List of years in paleobotany |
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This paleobotany list records new fossil plant taxa that were described during the year 2024, and notes other significant paleobotany discoveries and events which occurred during 2024.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Pérez-Cano & Martín-Closas | Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) | Els Mangraners Formation | A member of the family Clavatoraceae. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Bucur et al. | Triassic | A species of Acicularia . | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Ernst, Vachard & Rodríguez | Devonian (Pragian) | A probable member of Dasycladales. The type species is B. hispanica. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bucur, Del Piero & Martini | Late Triassic (Norian) | A member of Dasycladales. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Grgasović | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | A member of Dasycladales belonging to the family Triploporellaceae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Krings | Devonian | A probable member of Chlorophyta. The type species is H. verecunda. | ||||||
Nom. nov | Pu | Silurian (Llandovery) | Waukesha Lagerstätte | A dasycladalean alga; a replacement name for Heterocladus LoDuca, Kluessendorf & Mikulic (2003). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bucur et al. | Triassic | A member of Dasycladales. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Grgasović | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | A member of Dasycladales belonging to the family Dasycladaceae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bucur et al. | Triassic | A member of Dasycladales. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liu et al. | Ediacaran | A possible brown alga. The type species is H. yuxiensis. Announced in 2023; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2024. | ||||
Sp. nov | Siver | Eocene | A species of Mallomonas . | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Siver | Eocene | A species of Mallomonas. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Hamad | Pliocene | Shagra Formation | A species of Amphiroa . | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Krings | Devonian | Windyfield chert | A probable unicellular alga. Genus includes new species C. amoenum. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Li et al. | Ediacaran and Cambrian | A macroalga known from the Ediacaran Miaohe biota and from the Cambrian Chengjiang biota. The type species is Y. typica; genus also includes Y. elegans. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Walker et al. | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | Antarctica | A moss belonging to the family Rhabdoweisiaceae. The type species is J. plicata. | ||||
Sp. nov | Ignatov in Ignatov et al. | Permian (Lopingian) | A moss belonging to the group Protosphagnales. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Valois et al. | Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) | A moss belonging to the family Tricostaceae. Published online in 2024; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2025. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Juárez-Martínez & Estrada-Ruiz in Juárez-Martínez, Córdova-Tabares & Estrada-Ruiz | Miocene | Mexican amber | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mamontov, Atwood & Perkovsky in Mamontov et al. | Eocene | A liverwort, a species of Jubula . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schäfer-Verwimp, Mamontov, Feldberg & Perkovsky in Mamontov et al. | Eocene | Rovno amber | A liverwort, a species of Lejeunea . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mamontov et al. | Eocene | Rovno amber | A liverwort, a species of Leptoscyphus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Mamontov et al. | Eocene | Rovno amber | A liverwort. | |||||
Sp. nov | Mamontov et al. | Eocene | Rovno amber | A liverwort. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mamontov & Perkovsky in Mamontov et al. | Eocene | A liverwort, a species of Radula . | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Asghar et al. | Permian | A member of Lepidodendrales belonging to the family Sigillariaceae. Genus includes new species B. prolificus. | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Junior homonym | Qin et al. | Devonian | Wutong Formation | A member of Isoetales belonging to the group Dichostrobiles. The type species is H. longshanense. The generic name is preoccupied by Heliodendron Gill.K.Br. & Bayly (2022). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pšenička, Bek & Nelson | Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cariglino, Zavattieri & Lara | Triassic | A member of the family Selaginellaceae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gensel et al. | Devonian (Emsian) | A zosterophyll. Genus includes new species S. semiglobosa. Published online in 2024; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2025. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Correia et al. | Carboniferous (Gzhelian) | Monsarros Formation | A member of the family Psaroniaceae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Chen & Yan in Chen et al. | Oligocene | Shangganchaigou Formation | A species of Adiantum . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rößler et al. | Permian | A calamitalean. Published online in 2024; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2025. | |||||
