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This article contains papers in paleobotany that were published in 2016.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov |
Valid |
Maslova & Ignatov in Maslova et al. |
Late Permian |
A moss belonging to the order Protosphagnales. Genus includes new species B. polyrhizon and B. sublaeve. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Ignatov & Kučera in Ignatov et al. |
Eocene |
A moss. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Shelton et al. |
Early Cretaceous ( Valanginian) |
A
Tricostaceae
moss belonging to the superorder
Hypnanae. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Ignatov et al. |
Late Eocene |
Rovno amber |
A moss belonging to the order Dicranales. Genus includes new species P. papillosum. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Ignatov et al. |
Late Cretaceous ( Santonian) |
A
Bryopsida
moss. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Cleal & Shute |
Carboniferous ( Westphalian) |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Barthel |
Early Permian |
A fern belonging to the group Coenopteridales, a species of Botryopteris. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Barthel |
Early Permian |
A member of Sphenophyllales, a species of Bowmanites. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Naugolnykh et al. |
Eocene |
A Cyclosorus species Thelypteridaceous fern. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Ma et al. |
Permian ( Cisuralian) |
A fern belonging to the group Botryopteridaceae. The type specimen is D. gracilis. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Huang, Su & Zhou |
Late Pliocene |
A basket fern. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Batten, Li & Peng |
Late Cretaceous |
A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably a water fern, described on the basis of megaspores. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Batten, Li & Peng |
Late Cretaceous |
A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably a water fern, described on the basis of megaspores. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Sagasti et al. |
Middle–Late Jurassic |
A member of Osmundaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Xie et al. |
Late Miocene |
A member of Polypodiaceae, a species of Neolepisorus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Cleal & Shute |
Carboniferous ( Westphalian) |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Boardman, Iannuzzi & Dutra |
Early Permian |
A member of Sphenopsida. The type species is P. taioensis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Schneider, Schmidt & Heinrichs |
Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) |
A member of Polypodiales belonging to the group Dennstaedtiaceae. The type species is Krameropteris resinatus. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Sundue & Poinar |
Eocene or Miocene |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Rozefelds, Dettmann & Clifford in Rozefelds et al. |
Paleogene |
A member of Pteridaceae belonging to the subfamily Parkerioideae (syn. Ceratopteridoideae). The type species is Tecaropteris aquaincola |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Pliocene |
A
fir
cone scale species. |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Miocene ( Serravallian) |
A
fir
palynomorph |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Rai et al. |
Middle Jurassic ( Callovian) |
An Araucariaceae petrified wood species. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Ohsawa & Nishida in Ohsawa et al. |
Late Eocene – early Oligocene |
A member of Araucariaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Escapa et al. |
Late Cretaceous |
A member of Cupressaceae belonging to the subfamily Athrotaxoideae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Chinnappa & Rajanikanth |
Jurassic |
A pinalean petrified wood species |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Buczkowski et al. |
Eocene |
A species of Cunninghamia. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Wan et al. |
Late Triassic (Norian) |
A gymnosperm, a species of Xenoxylon. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Wang & Sun in Wang et al. |
Middle Jurassic |
An Elatides species conifer belonging or related to the family Cupressaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Dolezych |
A member of Cupressaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Blokhina & Bondarenko |
Miocene |
A member of Pinaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Parveen & Bhowmik |
Triassic |
A member of Coniferopsida, possibly a member of Voltziales; a species of Nidpuria. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Herrera et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
A spruce. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Falcon-Lang, Mages & Collinson |
Early Cretaceous ( Valanginian) |
Falcon-Lang, Mages & Collinson (2016) considered it to be a species belonging to the genus Pinus; [30] [31] Hilton, Riding & Rothwell (2016) considered it more likely to be a species belonging to the genus Protopinuxylon. [32] |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Zidianakis et al. |
Late Miocene |
A pine. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Blokhina & Bondarenko |
Miocene |
A pine. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Herrera et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
A member of Pinaceae, a species of Pityostrobus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Li et al. |
Late Eocene |
A member of Podocarpaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Rai et al. |
Middle Jurassic ( Callovian) |
A member of Podocarpaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bodnar & Escapa |
Early Jurassic |
A member of Cupressaceae described on the basis of fossil woods; might be part of the same plant as Austrohamia minuta. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Ding et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
A conifer, a species of Protocedroxylon. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Dolezych & Reinhardt |
Paleocene |
A conifer belonging to the group Protopinaceae. |
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov |
Valid |
Wei & Zhang in Wei et al. |
Permian |
A member of Coniferopsida. The type species is Prototianshanoxylon erdaogouense; genus also contains Prototianshanoxylon hamiense. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Sokolova in Sokolova & Moiseeva |
A species of Sequoiadendron. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Rothwell & Ohana |
A member of Cupressaceae belonging to the subfamily Sequoioideae. Genus includes new species S. interdigitata. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Ding et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
