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This paleobotany list records new fossil plant taxa that were to be described during the year 2024, as well as 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. | |||||
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 | 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. | ||||||
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 | 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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Heliodendron [25] | 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. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Rößler et al. | Permian | A calamitalean. | ||||||
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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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 | ||||||
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 | (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. | ||||||
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. | |||||
Palmoxylon coryphaoides [85] | 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. | ||||
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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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 | 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) | Eocene | "Tipperary flora" | A member of Proteales belonging to the family Platanaceae; moved from Negundo fremontensis Berry (1930). | |||||
Platanites montanus [94] | Comb. nov | (Brown) | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A member of Proteales belonging to the family Platanaceae; moved from Sassafras montana Brown (1939). | |||||
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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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. | |||||
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. | |||||
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 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 | 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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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). | |||||
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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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 | ||||||
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 . | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Tilley | Paleocene | 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; [144] on the other hand Beurel et al. (2024) interpreted it as a flowering plant with probable magnoliid affinities. [143] 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 | Valid | Naugolnykh | Permian | A member of Peltaspermales. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Šimůnek | |||||||
Cordaites roprachticensis [151] | Sp. nov | Valid | Šimůnek | ||||||
Cordaites setlikii [151] | Sp. nov | Valid | Šimůnek | ||||||
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 | ||||||
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 | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Evergreen Formation | ||||||
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 | ||||||
Converrucosisporites pricei [176] | 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 | Cooling in Cooling & McKellar | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Orallo Formation | ||||||
Dictyotosporites obscurus [176] | Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Mooga Sandstone | |||||
Dictyotosporites sandrana [176] | Sp. nov | McKellar in Cooling & McKellar | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Walloon Coal Measures | |||||
Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Westbourne Formation | ||||||
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) | |||||||
Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Hutton Sandstone | Possible algal spores. | |||||
Maculatasporites fionabethiana [176] | Sp. nov | McKellar in Cooling & McKellar | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Westbourne Formation | Possible algal spores. | ||||
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. | |||||
Neoraistrickia parvibacula [176] | Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Walloon Coal Measures | |||||
Neoraistrickia rugobacula [176] | 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 | 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 | ||||||
Retitriletes neofacetus [176] | Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Hutton Sandstone | |||||
Retitriletes proxiradiatus [176] | Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Hutton Sandstone | |||||
Retitriletes siobhaniae [176] | Sp. nov | McKellar in Cooling & McKellar | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Gubberamunda Sandstone | |||||
Retitriletes thomsonii [176] | Sp. nov | Cooling in Cooling & McKellar | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Westbourne Formation | |||||
Sp. nov | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Westbourne Formation | Spores of a fern. | |||||
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 | McKellar & Cooling | Jurassic–Cretaceous transition | Westbourne Formation | Spores of a member of the family Marattiaceae. | |||||
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