Comb. nov | Valid | (Goodlet) | Carboniferous (Serpukhovian) | Limestone Coal Formation | A member of the family Tedeleaceae; moved from "Megaphyton" chalmersii Goodlet (1957). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Correia & Sá | Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) | Vale da Mó Formation | A member of Sphenophyllales. Genus includes new species B. zeliapereirae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Guo, Zhou & Feng in Guo et al. | Permian (Lopingian) | Xuanwei Formation | A marattialean fern. | |||||
Sp. nov | Li & Moran in Guo et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Cystodiaceae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Procopio Rodríguez, Bodnar & Beltrán | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | Cortaderita Formation | A member of the family Equisetaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Guo, Zhou & Feng in Guo et al. | Permian (Lopingian) | Xuanwei Formation | A filicalean fern. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | D'Antonio et al. | Carboniferous | A member of Sphenophyllales. Genus includes new species H. kostorhysii. | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Meyer-Berthaud et al. | Devonian (Givetian) | A member of Cladoxylopsida. Genus includes new species J. modica. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Kuipers, van Konijnenburg-van Cittert & Wagner-Cremer | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | A member of Equisetales. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kundu, Hazra & Khan in Kundu et al. | Miocene | A member of the family Polypodiaceae. Announced in 2023; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2024. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Chu & Tomescu in Chu, Durieux & Tomescu | Devonian (Emsian) | A member of Cladoxylopsida. Genus includes new species P. kespekianum. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Regalado & Schmidt in Regalado et al. | Miocene | Dominican amber | A species of Pecluma . | |||||
Sp. nov | Sun et al. | Permian | Taiyuan Formation | A marattialean fern. | |||||
Sp. nov | Liu et al. | Cretaceous | Songliao Basin | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Bazhenova & Bazhenov | Middle Jurassic | ||||||
Comb. nov | (Wieland) | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Rosario Formation | A member of Bennettitales. Moved from Williamsonia huitzilopochtli Wieland. | |||||
Sp. nov | Velasco de León et al. | Early-Middle Jurassic | Cualac Formation | A member of Bennettitales belonging to the family Williamsoniaceae. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Slodownik | Eocene | A species of Araucaria . | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Mendes et al. | Early Cretaceous | Figueira da Foz Formation | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pfeiler, Matsunaga & Atkinson | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | Published online in 2024; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2025. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kvaček, Mendes & Van Konijnenburg-van Cittert | Early Cretaceous | Figueira da Foz Formation | Published online in 2024; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2025. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sokolova et al. | Paleocene | A conifer with affinities with the family Cupressaceae. The type species is A. pilosum. Published online in 2024, but the issue date is listed as December 2023. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jiang & Yamada in Jiang et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Heitaro-zawa Formation | A species of Cunninghamia . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Vanner et al. | Cretaceous | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Hao, Jiang, Tian & Wang in Hao et al. | Early Cretaceous | Zhifengzhuang Formation | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rothwell & Stockey | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | The type species is O. elongatus. | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Kowalski in Kowalski et al. | Oligocene to Pliocene | Cottbus Formation | The type species is "Pseudotsuga" jechorekiae Czaja (2000). | ||||
Sp. nov | Zhu, Li, Wang & Zouros in Zhu et al. | Miocene | Sigri Pyroclastic Formation | A species of Pseudotsuga . | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Li et al. | Miocene | A species of Tsuga . | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Slodownik | Eocene | A species of Podocarpus . | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Vanner et al. | Cretaceous | Tupuangi Formation | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Li & Du in Li et al. | Early Cretaceous (Aptian to Albian) | Jiuquan Basin | A species of Torreya . | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Naugolnykh | Permian | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Conceição et al. | Early Cretaceous | A member of Pinidae of uncertain affinities. The type species is C. placidoi. The name is preoccupied by Cratoxylon Blume. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Frolov & Mashchuk | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Prisayan Formation | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Batista & Kunzmann in Batista et al. | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | Crato Formation | A member of Cupressales of uncertain affinities. The type species is "Brachyphyllum" castilhoi Duarte (1985). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Van Konijnenburg-van Cittert et al. | Late Triassic (Rhaetian) | A conifer cone. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Shi et al. | Permian (Lopingian) | Sunjiagou Formation | A conifer wood. The type species is S. zhangziensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Van Konijnenburg-van Cittert et al. | Late Triassic (Rhaetian) | A conifer cone. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Jin in Jin et al. | Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian–Barremian) | Laiyang Formation | A member of the family Ephedraceae. The type species is L. compacta. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Friis, Crane & Pedersen in Friis et al. | Early Cretaceous | Figueira da Foz Formation | A chloranthoid flowering plant. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Friis, Crane & Pedersen in Friis et al. | Early Cretaceous | Potomac Group | A chloranthoid flowering plant. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Friis, Crane & Pedersen in Friis et al. | Early Cretaceous | Vale de Água clay pit complex | A chloranthoid flowering plant. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Zhang, Su & Oskolski in Zhang et al. | Miocene | Dajie Formation | A species of Cryptocarya . | |||||
Comb. nov | Valid | (Meyer & Manchester) | Eocene and Oligocene | A member of Lauraceae; moved from Cinnamomophyllum knowltonii Meyer & Manchester (1997). | |||||
Sp. nov | Zhu, Manchester & Lott | Miocene | Fort Preston Formation | A species of Illigera . | |||||
Sp. nov | Pujana et al. | Eocene | A member of Lauraceae. | ||||||
Comb. nov | Valid | (Brown) | Eocene | A member of Lauraceae; moved from Umbellularia eocenica Brown (1940). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kunzmann et al. | Eocene | A species of Magnolia . Published online in 2024; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2025. | |||||
Comb. nov | Valid | (Mai) | Oligocene to Miocene | A species of Magnolia; moved from Manglietia germanica Mai (1971). | |||||
Sp. nov | Rubalcava-Knoth & Cevallos-Ferriz | Late Cretaceous | A member of Laurales. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Singh et al. | Miocene | Middle Siwalik Group | A species of Polyalthia . | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Kumar & Khan | Cretaceous-Paleocene (Maastrichtian-Danian) | A member of the tribe Cryosophileae. Published online in 2023; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2024. | |||||
Sp. nov | Kumar, Roy & Khan in Kumar et al. | Cretaceous-Paleocene (Maastrichtian-Danian) | Deccan Intertrappean Beds | Fossil wood of a member of the family Arecaceae and the subfamily Calamoideae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ali, Roy & Khan in Ali et al. | Cretaceous-Paleocene (Maastrichtian-Danian) | Deccan Intertrappean Beds | Fossil wood of a member of the family Arecaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Greenwood & Conran | Cenozoic | |||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mahato & Khan | Miocene | Chunabati Formation | Published online in 2024, but the issue date is listed as December 2023. | ||||
Sp. nov | Gao & Su in Gao et al. | Paleocene | Liuqu Formation | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Kumar, Su & Khan in Kumar et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)-Paleocene (Danian) | A member of the family Arecaceae. The type species is S. acanthorachis. | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Herrera & Manchester | Eocene | Green River Formation | A species of Dioscorea . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Herrera & Manchester | Eocene | Green River Formation | A species of Dioscorea. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Comb. nov | Valid | (Unger) | Miocene | A species of Smilax ; moved from "Ilex" sphenophylla Unger (1847). | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Kowalski in Kowalski et al. | Miocene | Spremberg Formation | A species of Sparganium . | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Kovar-Eder | Miocene | A species of Berberis . | |||||
Comb. nov | Valid | Miocene | A species of Clematis ; moved from "Elaeodendron" oligoneure Ettingshausen (1869). | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Axsmith et al. | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | A member of the family Ranunculaceae. The type species is C. alabamensis. | |||||
Sp. nov | Kumar, Manchester & Khan | Cretaceous-Paleocene (Maastrichtian-Danian) | A member of the family Menispermaceae. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kara et al. | Paleocene | A member of the family Menispermaceae. Published online in 2023; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2024. | |||||
Comb. nov | (Berry) Nares, Huegele, Manchester | Eocene | Aycross Formation | Negundo fremontensis (1930) | A sycamore relative | ||||
