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This article records new taxa of fossil plants described during the year 2021, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleobotany that occurred in 2021.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | In press | Neregato et al. | A member of Calamitales. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | De Benedetti et al. | A species of Azolla . | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Wang et al. | Early Permian | A marattialean tree fern belonging to the family Psaroniaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Wang et al. | Early Permian | Taiyuan Formation | A marattialean tree fern belonging to the family Psaroniaceae. | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Wang et al. | Early Permian | Taiyuan Formation | A marattialean tree fern belonging to the family Psaroniaceae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Spores of a member of the genus Ceratopteris . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A fern belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae. Genus includes new species C. burmanica. | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Tian, Wang & Jiang | A fern, a species of Claytosmunda . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pigg et al. | Early Eocene | A fern, a species of Dennstaedtia . | ![]() | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Spores of a member of the family Marattiaceae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sun et al. | Early Permian | A fern belonging to the group Marattiales. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pigg et al. | Early Eocene | Klondike Mountain Formation | A fern, a species of Hymenophyllum . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Correia, Šimůnek & Sá | Douro Basin | A member of Equisetales. Genus includes new species I. wegeneri. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Spores of a member of the family Polypodiaceae. | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Wang et al. | A member of the family Marsileaceae. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Pšenička et al. | Permian (Asselian) | Taiyuan Formation | A zygopterid fern. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kustatscher, Mazaheri-Johari & Roghi in Mazaheri-Johari et al. | A member of the family Equisetaceae. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Pšenička, Sakala & Dašková | Early Miocene | A species of Odontosoria . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Votočková Frojdová et al. | Early Permian | A leptosporangiate fern. Genus includes new species O. zhongxiangii. | ||||
Sp. nov | Wang & Sun in Wang et al. | Miocene | Fotan Group | A fern, a species of Osmunda . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gnaedinger & Zavattieri | A member of the family Dipteridaceae. Genus includes new species P. artabeae. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Zhou et al. | Permian (Lopingian) | A fern belonging to the group Marattiales. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Spores of a member of the family Polypodiaceae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Spores of a member of the family Lomariopsidaceae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Spores of a member of the genus Cyathea . | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Guo et al. | Permian (Lopingian) | A fern belonging to the group Marattiales. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Spores of a member of the family Polypodiaceae. | |||
Sp. nov | In press | He et al. | Late Permian | A fern belonging to the group Marattiales. | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Huang et al. | Late Devonian | |||||
Sphenophyllum parvifolium [21] | Sp. nov | In press | Libertín et al. | Early Permian | Taiyuan Formation | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Machado et al. | Fertile remains of a fern comparable with Thelypteridaceae and Dryopteridaceae. Genus includes new species T. helgae. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Zhang et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A tree fern, a species of Thyrsopteris . | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Naugolnykh & Song in Song et al. | Middle Eocene | Changchang Formation | A fern, a species of Woodwardia . | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Blomenkemper & Abu Hamad in Blomenkemper et al. | A member of Bennettitales. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Bäumer, Backer & Wang in Blomenkemper et al. | Permian (Cisuralian) | Upper Shihhotse Formation | A member of Bennettitales. | ||||
Sp. nov | Bomfleur & Kerp in Blomenkemper et al. | Permian (Changhsingian) | Umm Irna Formation | A member of Bennettitales. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Guzmán-Madrid & Velasco de León | ||||||
Sp. nov | In press | Lozano-Carmona et al. | A member of Bennettitales. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Lozano-Carmona & Velasco-de León | Middle Jurassic | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | In press | Van Konijnenburg-van Cittert et al. | A member of Cycadales of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Spiekermann et al. | A cycad-like plant. Genus includes new species I. australis. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | In press | Tang et al. | Xishanyao Formation | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Andruchow-Colombo et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | In press | Afonin & Gromyko | A member of Ginkgoales described on the basis of fossil wood. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Nosova, Crane & Shi | Prisayan Formation | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Nosova, Kostina & Bugdaeva | ||||||
Pseudotorellia irkutensis [36] | Sp. nov | In press | Nosova | A Vladimariales foliage species | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Nosova | Middle Jurassic (Aalenian–Bajocian) | Prisayan Formation | A Vladimariales reproducive structure species | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Del Fueyo et al. | An Araucariaceae fossil wood. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Dos Santos et al. | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | Crato Formation | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Batista et al. | A species of Araucaria . | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | In press | Yang & Li | ||||||
