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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.
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Acicularia claudiopolitana[2] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bucur et al. |
Triassic |
A species of Acicularia. |
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Bediaella[3] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Ernst, Vachard & Rodríguez |
Devonian (Pragian) |
A probable member of Dasycladales. The type species is B. hispanica. |
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Clypeina? pamelareidae[4] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bucur, Del Piero & Martini |
Late Triassic (Norian) |
A member of Dasycladales. |
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Harpericystis[5] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Krings |
Devonian |
A probable member of Chlorophyta. The type species is H. verecunda. |
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Jimaodanus[6] |
Nom. nov |
Pu |
Silurian (Llandovery) |
Waukesha Lagerstätte |
A dasycladalean alga; a replacement name for Heterocladus LoDuca, Kluessendorf & Mikulic (2003). |
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Julpiaella baltresi[2] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bucur et al. |
Triassic |
A member of Dasycladales. |
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Pseudodiplopora ioanaletitiae[2] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bucur et al. |
Triassic |
A member of Dasycladales. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Houjiashania[7] |
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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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Characrhynium[9] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Krings |
Devonian |
Windyfield chert |
A probable unicellular alga. Genus includes new species C. amoenum. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Jamesrossia[14] |
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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Servicktia tatyanae[15] |
Sp. nov |
Ignatov in Ignatov et al. |
Permian (Lopingian) |
A moss belonging to the group Protosphagnales. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Frullania delgadillii[16] |
Sp. nov |
Juárez-Martínez & Estrada-Ruiz in Juárez-Martínez, Córdova-Tabares & Estrada-Ruiz |
Miocene |
Mexican amber |
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Jubula polessica[17] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Mamontov, Atwood & Perkovsky in Mamontov et al. |
Eocene |
A liverwort, a species of Jubula. |
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Leptoscyphus davidii[18] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Mamontov et al. |
Eocene |
Rovno amber |
A liverwort, a species of Leptoscyphus. |
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Nipponolejeunea rovnoi[19] |
Sp. nov |
Mamontov et al. |
Eocene |
Rovno amber |
A liverwort. |
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Nipponolejeunea solodovnikovii[19] |
Sp. nov |
Mamontov et al. |
Eocene |
Rovno amber |
A liverwort. |
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Radula tikhomirovae[20] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Mamontov & Perkovsky in Mamontov et al. |
Eocene |
A liverwort, a species of Radula. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Heliodendron[22] |
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 |
Pšenička, Bek & Nelson |
Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) |
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Selaginellites argentinensis[24] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Cariglino, Zavattieri & Lara |
Triassic |
A member of the family Selaginellaceae. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Bussacoconus[25] |
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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Cystodium parasorbifolium[26] |
Sp. nov |
Li & Moran in Guo et al. |
Cretaceous |
Burmese amber |
A member of the family Cystodiaceae. |
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Equicalastrobus glabratus[27] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Procopio Rodríguez, Bodnar & Beltrán |
Middle Triassic (Ladinian) |
Cortaderita Formation |
A member of the family Equisetaceae. |
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Henanotheca qingyunensis[28] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Guo, Zhou & Feng in Guo et al. |
Permian (Lopingian) |
Xuanwei Formation |
A filicalean fern. |
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Hexaphyllostrobus[29] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
D'Antonio et al. |
Carboniferous |
A member of Sphenophyllales. Genus includes new species H. kostorhysii. |
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Jerana[30] |
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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Palaeosorum siwalikum[32] |
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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Pecluma hispaniolae[33] |
Sp. nov |
Regalado & Schmidt in Regalado et al. |
Miocene |
Dominican amber |
A species of Pecluma. |
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Sp. nov |
Liu et al. |
Cretaceous |
Songliao Basin |
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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. |
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Williamsoniella rosarensis[43] |
Sp. nov |
Velasco de León et al. |
Early-Middle Jurassic |
Cualac Formation |
A member of Bennettitales belonging to the family Williamsoniaceae. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Amurodendron[45] |
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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Cunninghamia nakatonbetsuensis[46] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Jiang & Yamada in Jiang et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