Comb. nov | (Brown) Nares, Huegele, Manchester | Late Cretaceous | A sycamore relative | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Latchaw & Manchester | Miocene | Succor Creek Formation | A member of Proteales belonging to the family Sabiaceae. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Rasmussen & Johansen in Rasmussen et al. | Eocene | Baltic amber | A holly. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Bhatia, Srivastava & Mehrotra | Miocene | Tipam Sandstone | Fossil wood of a member of the genus Cordia . Announced in 2023; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2024. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Ali, Manchester & Khan in Ali et al. | Eocene | Palana Formation | A species of Ancistrocladus . | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Nguyen & Atkinson | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | A member of Cornales not assignable to any extant family. Genus includes new species F. washingtonensis. | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Kovar-Eder | Miocene | A species of Sambucus . | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kowalski in Kowalski et al. | Oligocene to Miocene | A member of the family Styracaceae. The type species is P. lusatica. | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Manchester & Judd | Miocene | A probable Ebenaceae genus | ![]() | ||||
Sp. nov | Cevallos-Ferriz et al. | Miocene | Wood of a member of the family Sapotaceae. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Xu & Jin in Xu et al. | Oligocene and Miocene | A species of Symplocos . | ||||||
Sp. nov | Xu & Jin in Xu et al. | Oligocene | Yongning Formation | A species of Symplocos. | |||||
Comb. nov | Valid | (Ettingshausen) | Miocene | A member of the family Theaceae; moved from "Euonymus" diversifolius Ettingshausen (1888). | |||||
Comb. nov | Valid | (Ettingshausen) | Miocene | A member of the family Theaceae; moved from "Sorbus" egeriae Ettingshausen (1888). | |||||
Comb. nov | Valid | (Ettingshausen) | Miocene | A member of the family Theaceae; moved from "Elaeodendron" stiriacum Ettingshausen (1869). | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Akkemik & Mantzouka in Akkemik, Toprak & Mantzouka | Eocene | Çekerek Formation | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ramos et al. | Pleistocene | El Palmar Formation | Fossil wood of a member of the family Apocynaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ramos et al. | Pleistocene | El Palmar Formation | Fossil wood of a member of the family Apocynaceae. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Huang, Liu & Wang | Eocene (Priabonian) | Baltic amber | A member of the family Schoepfiaceae. The type species is S. kaliningradensis. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen et comb nov | in press | Manchester, Judd, Correa-Narvaez | Green River Formation | O. elongatum synonymy | A superastrid plant of possible caryophyllalean affinity. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Conran, Bannister & Lee | Miocene | A member of the family Celastraceae. The type species is P. celastroides. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Cevallos-Ferriz et al. | Miocene | Wood of a member of Detarioideae. The type species is A. carballense. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Cao, Wu & Ding in Cao et al. | Pliocene | Mangbang Formation | ||||||
Sp. nov | El-Noamani & Ziada | Miocene | Gebel El-Khashab Formation | A member of Detarioideae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Zhao, Huang & Su in Zhao et al. | Miocene | Lower Sanhaogou Formation | A species of Dalbergia . | |||||
Sp. nov | Cevallos-Ferriz et al. | Miocene | Wood of a member of Papilionoideae. | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Hernández-Damián, Rubalcava-Knoth & Cevallos-Ferriz | Miocene | La Quinta Formation | A member of the subfamily Detarioideae belonging to the tribe Detarieae. The type species is H. mirandae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Spagnuolo & Wilf in Spagnuolo et al. | Eocene | Tanjung Formation | A legume. Genus includes new species J. gunnellii. | ||||
Sp. nov | Zhao, Jia & Su in Zhao et al. | Miocene | Sanhaogou Formation | A species of Mezoneuron . | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Comb. nov | Valid | (Ettingshausen) | Miocene | An alder; moved from "Tilia" milleri Ettingshausen (1869). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Iamandei & Iamandei in Iamandei et al. | Miocene | Wood of a member of the family Juglandaceae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Iamandei & Iamandei in Iamandei et al. | Miocene | Wood of a member of the family Juglandaceae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Manchester et al. | Eocene | A species of Juglans . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Manchester et al. | Eocene | Buchanan Lake Formation | A species of Juglans. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Manchester et al. | Eocene | Buchanan Lake Formation | A species of Juglans. | ||||
Comb. nov | Valid | (Kirchheimer) | Miocene | A member of the family Myricaceae; moved from Myrica stoppii Kirchheimer (1942). | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Manchester & Judd | Eocene | A new genus for "Juncus" crassulus Cockerell (1908). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Song & Wang in Song et al. | Eocene | Niubao Formation | A species of Pterocarya . | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Lou & Ding in Lou et al. | Pliocene | A species of Aspidopterys . | ||||||
Sp. nov | Mahato et al. | Neogene | A species of Calophyllum . | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hazra, Manchester & Khan | Pliocene | A species of Dicella . | |||||