A conifer, a species of Taxodioxylon. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Ding et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
A conifer, a species of Thujoxylon. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Tian et al. |
Late Triassic |
A Coniferales petrified wood species. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Wilf, Stevenson & Cúneo |
Early Eocene |
A cycad belonging to the family Zamiaceae and the tribe Encephalarteae. Genus includes new species A. stockeyi. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Le Couls et al. |
Late Jurassic (early Oxfordian) |
A cycad. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Takimoto & Ohana |
Late Jurassic ( Oxfordian) |
A member of Cycadopsida. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Pott, van der Burgh & van Konijnenburg-van Cittert |
A member of Ginkgoales, a species of Baiera. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Zhao et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
A member of Ginkgoales, a species of Baiera. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Golovneva |
Amka Formation |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Afonin |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
A member of Ginkgoaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Jiang, Wang, Philippe & Zhang in Jiang et al. |
Middle to Late Jurassic |
A member of Ginkgoales of uncertain phylogenetic placement described on the basis of fossil wood. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kirichkova, Kostina & Nosova |
A member of Ginkgoales. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kirichkova, Kostina & Nosova |
Early Jurassic ( Toarcian?) |
A member of Ginkgoales. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Degani-Schmidt & Guerra-Sommer |
Permian ( Sakmarian) |
A
Glossopteridaceous species. |
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Gen. et comb. et sp. nov |
Valid |
McLoughlin |
Permian |
A member of
Glossopteridales. Genus includes K. inglisensis McLoughlin comb. nov., |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Marques-de-Souza & Iannuzzi |
Permian (Cisuralian) |
A glossopteridalean species |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Laveine & Oudoire |
A member of Medullosales; a new genus for " Odontopteris" genuina. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Mosseichik in Mosseichik & Paramonov |
Carboniferous (late Bashkirian – early Moscovian) |
A medullosalean species |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Álvarez-Vázquez & Cleal |
Carboniferous ( Westphalian) |
A member of Medullosales, possibly a member of the family Cyclopteridaceae. Genus includes new species W. minima. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Serbet et al. |
Carboniferous ( Pennsylvanian) |
Bonner Springs Shale, Kansas City Group |
A member of Lyginopteridaceae. Genus includes new species P. northcuttii. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Barboni, Dutra & Faccini |
Triassic |
A member of Corystospermaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Yang in Yang & Li |
Early Cretaceous |
A seed fern. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Herbst & Crisafulli |
A
williamsoniaceous
bennettitale. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Wang & Sun in Wang et al. |
Early Permian |
A member of Cordaitopsida. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Liu & Wang |
Jurassic (probably Callovian or Oxfordian) |
A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally described as an early flowering plant; Herendeen et al. (2017) considered the holotype specimen to be more probably a fragment of slightly disintegrated conifer cone. [64] The type species is Euanthus panii. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Prámparo, Narváez & Mego |
Early Cretaceous (probably Albian) |
A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a member or a relative of Gnetophyta; a species of Galeacornea. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Chinnappa, Rajanikanth & Rao |
Early Cretaceous ( Berriasian- Aptian) |
A gymnosperm of uncertain phylogenetic placement described on the basis of a fossil leaf. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Han & Wang in Han et al. |
Middle Jurassic |
Originally described as an early flowering plant, resembling members of Hydatellaceae in general morphology and habit; Herendeen et al. (2017) considered the holotype specimen to be inadequately preserved for critical assessment of the relationships of the taxon. [64] The type species is Juraherba bodae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Correia et al. |
Carboniferous (early Gzhelian) |
Douro Carboniferous Basin |
A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement (a member of Pteridospermopsida or a cycad). |
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Phoenicopsis (Windwardia) daohugouensis [69] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Huang et al. |
Middle Jurassic |
A member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Phoenicopsis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Liu & Wang |
Early Cretaceous (Barremian–Aptian) |
An Ephedra-like seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Pseudoephedra paradoxa. |
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Umkomasia mongolica [71] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Shi et al. |
Tevshiin Govi Formation |
First proposed as a member of
Umkomasiales (also known as Corystospermales) and a species of
Umkomasia; |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Pott et al. |
Late Triassic ( Rhaetian) |
A member of Bennettitales. The type species is Welsbergia bursigera (Harris). |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Coiffard & Mohr |
Late Cretaceous ( Campanian) |
A member of the family Araceae. Genus includes new species A. kahlertiana. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Hermsen & Gandolfo |
Early Eocene |
A member of Juglandaceae. The type specimen is A. ignis. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Khan et al. |
Miocene |
A member of Fabaceae, a species of Andiroxylon. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Poinar |
Late Oligocene-early Miocene |
A member of Orchidaceae belonging to the tribe Cranichideae and the subtribe Cranichidinae. Genus includes A. mexicana. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Poinar & Buckley in Poinar, Buckley & Chen |
Early Cretaceous (late Albian) |
A eumagnoliid of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type specimen is A. latifibris. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Shukla et al. |
Early Eocene |
A species of Aporosa. |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Paleocene |
A replacement name for Populus cordata Newberry (1868). |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Carpenter, Jordan & Hill |