Heitaro-zawa Formation |
A species of Cunninghamia. |
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Cupressoxylon dianneae[47] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Vanner et al. |
Cretaceous |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Paranothotsuga[48] |
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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Pseudotsuga lesvosensis[49] |
Sp. nov |
Zhu, Li, Wang & Zouros in Zhu et al. |
Miocene |
Sigri Pyroclastic Formation |
A species of Pseudotsuga. |
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Tsuga weichangensis[50] |
Sp. nov |
In press |
Li et al. |
Miocene |
A species of Tsuga. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Podocarpus paralungatikensis[44] |
Sp. nov |
Slodownik |
Eocene |
A species of Podocarpus. |
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Protophyllocladoxylon jacobusii[47] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Vanner et al. |
Cretaceous |
Tupuangi Formation |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Cratoxylon[52] |
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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Ferganiella ivantsovii[53] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Frolov & Mashchuk |
Early Jurassic (Toarcian) |
Prisayan Formation |
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Leliacladus[54] |
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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Ourostrobus einbergensis[55] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Van Konijnenburg-van Cittert et al. |
Late Triassic (Rhaetian) |
A conifer cone. |
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Shanxiopitys[56] |
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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Sphaerostrobus einbergensis[55] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Van Konijnenburg-van Cittert et al. |
Late Triassic (Rhaetian) |
A conifer cone. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Laiyangia[60] |
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. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Asterostemon[61] |
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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Swamyflora[61] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Friis, Crane & Pedersen in Friis et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
Potomac Group |
A chloranthoid flowering plant. |
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Wasmyflora[61] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Friis, Crane & Pedersen in Friis et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
Vale de Água clay pit complex |
A chloranthoid flowering plant. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Cryptocarya latiradiata[62] |
Sp. nov |
Zhang, Su & Oskolski in Zhang et al. |
Miocene |
Dajie Formation |
A species of Cryptocarya. |
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Magnolia germanica[48] |
Comb. nov |
Valid |
(Mai) |
Oligocene to Miocene |
A species of Magnolia; moved from Manglietia germanica Mai (1971). |
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Pabiania enochii[63] |
Sp. nov |
Rubalcava-Knoth & Cevallos-Ferriz |
Late Cretaceous |
A member of Laurales. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Cryosophiloxylon indicum[65] |
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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Palmoxylon coryphaoides[67] |
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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Spinopinnophyllum[70] |
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. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Dioscorea lindgrenii[71] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Herrera & Manchester |
Eocene |
Green River Formation |
A species of Dioscorea. |
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Dioscorea shermanii[71] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Herrera & Manchester |
Eocene |
Green River Formation |
A species of Dioscorea. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sparganium tuberculatum[48] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kowalski in Kowalski et al. |
Miocene |
Spremberg Formation |
A species of Sparganium. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Palaeosinomenium oisensis[75] |
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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Platanites fremontensis[76] |
Comb. nov |
(Berry) |
Eocene |
"Tipperary flora" |
A member of Proteales belonging to the family Platanaceae; moved from Negundo fremontensis Berry (1930). |
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Platanites montanus[76] |
Comb. nov |
(Brown) |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
A member of Proteales belonging to the family Platanaceae; moved from Sassafras montana Brown (1939). |
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Sabia megacarpa[77] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Latchaw & Manchester |
Miocene |
Succor Creek Formation |
A member of Proteales belonging to the family Sabiaceae. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Ancistrocladus eocenicus[81] |
Sp. nov |
Ali, Manchester & Khan in Ali et al. |
Eocene |
Palana Formation |
A species of Ancistrocladus. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Fenestracarpa[82] |
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. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Pterosinojackia[48] |
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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Sapotoxylon costarricensis[83] |
Sp. nov |
Cevallos-Ferriz et al. |
Miocene |
Wood of a member of the family Sapotaceae. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Apocynoxylon umut-tuncii[84] |
Sp. nov |
Akkemik & Mantzouka in Akkemik, Toprak & Mantzouka |
Eocene |
Çekerek Formation |
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Aspidospermoxylon guatambue[85] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Ramos et al. |
Pleistocene |
El Palmar Formation |
Fossil wood of a member of the family Apocynaceae. |
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Aspidospermoxylon paleoneuron[85] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Ramos et al. |
Pleistocene |
El Palmar Formation |
Fossil wood of a member of the family Apocynaceae. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Aphanocalyxylon[83] |
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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Bauhinia tengchongensis[87] |
Sp. nov |
Cao, Wu & Ding in Cao et al. |
Pliocene |
Mangbang Formation |
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Dalbergia ziwenii[88] |
Sp. nov |
Zhao, Huang & Su in Zhao et al. |
Miocene |
Lower Sanhaogou Formation |
A species of Dalbergia. |
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Dalbergioxylon judasea[83] |
Sp. nov |
Cevallos-Ferriz et al. |
Miocene |
Wood of a member of Papilionoideae. |
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Hymenaeaphyllum[89] |
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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Jantungspermum[90] |
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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Mezoneuron zhekunii[91] |
Sp. nov |
Zhao, Jia & Su in Zhao et al. |
Miocene |
Sanhaogou Formation |
A species of Mezoneuron. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Engelhardioxylon lesbium[92] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Iamandei & Iamandei in Iamandei et al. |
Miocene |
Wood of a member of the family Juglandaceae. |
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Eucaryoxylon lesbium[92] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Iamandei & Iamandei in Iamandei et al. |
Miocene |
Wood of a member of the family Juglandaceae. |
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Juglans cordata[93] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Manchester et al. |
Eocene |
A species of Juglans. |
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Juglans eoarctica[93] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Manchester et al. |
Eocene |
Buchanan Lake Formation |
A species of Juglans. |
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Juglans nathorstii[93] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Manchester et al. |
Eocene |
Buchanan Lake Formation |
A species of Juglans. |
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Morella stoppii[48] |
Comb. nov |
Valid |
(Kirchheimer) |
Miocene |
A member of the family Myricaceae; moved from Myrica stoppii Kirchheimer (1942). |
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Pterocarya liae[94] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Song & Wang in Song et al. |
Eocene |
Niubao Formation |
A species of Pterocarya. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Aspidopterys mangbangensis[95] |
Sp. nov |
Lou & Ding in Lou et al. |
Pliocene |
A species of Aspidopterys. |
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Calophyllum ramthiensis[96] |
Sp. nov |
Mahato et al. |
Neogene |
A species of Calophyllum. |
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Dicella indica[97] |
Sp. nov |
Hazra, Manchester & Khan |
Pliocene |
A species of Dicella. |
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Passiflora axsmithii[98] |
Sp. nov |
Stults, Hermsen & Starnes |
Oligocene |
A species of Passiflora. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Malvacioxylon[83] |
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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Uiher[99] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Siegert, Gandolfo & Wilf |
Eocene |
A member of Malvoideae. Genus includes new species U. karuen. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Andesanthus risaraldense[100] |
Sp. nov |
Ayala-Usma & Lozano-Gutiérrez in Ayala-Usma et al. |
Pleistocene |
A species of Andesanthus. |
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Eucalitoxylon[83] |
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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Hindeucalyptus[101] |
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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Miconia villasenorii[102] |
Sp. nov |
Centeno-González, Alvarado-Cárdenas & Estrada-Ruiz |
Miocene |
Mexican amber |
A species of Miconia. |
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Qualeoxylon lafila[103] |
Sp. nov |
Woodcock |
Eocene |
Fossil wood with affinities with the family Vochysiaceae. |
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Terminalioxylon gumminae[100] |
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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Trapa radiatiformis[104] |
Sp. nov |
Xiao in Xiao et al. |
Miocene |
Shengxian Formation |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Ficoxylon anatolica[84] |
Sp. nov |
Akkemik & Mantzouka in Akkemik, Toprak & Mantzouka |
Eocene |
Çekerek Formation |
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Rosa mariae[105] |
Sp. nov |
Agbamuche, Hamersma & Manchester |
Oligocene |
A rose. |
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Rosa packardae[105] |
Sp. nov |
Fields, Agbamuche & Hamersma in Agbamuche, Hamersma & Manchester |
Miocene |
A rose. |
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Ziziphoxylon sayaz[106] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Akkemik in Akkemik & Toprak |
Miocene (Burdigalian-Serravallian) |
Mut Formation |
Fossil wood of a member of the family Rhamnaceae. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Anacardium quindiuense[100] |
Sp. nov |
Ayala-Usma, Lozano-Gutiérrez & Orejuela in Ayala-Usma et al. |
Pleistocene |
A species of Anacardium. |
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Dobineaites[107] |