Sp. nov | Stults, Hermsen & Starnes | Oligocene | A species of Passiflora . | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Shukla, Chandra & Shukla | Late Paleocene to early Eocene | A species of Eriolaena . | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Cevallos-Ferriz et al. | Miocene | Wood of a member of the family Malvaceae. The type species is M. conacytea. | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Siegert, Gandolfo & Wilf | Eocene | A member of Malvoideae. Genus includes new species U. karuen. | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Ayala-Usma & Lozano-Gutiérrez in Ayala-Usma et al. | Pleistocene | A species of Andesanthus . | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Cevallos-Ferriz et al. | Oligocene-Miocene | Masachapa Formation | Wood of a member of the family Myrtaceae. The type species is E. nicaraguense. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Patel, Almeida, Ali & Khan in Patel et al. | Eocene | Palana Formation | A member of the family Myrtaceae. The type species is H. eocenicus. | |||||
Sp. nov | Centeno-González, Alvarado-Cárdenas & Estrada-Ruiz | Miocene | Mexican amber | A species of Miconia . | |||||
Sp. nov | Woodcock | Eocene | Fossil wood with affinities with the family Vochysiaceae. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Ayala-Usma & Lozano-Gutiérrez in Ayala-Usma et al. | Pleistocene | Fossil wood of a member of the family Combretaceae. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Xiao in Xiao et al. | Miocene | Shengxian Formation | ||||||
Sp. nov | Franco, Martinez Martinez & Brea | Miocene | A member of the family Myrtaceae. | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Comb. nov | Valid | (Ettingshausen) | Miocene | A species of Sloanea ; moved from "Artocarpidium" serratifolium Ettingshausen (1869). | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Akkemik & Mantzouka in Akkemik, Toprak & Mantzouka | Eocene | Çekerek Formation | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Agbamuche, Hamersma & Manchester | Oligocene | A rose. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Fields, Agbamuche & Hamersma in Agbamuche, Hamersma & Manchester | Miocene | A rose. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Akkemik in Akkemik & Toprak | Miocene (Burdigalian-Serravallian) | Mut Formation | Fossil wood of a member of the family Rhamnaceae. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Ayala-Usma, Lozano-Gutiérrez & Orejuela in Ayala-Usma et al. | Pleistocene | A species of Anacardium . | ||||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Wilf et al. | Eocene | A member of Anacardiaceae related to Dobinea ; a new genus for "Celtis" ameghinoi. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Mejia-Roldán, Rodríguez-Reyes & Estrada-Ruiz in Mejia-Roldán et al. | Eocene | Fossil wood of a member of the family Anacardiaceae. The type species is P. ductifera. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Xu, Zdravchev, Maslova & Jin in Xu et al. | Oligocene | Yongning Formation | A species of Liquidambar . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wu et al. | Miocene | Zhangpu amber | A species of Parrotia . Published online in 2023; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2024. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Wu et al. | Eocene | A member of the family Altingiaceae. Genus includes "Laurophyllum" fischkandelii Kunzmann & Walther (2002). | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Herrera et al. | Miocene | A species of Ampelocissus . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Herrera et al. | Miocene | Cucaracha Formation | A species of Cissus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Herrera et al. | Eocene | A species of Leea . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Herrera et al. | Paleocene | A member of the family Vitaceae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Tosal, Vicente & Denk | Eocene to Oligocene | Montmaneu Formation | A species of Nekemias . | |||||
Comb. nov | Valid | (Ettingshausen) | Miocene | A species of Parthenocissus ; moved from "Acer" rhombifolium Ettingshausen (1869). | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Tilley | Paleocene (Danian) | Antarctica | Fossil wood of a flowering plant sharing traits with extant Aextoxicon punctatum . | |||||
Sp. nov | Huang & Wang | Early Cretaceous (Barremian–Aptian) | Yixian Formation | An early flowering plant. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Jud et al. | Late Cretaceous | A dicot liana of uncertain affinities. Genus includes new species C. multiporosa. | ||||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Heřmanová et al. | Late Cretaceous | A flowering plant with pollen of the Normapolles type. Genus includes "Walbeckia" aquisgranensis Knobloch & Mai (1986), "Microcarpolithes" guttaeformis Knobloch (1971), "Walbeckia" scutata Knobloch & Mai (1986) and "Walbeckia" fricii Knobloch & Mai (1986). | ||||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Beurel et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A flowering plant of uncertain affinities. Oskolski et al. (2024) interpreted it as a flowering plant with an affinity to Rhamnaceae, possibly to an extinct basal lineage; [175] on the other hand Beurel et al. (2024) interpreted it as a flowering plant with probable magnoliid affinities. [174] The type species is "Phylica" piloburmensis Shi et al. (2022). | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Wang et al. | Devonian (Famennian) | Wutong Formation | A seed plant of uncertain affinities. The type species is A. tria. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hayes & Pearson | Carboniferous (Viséan) | Teilia Formation | A member of Lyginopteridales. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chen in Chen, Zhang & Yang | Permian | A callipterid seed fern. | |||||