Brachyoxylon patagonicum [41] | Sp. nov | In press | Rombola et al. | Fossil wood of a member of the family Cheirolepidiaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Kvaček & Mendes | Almargem Formation | A member of the family Cheirolepidiaceae. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | De Wit & Bamford | Fossil wood of a member or a relative of the family Cupressaceae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wu & Jin in Wu et al. | A species of Fokienia . | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Atkinson et al. | A member of the family Cupressaceae belonging to the subfamily Cunninghamioideae. Genus includes new species N. japonicum. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Atkinson et al. | Late Cretaceous | A member of the family Cupressaceae belonging to the subfamily Cunninghamioideae. Genus includes new species O. hokkaidoensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Nhamutole, Bamford & Araújo | Permian (late Capitanian) | K5 Formation | A member of the family Cupressaceae. | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Nhamutole & Bamford in Nhamutole, Bamford & Araújo | Permian (late Capitanian) | K5 Formation | A member of the family Cupressaceae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Dolezych, LePage & Williams | Oligocene (Chattian) | Korlikov Formation | Genus includes new species T. schneiderianum. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Herrera et al. | A member of the family Pinaceae. Genus includes new species L. mellonae. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Ding et al. | Late Miocene | A species of Nothotsuga | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Dolezych, LePage & Williams | Oligocene (Chattian) | Korlikov Formation | A Picea relative wood. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Early Oligocene | A pine. | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Grote in Grote & Srisuk | Oligocene-early Miocene | A pine. | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Li et al. | Early Miocene | A pine. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Matsunaga et al. | Huolinhe Formation | A member or a close relative of the family Pinaceae. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | In press | Wu et al. | Early Pliocene | A species of Podocarpus . | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Vallejos Leiz, Crisafulli & Gnaedinger | Hilario Formation | A member of the family Podocarpaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Gou & Feng in Gou et al. | A conifer of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly belonging or related to the family Podocarpaceae. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gomankov | A member of Pinales belonging to the family Sashiniaceae. Genus includes new species C. demetrii. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Wan et al. | A coniferous trunk. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Dong et al. | A species of Taxus . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Forte, Kustatscher & Van Konijnenburg-van Cittert | A member of Voltziales. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Xie & Gee in Xie et al. | Fossil wood of a conifer. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Wan et al. | A silicified trunk with coniferous affinities. Genus includes new species Z. liaoi. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Eocene | A replacement name for Thiebaudia Chandler (1954). | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sender et al. | A member of the family Chloranthaceae. Genus includes new species A. eklundiae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sender et al. | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Escucha Formation | A member of the family Chloranthaceae. Genus includes new species T. elongatum. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Nom. nov | Valid | Freitas & Doweld | Oligocene | An Aristolochia species; a replacement name for Aristolochia triangularis MacGinitie (1937). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Akkemik | Middle Miocene | Kesmekaya Volcanics | A member of the family Lauraceae. | |||
Nom. nov | Valid | Winterscheid in Winterscheid & Kvaček | Oligocene | A species of Laurus ; a replacement name for Laurus obovata Weber (1852). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Cevallos-Ferriz, Catharina & Kneller | Rosario Formation | A member of the family Lauraceae. Genus includes new species R. bajacaliforniensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Brea et al. | Early Eocene | A member of the family Winteraceae. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Stockey, Hoffman & Rothwell | A member of the family Araceae. Genus includes new species B. speirsiae. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cretaceous | A member of the family Liliaceae. Genus includes new species M. burmitis. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Pollen of a member of the family Arecaceae. | |||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Eocene | A member of the family Arecaceae; a replacement name for Friedemannia Collinson, Manchester & Wilde (2012). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Pollen of a member of the family Cyperaceae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Soreng | Grass belonging to the subfamily Arundinoideae. Genus includes new species E. balticus. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Pollen of a member of the family Arecaceae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Smith et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A member of the family Zingiberaceae. Genus includes new species O. patanense. | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Song, Su, Do & Zhou in Song et al. | Dong Ho Formation | A member of the family Arecaceae belonging to the subfamily Coryphoideae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Pollen of a member of the family Arecaceae. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Maslova, Kodrul & Kachkina | A member of the family Platanaceae. Genus includes new species P. kyzyljarica. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Pollen of a member of the family Proteaceae. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | A species of Pittosporum ; a replacement name for Pittosporum elegans (Ettingshausen) W.R.B. Oliver (1950). | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Doweld | A new genus for "Pittosporum" beringianum Chelebaeva & Akhmetiev (1983). | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Shukla et al. | Early Eocene | Cambay Shale Formation | A species of Adina . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Pollen of a member of the genus Macoubea . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Franco, Brea & Cerdeño | Miocene (Santacrucian) | Mariño Formation | A species of Dolichandra . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Akkemik | Early Miocene | Hançili Formation | A member of the family Oleaceae. | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Mathewes, Archibald & Lundgren | Early Eocene | A species of Fraxinus . | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Deshmukh | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) - early Eocene | A member of the family Acanthaceae; a replacement name for Acanthophyllum Ramteke & Kapgate (2014). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Pollen of a member of the genus Vitex . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Pollen of a member of the family Convolvulaceae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Singh et al. | Early Eocene | Cambay amber | A member of the family Apocynaceae. Genus includes new species M. succinifera. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Pollen of a member of the genus Merremia . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Pollen of a member of the family Apocynaceae. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | In press | Morley, Huang & Hoorn in Huang et al. | Middle and late Eocene | Yaw Formation | Pollen probably derived from plants belonging to the genus Ptychopetalum . | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Xie et al. | Late Miocene | A species of Camptotheca . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Denk & Bouchal | A species of Diospyros . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kvaček | Early Miocene | Most Basin | A species of Halesia . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Pollen of a member of the genus Struthanthus . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hably & Erdei | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Possibly a member of the family Theaceae. Genus includes new species M. gordonioides. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Friis, Crane | A Primulaceae genus. Genus includes new species M. elegans and M. kvacekii. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Xu & Jin in Xu et al. | Late Oligocene | A tupelo. | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Paleocene | A member of the family Nyssaceae; a replacement name for Browniea Manchester & Hickey (2007). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Pollen of a member of the family Amaranthaceae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Striegler | Miocene (Tortonian) | Rauno Formation | A member of the family Theaceae. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | In press | Hazra, Hazra & Khan in Hazra et al. | A species of Albizia . | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Hazra, Hazra & Khan in Hazra et al. | Pliocene | Rajdanda Formation | A species of Albizia. | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Wang et al. | Miocene | Fotan Group | A species of Cercis . | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Jia et al. | A species of Cladrastis . | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Pérez-Lara, Estrada-Ruiz & Castañeda-Posadas | Fossil wood of a member of the family Fabaceae. Genus includes new species E. triserial. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Baez | Miocene | Tambería Formation | A member of Leguminosae. | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Pérez-Lara, Estrada-Ruiz & Castañeda-Posadas | Eocene | El Bosque Formation | Fossil wood of a member of the family Fabaceae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Pollen of a member of the family Fabaceae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Li & Manchester in Li et al. | Early Eocene | A member of the family Fabaceae. | ||||
Leguminocarpum olmensis [98] | Sp. nov | Valid | Centeno-González et al. | A member of the family Fabaceae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hazra, Hazra & Khan in Hazra et al. | A member of the family Fabaceae. Genus includes new species N. indica. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Li et al. | Miocene | A species of Ormosia . | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Hazra, Hazra & Khan in Hazra et al. | Pliocene | Rajdanda Formation | A species of Peltophorum . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Pollen of a member of the genus Mimosa . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Chambers | A member of the family Fabaceae belonging to the tribe Detarieae. Genus includes new species S. hispaniolanum. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Pollen of a member of the genus Macrolobium . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Pollen of a member of the genus Swartzia . | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Akkemik | Middle Miocene | Kesmekaya Volcanics | A member of the family Betulaceae. | |||
Sp nov | Valid | Wheeler & Manchester | A Fagus species wood. | |||||
Sp nov | Valid | Wheeler & Manchester | A Lithocarpoxylon species wood. | |||||
Comb nov | valid | (Wheeler, Scott, & Barghoorn) Wheeler & Manchester | Middle Eocene | Moved from Myrica absarokensis (1978) | ||||