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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Pericuxylon[108] |
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. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Liquidambar nanningensis[109] |
Sp. nov |
Xu, Zdravchev, Maslova & Jin in Xu et al. |
Oligocene |
Yongning Formation |
A species of Liquidambar. |
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Parrotia zhiyanii[110] |
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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Zlatkophyllum[111] |
Gen. et comb. nov |
Wu et al. |
Eocene |
A member of the family Altingiaceae. Genus includes "Laurophyllum" fischkandelii Kunzmann & Walther (2002). |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Ampelocissus wenae[112] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Herrera et al. |
Miocene |
A species of Ampelocissus. |
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Cissus correae[112] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Herrera et al. |
Miocene |
Cucaracha Formation |
A species of Cissus. |
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Leea mcmillanae[112] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Herrera et al. |
Eocene |
A species of Leea. |
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Lithouva susmanii[112] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Herrera et al. |
Paleocene |
A member of the family Vitaceae. |
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Nekemias mucronata[113] |
Sp. nov |
Tosal, Vicente & Denk |
Eocene to Oligocene |
Montmaneu Formation |
A species of Nekemias. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Aextoxicoxylon jacksius[115] |
Sp. nov |
Tilley |
Paleocene |
Antarctica |
Fossil wood of a flowering plant sharing traits with extant Aextoxicon punctatum. |
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Archaebuda cretaceae[116] |
Sp. nov |
Huang & Wang |
Early Cretaceous (Barremian–Aptian) |
Yixian Formation |
An early flowering plant. |
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Comoxia[117] |
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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Felinanthus[118] |
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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Nothophylica[119] |
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;[120] on the other hand Beurel et al. (2024) interpreted it as a flowering plant with probable magnoliid affinities.[119] The type species is "Phylica" piloburmensis Shi et al. (2022). |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Alasemenia[124] |
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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Callipteris seshufenensis[125] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Chen in Chen, Zhang & Yang |
Permian |
A callipterid seed fern. |
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Compsopteris longipinnata[51] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Naugolnykh |
Permian |
A member of Peltaspermales. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Šimůnek |
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Cordaites roprachticensis[126] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Šimůnek |
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Cordaites setlikii[126] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Šimůnek |
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Cyrillopteris orbicularis[127] |
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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Gnetopsis quadria[129] |
Sp. nov |
Wang et al. |
Devonian (Famennian) |
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Harrisiothecium roesleri[130] |
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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Harrisiothecium sanduense[130] |
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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Mixoxylon jeffersonii[131] |
Sp. nov |
Oh et al. |
Early Jurassic (Toarcian) |
Indeterminate Spermatopyte Wood, maybe related with Bennettitales or Cycadales | |||||
Panxianopteris[132] |
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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Protocircoporoxylon guyangensis[133] |
Sp. nov |
Xu & Zhao in Zhao et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
Guyang Formation |
A gymnosperm wood. |
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Protocupressinoxylon baii[134] |
Sp. nov |
Jiang & Wan in Jiang et al. |
Permian |
Upper Shihhotse Formation |
Fossil trunk of a gymnosperm. |
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Pseudotorellia oskolica[135] |
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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Shaolinia[137] |
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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Triloboxylon maroccanum[30] |
Sp. nov |
Meyer-Berthaud et al. |
Devonian (Givetian) |
An aneurophytalean progymnosperm. |
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Xenofructus[138] |
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). |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Aratrisporites woodii[147] |
Sp. nov |
Cooling in McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Orallo Formation |
Spores of a member of Isoetopsida. |
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Callialasporites propinquivellersis[147] |
Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Evergreen Formation |
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Camarozonosporites dorsus[147] |
Sp. nov |
Cooling & McKellar |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Orallo Formation |
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Clavatosporis varians[148] |
Sp. nov |
De Benedetti et al. |
Cretaceous-Paleogene transition |
A fern spore of uncertain affinities. |