Cenozoic |
A species of Banksia; a replacement name for Banksieaephyllum acuminatum Cookson & Duigan (1950). |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Carpenter, Jordan & Hill |
Cenozoic |
A member of Banksieae of uncertain phylogenetic placement, described on the basis of fossil leaves not assignable to any extant genus of Banksieae. Genus includes " Banksieaephyllum" incisum Blackburn (1981) and "Banksieaephyllum" cuneatum Hill & Christophel (1988). |
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? Berchemia altorhenana [82] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kovar-Eder |
Early Oligocene |
Possibly a member of the family Rhamnaceae. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
A member of the family Juglandaceae; a new genus for "Sphaerocarya" uralensis Dorofeev (1970). |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Chambers & Poinar |
Eocene or Miocene |
A monocotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a relative of the family Haemodoraceae. The type specimen is B. arcuatus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Friis, Pedersen & Crane |
Late Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) |
Potomac Group (Elk Neck Beds) |
A eudicot, probably a member or a relative of rosids. Genus includes new species is C. mauldiniensis |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Huang et al. |
Late Oligocene |
A species of Camellia. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Poinar & Chambers |
Eocene or Miocene |
A member of Mimosoideae. The type specimen is C. dominicana. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Blanchard, Wang & Dilcher |
Early Eocene |
A fossil fruit, probably a monocot (grass) fruit. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Poinar |
Eocene to Miocene |
A species of Catalpa. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Herendeen et al. |
Late Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) |
A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species C. polymerus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Liang & Zhou in Liang et al. |
Miocene |
A species of Celastrus. |
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Cinnamomophyllum vicente-castellum [92] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Marmi |
Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian) |
A member of Laurales of uncertain phylogenetic placement. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Adams, Collinson, Smith & Bamford in Adams et al. |
Early Miocene |
A species of Cissus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Adams, Collinson, Smith & Bamford in Adams et al. |
Early Miocene |
A species of Cissus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Adams, Collinson, Smith & Bamford in Adams et al. |
Early Miocene |
A species of Cissus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kovar-Eder |
Early Oligocene |
A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Stockey, Rothwell & Johnson |
Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) |
A member of Araceae. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Poinar |
Eocene-Miocene |
A member of Orchidaceae belonging to the tribe Cranichideae and the subtribe Spiranthinae. Genus includes C. browni. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Yudova & Golovneva in Yudova, Golovneva & Alekseev |
Chingandzha Formation |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Sun et al. |
Late Cretaceous ( Santonian) |
Yong'ancun Formation |
A member of Magnoliopsida of uncertain phylogenetic placement. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kovar-Eder |
Early Oligocene |
A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement. |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Halamski & Kvaček |
Late Cretaceous ( Coniacian) |
A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a replacement name for Rhus cretacea Velenovský (1885). |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kovar-Eder |
Early Oligocene |
A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kovar-Eder |
Early Oligocene |
A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kovar-Eder |
Early Oligocene |
A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Blanchard, Wang & Dilcher |
Early Eocene |
A species of Dipelta. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Prasad & Gautam |
Late Miocene |
Middle Churia Formation |
A species of Dipterocarpus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Prasad & Gautam |
Late Miocene |
Middle Churia Formation |
A species of Dipterocarpus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Prasad & Gautam |
Late Miocene |
Middle Churia Formation |
A species of Dipterocarpus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kovar-Eder |
Early Oligocene |
A species of Distylium |
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Dryobalanoxylon neyveliensis[ citation needed] Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kumarasamy & Elayaraja |
Miocene |
Neyveli Lignite Formation |
A member of Dipterocarpaceae. |
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov |
Valid |
Poinar, Kevan & Jackes |
Eocene to Miocene |
A member of Urticaceae. Genus includes E. hispaniolae and E. ehecatli. |
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Gen. et sp. nov. |
Valid |
Nagrale et al. |
A member of the family Hydrocharitaceae described on the basis of a fossil leaf. Genus includes new species E. deccanii. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Poinar & Chambers |
Eocene or Miocene |
A member of Mimosoideae belonging to the genus Entada. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Herman in Herman & Sokolova |
Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Coniacian) |
Vetvinskaya Member (Chalbugchan Group) |
A member of Platanofolia, a species of Ettingshausenia. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Stockey, Nishida & Atkinson |
A member of Cornales. Genus includes new species E. hokkaidoensis. |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Oligocene ( Chattian) |
A species of Ficus; a replacement name for Ficus obtusata Heer (1856) (preoccupied). |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Eocene |
A species of Ficus; a replacement name for Ficus lucida Chandler (1962) (preoccupied). |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
A member of the family Juglandaceae; a replacement name for Sphaerocarya Dorofeev (1970). |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Poinar |
Eocene or Miocene |
A member of Orchidaceae known from Dominican amber. The type species is Globosites apicola. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bannister, Conran, Mildenhall & Lee in Conran et al. |
Early Miocene |
A species of Hedycarya. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Egerton, Williams & