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. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Ernst, Vachard & Rodríguez |
Devonian (Pragian) |
A probable member of Dasycladales. The type species is B. hispanica. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bucur, Del Piero & Martini |
Late Triassic (Norian) |
A member of Dasycladales. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Grgasović |
Middle Triassic (Anisian) |
A member of Dasycladales belonging to the family Triploporellaceae. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Krings |
Devonian |
A probable member of Chlorophyta. The type species is H. verecunda. |
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Nom. nov |
Pu |
Silurian (Llandovery) |
Waukesha Lagerstätte |
A dasycladalean alga; a replacement name for Heterocladus LoDuca, Kluessendorf & Mikulic (2003). |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bucur et al. |
Triassic |
A member of Dasycladales. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Grgasović |
Middle Triassic (Anisian) |
A member of Dasycladales belonging to the family Dasycladaceae. |
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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. |
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Sp. nov |
Siver |
Eocene |
A species of Mallomonas. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Sp. nov |
Ignatov in Ignatov et al. |
Permian (Lopingian) |
A moss belonging to the group Protosphagnales. |
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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 |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Mamontov, Atwood & Perkovsky in Mamontov et al. |
Eocene |
A liverwort, a species of Jubula. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Schäfer-Verwimp, Mamontov, Feldberg & Perkovsky in Mamontov et al. |
Eocene |
Rovno amber |
A liverwort, a species of Lejeunea. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Mamontov et al. |
Eocene |
Rovno amber |
A liverwort, a species of Leptoscyphus. |
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Sp. nov |
Mamontov et al. |
Eocene |
Rovno amber |
A liverwort. |
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Sp. nov |
Mamontov et al. |
Eocene |
Rovno amber |
A liverwort. |
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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. |
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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). |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Pšenička, Bek & Nelson |
Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Cariglino, Zavattieri & Lara |
Triassic |
A member of the family Selaginellaceae. |
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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. |
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Sp. nov |
Chen & Yan in Chen et al. |
Oligocene |
Shangganchaigou Formation |
A species of Adiantum. |
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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. |
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Comb. nov |
Valid |
(Goodlet) |
Carboniferous (Serpukhovian) |
Limestone Coal Formation |
A member of the family Tedeleaceae; moved from "Megaphyton" chalmersii Goodlet (1957). |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Correia & Sá |
Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) |
Vale da Mó Formation |
A member of Sphenophyllales. Genus includes new species B. zeliapereirae. |
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Sp. nov |
Guo, Zhou & Feng in Guo et al. |
Permian (Lopingian) |
Xuanwei Formation |
A marattialean fern. |
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Sp. nov |
Li & Moran in Guo et al. |
Cretaceous |
Burmese amber |
A member of the family Cystodiaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Procopio Rodríguez, Bodnar & Beltrán |
Middle Triassic (Ladinian) |
Cortaderita Formation |
A member of the family Equisetaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Guo, Zhou & Feng in Guo et al. |
Permian (Lopingian) |
Xuanwei Formation |
A filicalean fern. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
D'Antonio et al. |
Carboniferous |
A member of Sphenophyllales. Genus includes new species H. kostorhysii. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Meyer-Berthaud et al. |
Devonian (Givetian) |
A member of Cladoxylopsida. Genus includes new species J. modica. |
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Sp. nov |
Kuipers, van Konijnenburg-van Cittert & Wagner-Cremer |
Middle Triassic (Anisian) |
A member of Equisetales. |
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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. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Chu & Tomescu in Chu, Durieux & Tomescu |
Devonian (Emsian) |
A member of Cladoxylopsida. Genus includes new species P. kespekianum. |
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Sp. nov |
Regalado & Schmidt in Regalado et al. |
Miocene |
Dominican amber |
A species of Pecluma. |
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Sp. nov |
Sun et al. |
Permian |
Taiyuan Formation |
A marattialean fern. |
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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 |
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Comb. nov |
(Wieland) |
Early Jurassic (Toarcian) |
Rosario Formation |
A member of Bennettitales. Moved from Williamsonia huitzilopochtli Wieland. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Jiang & Yamada in Jiang et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
Heitaro-zawa Formation |
A species of Cunninghamia. |
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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 |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Rothwell & Stockey |
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) |
The type species is O. elongatus. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Kowalski in Kowalski et al. |
Oligocene to Pliocene |
Cottbus Formation |
The type species is "Pseudotsuga" jechorekiae Czaja (2000). |
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Sp. nov |
Zhu, Li, Wang & Zouros in Zhu et al. |
Miocene |
Sigri Pyroclastic Formation |
A species of Pseudotsuga. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Frolov & Mashchuk |
Early Jurassic (Toarcian) |
Prisayan Formation |
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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). |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Van Konijnenburg-van Cittert et al. |
Late Triassic (Rhaetian) |
A conifer cone. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Shi et al. |
Permian (Lopingian) |
Sunjiagou Formation |
A conifer wood. The type species is S. zhangziensis. |