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Contignisporites confractus[147] |
Sp. nov |
Cooling in McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Orallo Formation |
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Converrucosisporites parvitumulus[147] |
Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Orallo Formation |
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Converrucosisporites pricei[147] |
Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Gubberamunda Sandstone |
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Convolutispora prisca[147] |
Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Walloon Coal Measures |
Spores of a fern. |
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Curvaturaspora[147] |
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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Dejerseysporites[147] |
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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Densoisporites filatoffii[147] |
Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Walloon Coal Measures |
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Dictyotosporites esterleae[147] |
Sp. nov |
Cooling in Cooling & McKellar |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Orallo Formation |
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Dictyotosporites obscurus[147] |
Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Mooga Sandstone |
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Dictyotosporites sandrana[147] |
Sp. nov |
McKellar in Cooling & McKellar |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Walloon Coal Measures |
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Impardecispora neopunctata[147] |
Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Westbourne Formation |
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Interulobites scabratus[147] |
Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Hutton Sandstone |
Probably spores of a bryophyte. |
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Januasporites spinosireticulatus[147] |
Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Westbourne Formation |
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Jiangsupollis intertrappea[149] |
Sp. nov |
Thakre et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
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Maculatasporites eurombahensis[147] |
Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Hutton Sandstone |
Possible algal spores. |
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Maculatasporites fionabethiana[147] |
Sp. nov |
McKellar in Cooling & McKellar |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Westbourne Formation |
Possible algal spores. |
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Microreticulatisporites patagonicus[148] |
Sp. nov |
De Benedetti et al. |
Cretaceous-Paleogene transition |
La Colonia Formation |
A fern spore of uncertain affinities. |
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Neoraistrickia loconiensis[148] |
Sp. nov |
De Benedetti et al. |
Cretaceous-Paleogene transition |
La Colonia Formation |
A lycophyte spore. |
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Neoraistrickia parvibacula[147] |
Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Walloon Coal Measures |
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Neoraistrickia rugobacula[147] |
Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Walloon Coal Measures |
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Nevesisporites annakhlonovae[147] |
Nom. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Triassic |
Probably spores of a hornwort; a replacement name for Simeonospora khlonovae Balme (1970). |
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Osmundacidites injunensis[147] |
Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Hutton Sandstone |
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Peroaletes ieiunus[147] |
Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Westbourne Formation |
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Perotrilites cameronii[147] |
Sp. nov |
McKellar in Cooling & McKellar |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Hutton Sandstone |
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Retitriletes johniorum[147] |
Sp. nov |
Cooling in Cooling & McKellar |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Orallo Formation |
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Retitriletes neofacetus[147] |
Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Hutton Sandstone |
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Retitriletes proxiradiatus[147] |
Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Hutton Sandstone |
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Retitriletes siobhaniae[147] |
Sp. nov |
McKellar in Cooling & McKellar |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Gubberamunda Sandstone |
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Retitriletes thomsonii[147] |
Sp. nov |
Cooling in Cooling & McKellar |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Westbourne Formation |
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Sellaspora passa[147] |
Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Westbourne Formation |
Spores of a fern. |
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Syncolpraedapollis[150] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Mendes et al. |
Eocene-Oligocene |
Kwanza Basin |
Genus includes new species S. angolensis. |
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Thecaspora polygonalis[148] |
Sp. nov |
De Benedetti et al. |
Cretaceous-Paleogene transition |
La Colonia Formation |
A salvinialean spore. |
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Tuberculatosporites westbournensis[147] |
Sp. nov |
McKellar & Cooling |
Jurassic–Cretaceous transition |
Westbourne Formation |
Spores of a member of the family Marattiaceae. |
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