Sp. nov | Durieux, Decombeix, Harper, Ramel & Prestianni in Durieux et al. | Devonian (Famennian) | A member of Archaeopteridales. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Naugolnykh | Permian | A member of Peltaspermales. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Šimůnek | |||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Šimůnek | |||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Šimůnek | |||||||
Sp. nov | Liu et al. | Devonian | Wutong Formation | An early seed plant. | |||||
Sp. nov | Liu et al. | Devonian | Wutong Formation | An early seed plant. | |||||
Comb. nov | (Halle) | Permian | Upper Shihezi Formation | A seed fern. Moved from Odontopteris orbicularis Halle (1927). | |||||
Sp. nov | Sun & Deng in Sun et al. | Middle Triassic | Tongchuan Formation | A seed fern belonging to the family Umkomasiaceae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Wang et al. | Devonian (Famennian) | |||||||
Comb. nov | (Van Konijnenburg-van Cittert et al.) | Late Triassic | Pollen organ of a plant of uncertain affinities. Moved from Hydropterangium roesleri Van Konijnenburg-van Cittert et al. (2017) | ||||||
Sp. nov | Shi et al. | Late Triassic | Yangmeilong Formation | Pollen organ of a plant of uncertain affinities, associated with pinnate leaves of Ptilozamites . | |||||
Sp. nov | Zhou et al. | Permian (Asselian) | Taiyuan Formation | A taeniopterid plant. | |||||
Sp. nov | Oh et al. | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Indeterminate Spermatopyte Wood, maybe related with Bennettitales or Cycadales | ||||||
Comb. nov | Valid | (White) | Carboniferous | A member of Medullosales. Moved from Neuropteris lindahlii White (1903). | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Qin, He, Hilton & Wang in Qin et al. | Permian | Xuanwei Formation | A taeniopterid. The type species is P. taeniopteroides. | |||||
Sp. nov | Xu & Zhao in Zhao et al. | Early Cretaceous | Guyang Formation | A gymnosperm wood. | |||||
Sp. nov | Jiang & Wan in Jiang et al. | Permian | Upper Shihhotse Formation | Fossil trunk of a gymnosperm. | |||||
Sp. nov | Nosova in Nosova, Fedyaevskiy & Lyubarova | Middle Jurassic (Bathonian–Callovian) | A gymnosperm belonging to the family Pseudotorelliaceae. | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Gastaldo et al. | Carboniferous (Tournaisian) | A tree of uncertain affinities. The type species is S. densifolia. | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Agnihotri, Srivastava & McLoughlin | Permian (Kungurian) | Barakar Formation | A member of Peltaspermales. The type species is S. furcatum. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Wang & Chen | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A plant with conifer-like vegetative and reproductive morphologies, as well as a single seed partially wrapped by the subtending bract. The type species is S. intermedia. | |||||
Sp. nov | Meyer-Berthaud et al. | Devonian (Givetian) | |||||||
Gen. nov | Fu et al. | Middle Jurassic | Dabu Formation | A possible flowering plant. The type species is X. dabuensis, formerly named Williamsoniella dabuensis Zheng & Zhang (1990). | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Cooling in McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Orallo Formation | Spores of a member of Isoetopsida. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Silva-Caminha & Jaramillo | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | ||||
Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | |||||||
Sp. nov | Cooling & McKellar | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Orallo Formation | ||||||
Sp. nov | De Benedetti et al. | Cretaceous-Paleogene transition | A fern spore of uncertain affinities. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Cooling in McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Orallo Formation | ||||||
Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Orallo Formation | ||||||
Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Gubberamunda Sandstone | ||||||
Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Walloon Coal Measures | Spores of a fern. | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic | Spores with uncertain (possibly lycopodialean) affinity. The type species is "Lycopodiacidites" frankonense Achilles (1981). | ||||||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic and Early Cretaceous | Hutton Sandstone | Spores of a member of the family Sphagnaceae. The type species is D. biannuliverrucatus; genus also includes "Stereisporites (Dicyclosporis)" verrucyclus Schulz in Döring et al (1966) and "Distalanulisporites" verrucosus Pocock (1970). | |||||
Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Walloon Coal Measures | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Silva-Caminha & Jaramillo | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen, probably of a member of the family Pontederiaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Cooling in Cooling & McKellar | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Orallo Formation | ||||||
Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Mooga Sandstone | ||||||