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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. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Friis, Crane & Pedersen in Friis et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
Potomac Group |
A chloranthoid flowering plant. |
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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. |
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Comb. nov |
Valid |
(Meyer & Manchester) |
Eocene and Oligocene |
A member of Lauraceae; moved from Cinnamomophyllum knowltonii Meyer & Manchester (1997). |
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Sp. nov |
Zhu, Manchester & Lott |
Miocene |
Fort Preston Formation |
A species of Illigera. |
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Sp. nov |
Pujana et al. |
Eocene |
A member of Lauraceae. |
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Comb. nov |
Valid |
(Brown) |
Eocene |
A member of Lauraceae; moved from Umbellularia eocenica Brown (1940). |
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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. |
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Comb. nov |
Valid |
(Mai) |
Oligocene to Miocene |
A species of Magnolia; moved from Manglietia germanica Mai (1971). |
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Sp. nov |
Rubalcava-Knoth & Cevallos-Ferriz |
Late Cretaceous |
A member of Laurales. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Sp. nov |
Greenwood & Conran |
Cenozoic |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Mahato & Khan |
Miocene |
Chunabati Formation |
Published online in 2024, but the issue date is listed as December 2023. |
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Sp. nov |
Gao & Su in Gao et al. |
Paleocene |
Liuqu Formation |
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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. |
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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. |
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Comb. nov |
Valid |
Miocene |
A species of Clematis; moved from "Elaeodendron" oligoneure Ettingshausen (1869). |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Axsmith et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) |
A member of the family Ranunculaceae. The type species is C. alabamensis. |
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Sp. nov |
Kumar, Manchester & Khan |
Cretaceous-Paleocene (Maastrichtian-Danian) |
A member of the family Menispermaceae. |
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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. |
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Comb. nov |
(Berry) Nares, Huegele, Manchester |
Eocene |
Aycross Formation |
Negundo fremontensis (1930) |
A sycamore relative |
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Comb. nov |
(Brown) Nares, Huegele, Manchester |
Late Cretaceous |
A sycamore relative |
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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. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Manchester & Judd |
Miocene |
A probable Ebenaceae genus |
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Sp. nov |
Cevallos-Ferriz et al. |
Miocene |
Wood of a member of the family Sapotaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Xu & Jin in Xu et al. |
Oligocene and Miocene |
A species of Symplocos. |
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Sp. nov |
Xu & Jin in Xu et al. |
Oligocene |
Yongning Formation |
A species of Symplocos. |
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Comb. nov |
Valid |
(Ettingshausen) |
Miocene |
A member of the family Theaceae; moved from "Euonymus" diversifolius Ettingshausen (1888). |
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Comb. nov |
Valid |
(Ettingshausen) |
Miocene |
A member of the family Theaceae; moved from "Sorbus" egeriae Ettingshausen (1888). |
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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 |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Ramos et al. |
Pleistocene |
El Palmar Formation |
Fossil wood of a member of the family Apocynaceae. |
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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. |
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Sp. nov |
Cao, Wu & Ding in Cao et al. |
Pliocene |
Mangbang Formation |
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Sp. nov |
El-Noamani & Ziada |
Miocene |
Gebel El-Khashab Formation |
A member of Detarioideae. |
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Sp. nov |
Zhao, Huang & Su in Zhao et al. |
Miocene |
Lower Sanhaogou Formation |
A species of Dalbergia. |
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Sp. nov |
Cevallos-Ferriz et al. |
Miocene |
Wood of a member of Papilionoideae. |
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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. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Spagnuolo & Wilf in Spagnuolo et al. |
Eocene |
Tanjung Formation |
A legume. Genus includes new species J. gunnellii. |
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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). |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Iamandei & Iamandei in Iamandei et al. |
Miocene |
Wood of a member of the family Juglandaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Iamandei & Iamandei in Iamandei et al. |
Miocene |
Wood of a member of the family Juglandaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Manchester et al. |
Eocene |
A species of Juglans. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Manchester et al. |
Eocene |
Buchanan Lake Formation |
A species of Juglans. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Manchester et al. |
Eocene |
Buchanan Lake Formation |
A species of Juglans. |
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Comb. nov |
Valid |
(Kirchheimer) |
Miocene |
A member of the family Myricaceae; moved from Myrica stoppii Kirchheimer (1942). |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Manchester & Judd |
Eocene |
A new genus for "Juncus" crassulus Cockerell (1908). |
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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. |
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Sp. nov |
Mahato et al. |
Neogene |
A species of Calophyllum. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Hazra, Manchester & Khan |
Pliocene |
A species of Dicella. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Sp. nov |
Centeno-González, Alvarado-Cárdenas & Estrada-Ruiz |
Miocene |
Mexican amber |
A species of Miconia. |
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Sp. nov |
Woodcock |
Eocene |
Fossil wood with affinities with the family Vochysiaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Ayala-Usma & Lozano-Gutiérrez in Ayala-Usma et al. |
Pleistocene |
Fossil wood of a member of the family Combretaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Xiao in Xiao et al. |
Miocene |
Shengxian Formation |
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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 |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Agbamuche, Hamersma & Manchester |
Oligocene |
A rose. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Fields, Agbamuche & Hamersma in Agbamuche, Hamersma & Manchester |
Miocene |
A rose. |
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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. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Wilf et al. |
Eocene |
A member of Anacardiaceae related to Dobinea; a new genus for "Celtis" ameghinoi. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Herrera et al. |
Miocene |
Cucaracha Formation |
A species of Cissus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Herrera et al. |
Eocene |
A species of Leea. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Herrera et al. |
Paleocene |
A member of the family Vitaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Tosal, Vicente & Denk |
Eocene to Oligocene |
Montmaneu Formation |
A species of Nekemias. |
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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. |
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Sp. nov |
Huang & Wang |
Early Cretaceous (Barremian–Aptian) |
Yixian Formation |
An early flowering plant. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Jud et al. |
Late Cretaceous |
A dicot liana of uncertain affinities. Genus includes new species C. multiporosa. |
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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). |
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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. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Hayes & Pearson |
Carboniferous (Viséan) |
Teilia Formation |
A member of Lyginopteridales. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Chen in Chen, Zhang & Yang |
Permian |
A callipterid seed fern. |
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Sp. nov |
Durieux, Decombeix, Harper, Ramel & Prestianni in Durieux et al. |
Devonian (Famennian) |
A member of Archaeopteridales. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Naugolnykh |
Permian |
A member of Peltaspermales. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Šimůnek |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Šimůnek |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Šimůnek |
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Sp. nov |
Liu et al. |
Devonian |
Wutong Formation |
An early seed plant. |
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Sp. nov |
Liu et al. |
Devonian |
Wutong Formation |
An early seed plant. |
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Comb. nov |
(Halle) |
Permian |
Upper Shihezi Formation |
A seed fern. Moved from Odontopteris orbicularis Halle (1927). |
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Sp. nov |
Sun & Deng in Sun et al. |
Middle Triassic |
Tongchuan Formation |
A seed fern belonging to the family Umkomasiaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Wang et al. |
Devonian (Famennian) |
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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) |
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Sp. nov |
Shi et al. |
Late Triassic |
Yangmeilong Formation |
Pollen organ of a plant of uncertain affinities, associated with pinnate leaves of Ptilozamites. |
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Sp. nov |
Zhou et al. |
Permian (Asselian) |
Taiyuan Formation |
A taeniopterid plant. |
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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). |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Qin, He, Hilton & Wang in Qin et al. |
Permian |
Xuanwei Formation |
A taeniopterid. The type species is P. taeniopteroides. |
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Sp. nov |
Xu & Zhao in Zhao et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
Guyang Formation |
A gymnosperm wood. |
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Sp. nov |
Jiang & Wan in Jiang et al. |
Permian |
Upper Shihhotse Formation |
Fossil trunk of a gymnosperm. |
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Sp. nov |
Nosova in Nosova, Fedyaevskiy & Lyubarova |
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian–Callovian) |
A gymnosperm belonging to the family Pseudotorelliaceae. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Gastaldo et al. |
Carboniferous (Tournaisian) |
A tree of uncertain affinities. The type species is S. densifolia. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Agnihotri, Srivastava & McLoughlin |
Permian (Kungurian) |
Barakar Formation |
A member of Peltaspermales. The type species is S. furcatum. |
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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. |
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Sp. nov |
Meyer-Berthaud et al. |
Devonian (Givetian) |
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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. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
D'Apolito, Silva-Caminha & Jaramillo |
Miocene |
Solimões Formation |
Fossil pollen. |
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Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
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Sp. nov |
Cooling & McKellar |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Orallo Formation |
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Sp. nov |
De Benedetti et al. |
Cretaceous-Paleogene transition |
A fern spore of uncertain affinities. |
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Sp. nov |
Cooling in McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Orallo Formation |
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Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Orallo Formation |
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Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Gubberamunda Sandstone |
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Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Walloon Coal Measures |
Spores of a fern. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic |
Spores with uncertain (possibly lycopodialean) affinity. The type species is "Lycopodiacidites" frankonense Achilles (1981). |
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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). |
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Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Walloon Coal Measures |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
