extinct legume species in the family Fabaceae described from a single isolated fossil flower in amber. The species is known from a Late Oligocene to Early Miocene location in southern Mexico. Unlike the coeval extinct species Hymenaea mexicana and Hymenaea protera which are placed closer to the living species Hymenaea verrucosa of Africa, H. allendis is closer in relation to the neotropical species of Hymenaea.
Notoscyphus balticus is an extinct species of liverwort in the family Geocalycaceae. The species is solely known from the Middle Eocene Baltic amber deposits in the Baltic Sea region of Europe. The genus contains a total of thirteen extant species distributed across the northern hemisphere.
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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.
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Burmese amber is fossil resin dating to the early Late Cretaceous Cenomanian age recovered from deposits in the Hukawng Valley of northern Myanmar. It is known for being one of the most diverse Cretaceous age amber paleobiotas, containing rich arthropod fossils, along with uncommon vertebrate fossils and even rare marine inclusions. A mostly complete list of all taxa described up until 2018 can be found in Ross 2018; its supplement Ross 2019b covers most of 2019.
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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 1970s. The noted richness of agricultural plant families in Republic and Princeton floras resulted in the term "Eocene orchards" being used for the paleofloras.
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