Comb nov | valid | (Kruse) Wheeler, Baas, & Manchester | Middle Eocene | Moved from Myrica scalariformis (1954) | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wilde, Frankenhäuser & Lenz | A catkin-like male inflorescence, probably of myricaceous affinity. Genus includes new species M. eckfeldensis. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Akkemik | Middle Miocene | Kesmekaya Volcanics | A member of the family Betulaceae. | |||
Comb nov | Valid | (Heer) Correa & Manchester | A Coryloideae species. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Manchester & Correa | A Coryloideae species. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Correa & Manchester | Paleocene | Fort Union Formation | A Coryloideae species. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Correa & Manchester | Paleocene | Fort Union Formation | A Coryloideae species. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hazra, Hazra & Khan in Hazra et al. | A member of the family Juglandaceae. | |||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Paleocene | A member of the family Betulaceae; a replacement name for Cantia Stopes (1915). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Akkemik | Early Miocene | Hançili Formation | A member of the family Fagaceae. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | In press | Reback et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Deccan Intertrappean Beds | A member of the family Euphorbiaceae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hermsen | A species of Passiflora . | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Pollen of a member of the family Passifloraceae. Genus includes new species P. pseudoperculatus. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Akkemik | Early Miocene | Hançili Formation | A member of the family Salicaceae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Akkemik | Early Miocene | Hançili Formation | A member of the family Salicaceae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Pollen of a member of the genus Mascagnia . | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Poinar, Chambers & Vega | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A possible member of Cunoniaceae. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Eocene | A flowering plant with possible affinities with urticalean rosids; a replacement name for Scottoxylon Wheeler & Manchester (2002). | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Wheeler & Manchester | A Celtis species wood. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Dolezych, LePage & Williams | Oligocene (Chattian) | Korlikov Formation | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Patel, Rana & Khan in Patel et al. | Early Eocene | A species of Morus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Akkemik | Early Miocene | Hançili Formation | A member of the family Rosaceae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Pollen of a member of the genus Celtis . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Striegler | Miocene (Tortonian) | Rauno Formation | A species of Pyracantha . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Akkemik | Early Miocene | Hançili Formation | A member of the family Ulmaceae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Del Rio et al. | Middle Eocene | A species of Ventilago . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Akkemik | Early Miocene | Hançili Formation | A member of the family Ulmaceae. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Pollen of a member of the family Malvaceae. | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Wang & Xie in Wang et al. | Late Miocene | A species of Craigia | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chen et al. | Miocene | A species of Dipterocarpus | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Huang, Morley & Hoorn in Huang et al. | Late Eocene | Pollen probably derived from plants belonging to the genus Brownlowia . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Pollen of a member of the family Thymelaeaceae. | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Jia & Nam in Jia et al. | Middle Miocene | A species of Tilia | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Wheeler & Manchester | A Wataria species wood. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen, possibly of a member of the family Lythraceae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Estrada-Ruiz & Martínez-Cabrera in Estrada-Ruiz, Martínez-Cabrera & García-Hernández | Possibly a member of the family Myrtaceae. Genus includes new species L. aldamense. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Vieira et al. | A species of Lythrum . | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Li et al. | Miocene | A species of Syzygium . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bamford & Pickford | Probably late Eocene | A member of the family Combretaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Aung et al. | Late Pliocene | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen, possibly of a member of the family Lythraceae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Carvalho et al. | A member of the family Melastomataceae. Genus includes new species X. simonae. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Akkemik | Early Miocene | Hançili Formation | A member of the family Sapindaceae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Jud et al. | Early Miocene | A member of the family Sapindaceae belonging to the subfamily Sapindoideae and the tribe Paullinieae. Genus includes new species A. heteroxylon. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rodríguez-Reyes, Estrada-Ruiz & Terrazas in Rodríguez-Reyes et al. | Oligocene-Miocene | A species of Anacardium . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Soomro et al. | Miocene | Fossil wood of a member of the family Rutaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu, Xu & Jin in Liu et al. | Late Oligocene | A species of Melia . | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Wheeler & Manchester | A Pistacia species wood. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Pollen of a member of the family Sapindaceae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bamford & Pickford | Probably late Eocene | Mazamba Formation | A member of the family Anacardiaceae. Genus includes new species S. gorongosense. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Pollen of a member of the genus Serjania . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Huang et al. | Late Oligocene | A species of Tetradium . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Pollen of a member of the family Simaroubaceae. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | Valid | Wheeler & Manchester | A Hamamelidoxylon species wood. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Huang et al. | Miocene | A species of Liquidambar . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Akkemik | Early Miocene | Hançili Formation | A member of the family Altingiaceae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kajita & Nishida in Kajita, Suzuki & Nishida | A member of Saxifragales of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species O. kokubunii. | |||||