Sp. nov | McKellar in Cooling & McKellar | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Walloon Coal Measures | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Silva-Caminha & Jaramillo | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil spores. | ||||
Sp. nov | Thakre et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Pollen grains of uncertain affinity. | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Thakre et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Mandla Formation | Pollen grains of uncertain affinity. The type species is F. foveolatus. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Thakre et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Mandla Formation | Pollen grains of uncertain affinity. The type species is H. chitaleyae. | |||||
Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Westbourne Formation | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Thakre et al. | Paleocene (Danian) | Pollen grains of uncertain affinity. The type species is I. perforatus. | ||||||
Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Hutton Sandstone | Probably spores of a bryophyte. | |||||
Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Westbourne Formation | ||||||
Sp. nov | Thakre et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Mandla Formation | Pollen grains of uncertain affinity. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Silva-Caminha & Jaramillo | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Silva-Caminha & Jaramillo | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen, probably of a member of the family Bromeliaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Silva-Caminha & Jaramillo | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen of a member of the family Loranthaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Hutton Sandstone | Possible algal spores. | |||||
Sp. nov | McKellar in Cooling & McKellar | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Westbourne Formation | Possible algal spores. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Silva-Caminha & Jaramillo | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | ||||
Sp. nov | De Benedetti et al. | Cretaceous-Paleogene transition | La Colonia Formation | A fern spore of uncertain affinities. | |||||
Sp. nov | De Benedetti et al. | Cretaceous-Paleogene transition | La Colonia Formation | A lycophyte spore. | |||||
Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Walloon Coal Measures | ||||||
Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Walloon Coal Measures | ||||||
Nom. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Triassic | Probably spores of a hornwort; a replacement name for Simeonospora khlonovae Balme (1970). | ||||||
Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Hutton Sandstone | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Silva-Caminha & Jaramillo | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen, probably of a member of the family Malpighiaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Westbourne Formation | ||||||
Sp. nov | McKellar in Cooling & McKellar | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Hutton Sandstone | ||||||
Sp. nov | Cooling in Cooling & McKellar | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Orallo Formation | ||||||
Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Hutton Sandstone | ||||||
Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Hutton Sandstone | ||||||
Sp. nov | McKellar in Cooling & McKellar | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Gubberamunda Sandstone | ||||||
Sp. nov | Cooling in Cooling & McKellar | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Westbourne Formation | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Silva-Caminha & Jaramillo | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen. | ||||
Sp. nov | Thakre et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Mandla Formation | Pollen grains of uncertain affinity. | |||||
Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Westbourne Formation | Spores of a fern. | |||||
Sp. nov | Junior homonym | Thakre et al. | Paleocene (Danian) | Amarwara Formation | Possible pollen grains of a member of the family Typhaceae/Sparganiaceae. The name is preoccupied by Sparganiaceaepollenites annulatus De Benedetti (2023); furthermore, DeBenedetti et al. (2025) considered the species to be synonymous with the Maastrichtian species Sparganiaceaepollenites intertrappeansis . [217] | ||||
Sp. nov | Thakre et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) and Paleocene (Danian) | Pollen grains of uncertain affinity. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Thakre et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Mandla Formation | Pollen grains of uncertain affinity. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | D'Apolito, Silva-Caminha & Jaramillo | Miocene | Solimões Formation | Fossil pollen, probably of a member of the family Cabombaceae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Mendes et al. | Eocene-Oligocene | Kwanza Basin | Genus includes new species S. angolensis. | |||||
Sp. nov | De Benedetti et al. | Cretaceous-Paleogene transition | La Colonia Formation | A salvinialean spore. | |||||
Sp. nov | Thakre et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Mandla Formation | Pollen grains of a possible member of the family Ericaceae. | |||||
Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Westbourne Formation | Spores of a member of the family Marattiaceae. | |||||