D'Apolito, Silva-Caminha & Jaramillo |
Miocene |
Solimões Formation |
Fossil pollen, probably of a member of the family Pontederiaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Cooling in Cooling & McKellar |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Orallo Formation |
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Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Mooga Sandstone |
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Sp. nov |
McKellar in Cooling & McKellar |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Walloon Coal Measures |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
D'Apolito, Silva-Caminha & Jaramillo |
Miocene |
Solimões Formation |
Fossil spores. |
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Sp. nov |
Thakre et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
Pollen grains of uncertain affinity. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Thakre et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
Mandla Formation |
Pollen grains of uncertain affinity. The type species is F. foveolatus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Thakre et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
Mandla Formation |
Pollen grains of uncertain affinity. The type species is H. chitaleyae. |
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Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Westbourne Formation |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Thakre et al. |
Paleocene (Danian) |
Pollen grains of uncertain affinity. The type species is I. perforatus. |
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Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Hutton Sandstone |
Probably spores of a bryophyte. |
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Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Westbourne Formation |
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Sp. nov |
Thakre et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
Mandla Formation |
Pollen grains of uncertain affinity. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
D'Apolito, Silva-Caminha & Jaramillo |
Miocene |
Solimões Formation |
Fossil pollen. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
D'Apolito, Silva-Caminha & Jaramillo |
Miocene |
Solimões Formation |
Fossil pollen, probably of a member of the family Bromeliaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
D'Apolito, Silva-Caminha & Jaramillo |
Miocene |
Solimões Formation |
Fossil pollen of a member of the family Loranthaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Hutton Sandstone |
Possible algal spores. |
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Sp. nov |
McKellar in Cooling & McKellar |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Westbourne Formation |
Possible algal spores. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
D'Apolito, Silva-Caminha & Jaramillo |
Miocene |
Solimões Formation |
Fossil pollen. |
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Sp. nov |
De Benedetti et al. |
Cretaceous-Paleogene transition |
La Colonia Formation |
A fern spore of uncertain affinities. |
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Sp. nov |
De Benedetti et al. |
Cretaceous-Paleogene transition |
La Colonia Formation |
A lycophyte spore. |
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Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Walloon Coal Measures |
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Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Walloon Coal Measures |
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Nom. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Triassic |
Probably spores of a hornwort; a replacement name for Simeonospora khlonovae Balme (1970). |
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Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Hutton Sandstone |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
D'Apolito, Silva-Caminha & Jaramillo |
Miocene |
Solimões Formation |
Fossil pollen, probably of a member of the family Malpighiaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Westbourne Formation |
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Sp. nov |
McKellar in Cooling & McKellar |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Hutton Sandstone |
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Sp. nov |
Cooling in Cooling & McKellar |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Orallo Formation |
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Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Hutton Sandstone |
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Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Hutton Sandstone |
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Sp. nov |
McKellar in Cooling & McKellar |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Gubberamunda Sandstone |
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Sp. nov |
Cooling in Cooling & McKellar |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Westbourne Formation |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
D'Apolito, Silva-Caminha & Jaramillo |
Miocene |
Solimões Formation |
Fossil pollen. |
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Sp. nov |
Thakre et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
Mandla Formation |
Pollen grains of uncertain affinity. |
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Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Westbourne Formation |
Spores of a fern. |
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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] |
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Sp. nov |
Thakre et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) and Paleocene (Danian) |
Pollen grains of uncertain affinity. |
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Sp. nov |
Thakre et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
Mandla Formation |
Pollen grains of uncertain affinity. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
D'Apolito, Silva-Caminha & Jaramillo |
Miocene |
Solimões Formation |
Fossil pollen, probably of a member of the family Cabombaceae. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Mendes et al. |
Eocene-Oligocene |
Kwanza Basin |
Genus includes new species S. angolensis. |
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Sp. nov |
De Benedetti et al. |
Cretaceous-Paleogene transition |
La Colonia Formation |
A salvinialean spore. |
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Sp. nov |
Thakre et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
Mandla Formation |
Pollen grains of a possible member of the family Ericaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Westbourne Formation |
Spores of a member of the family Marattiaceae. |