Gen. nov | Valid | Lai et al. | A member of Altingiaceae. Genus includes P. ovum-dinosauri and P. polyodonta. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Golovneva & Volynets in Golovneva et al. | Galenki Formation | A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pessoa, Ribeiro & Jud | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | A herbaceous eudicot similar to some members of Ranunculales. Genus includes new species B. pinnatissecta. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wang | Possibly a fruit of an early flowering plant. Genus includes new species D. mexicana. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sonkusare, Samant & Mohabey | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Deccan Intertrappean Beds | Pollen of a flowering plant of uncertain affinity. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Cui et al. | Middle-Late Jurassic | A possible flower bud. | ![]() | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Du in Du et al. | A eudicot of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species G. saligna. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Ladakhipollenites? endoporatus [4] | Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Ladakhipollenites? sphaericus [4] | Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Nom. nov | Valid | Hernández | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Pollen of a flowering plant; a replacement name for Clavatricolpites Hoeken-Klinkenberg (1964). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Durieux et al. | A member of Cladoxylopsida. Genus includes new species A. praecox. | |||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Kraft & Kvaček | Požáry Formation | A member of the family Drepanophycaceae; a replacement name for Baragwanathia brevifolia Kraft & Kvaček (2017). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Spores of a member of the family Lycopodiaceae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Spores of a member of the genus Selaginella . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Spores of a member of the genus Phaeoceros . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ivanov & Belkinova | Miocene (Serravallian) | A green alga, a species of Closterium . | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Harris et al. | A member of Lycopsida. | |||||
Colpodexylon pullumpedes [140] | Sp. nov | In press | Harris et al. | Devonian (Famennian) | Witpoort Formation | A member of Lycopsida. | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Šimůnek & Lojka | Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) | Kladno Formation | Cordaitalean cuticles. | |||
Cordaabaxicutis papillosus [141] | Sp. nov | Valid | Šimůnek & Lojka | Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) | Kladno Formation | Cordaitalean cuticles. | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Šimůnek & Lojka | Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) | Kladno Formation | Cordaitalean cuticles. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bippus, Rothwell & Stockey | Late Cretaceous | A moss belonging to the family Rhabdoweisiaceae, a species of Cynodontium . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Manchester et al. | A seed-bearing structure of gnetalean affinity. Genus includes new species D. tetragona. | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Barattolo, Romano & Conrad | Late Triassic and possibly Early Jurassic | A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales and the family Bornetelleae. Genus includes "Heteroporella" micropora Di Stefano & Senowbari-Daryan (1985), "Heteroporella" macropora Di Stefano, 1981 ex Di Stefano & Senowbari-Daryan (1985), "Chinianella" zanklii Ott (1967), "Chinianella" crosii Ott (1968) and "Heteroporella" carpatica Bystrický (1967). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Naugolnykh | A member of the family Zosterophyllaceae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Barattolo, Bucur & Marian | A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales. Genus includes new species D. transylvanica, as well as "Zittelina" hispanica Masse, Arias & Vilas (1993), "Zittelina" massei Bucur, Granier & Săsăran (2010) and "Triploporella" matesina Barattolo (1980). | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gess & Prestianni | An early polysporangiophyte. Genus includes new species E. itshoba. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Gess & Prestianni | Devonian (Famennian) | A fern-like plant of uncertain affinities. Genus includes new species F. lococannensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Spores of a member of the genus Anthoceros . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A liverwort, a species of Frullania . | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Bouju et al. | Miocene | Ethiopian amber | A liverwort, a species of Frullania. | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Bouju et al. | Miocene | Ethiopian amber | A liverwort, a species of Frullania. | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Liu et al. | Late Devonian | A member of Protolepidodendrales. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Wang et al. | Late Devonian | A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species G. dongzhiensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Na & Sun in Na et al. | Middle Jurassic | A member of Czekanowskiales. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Toledo et al. | An early euphyllophyte belonging to the group Radiatopses. Genus includes new species K. bivena. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gess & Prestianni | Devonian (Lochkovian?) | Baviaanskloof Formation | An early polysporangiophyte. Genus includes new species K. parvapila. | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Bouju et al. | Miocene | Ethiopian amber | A liverwort, a species of Lejeunea . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Meyer-Berthaud, Decombeix & Blanchard | A lycopsid. Genus includes new species L. edieae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Spores of a member of the family Lycopodiaceae. | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Bai et al. | A member of Rhacophytales. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | De Sosa Tomas et al. | A member of Charophyta. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Sanjuan et al. | A member of Charophyta. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Chernomorets & Sakala | Whisky Bay Formation | A homoxylous wood of uncertain systematic affinities. Genus includes new species M. australe. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gess & Prestianni | Devonian (Lochkovian?) | Baviaanskloof Formation | An early polysporangiophyte. Genus includes new species M. kougaensis. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bonacorsi et al. | A lycophyte. Genus includes new species O. dawsonii. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Martín-Closas et al. | A member of Charophyta belonging to the family Characeae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Permian (Asselian) | A progymnosperm belonging to the group Noeggerathiales and the family Tingiostachyaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Foraponova & Karasev | Permian | A pteridosperm. | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Feldberg et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A liverwort, a species of Radula . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Oukassou & Naugolnykh | Late Devonian | A member of Lycopodiophyta of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species R. michardis. | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Han & Yan in Han et al. | Nanying'er Formation | A liverwort. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | McSweeney, Shimeta & Buckeridge | Yea Formation | An early land plant of uncertain affinities. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Friis, Crane & Pedersen | A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly close to cycads. Genus includes new species S. galtieri. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Bouju et al. | Miocene | Ethiopian amber | A liverwort belonging to the family Lejeuneaceae. | |||
Velascoa [169] | Gen. et sp. nov | Junior homonym | Flores Barragan, Velasco de León & Ortega Chavez | Fossil leaves of a plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, with a morphology similar to Ginkgophyta. Genus includes new species V. pueblensis. The generic name is preoccupied by Velascoa Calderón & Rzedowski (1997). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Vachard, Bucur & Munnecke | A green alga belonging to the group Bryopsidales. Genus includes new species V. gotlandica. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Gossmann et al. | Early Devonian | A zosterophyll. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | A spore of lycopodialean affinity. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil spores. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | |||||
Erlansonisporites exquisitus [172] | Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | ||||
Erlansonisporites perbellus [172] | Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | ||||
Erlansonisporites textilis [172] | Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Hernández | Paleogene | A gymnosperm pollen; a replacement name for Psilamonocolpites Mathur (1966). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil spores. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | |||||
Horstisporites denticulatus [172] | Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | ||||
Horstisporites subtilis [172] | Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | ||||
Horstisporites tarimensis [172] | Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | |||||
Hughesisporites unicus [172] | Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | A spore of dicksoniaceous affinity. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil spores. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil spores. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | Genus includes new species L. laevigata. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil spores. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | |||||
Minerisporites triangularis [172] | Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | |||||
Narkisporites densibaculatus [172] | Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | ||||
Narkisporites densiconicus [172] | Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | ||||
Narkisporites tarimensis [172] | Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil spores. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ghosh et al. | A megaspore. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil spores. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil spores. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil spores. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil spores. | |||
Gen. et 4 sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | Genus includes new species S. capillaris, S. gracilis, S. rarus and S. solidus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | Genus includes new species T. auriculata and T. perfecta. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | |||||
Tricristatispora yingmailensis [172] | Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Mesozoic | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Jaramillo & Harrington | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil spores. | |||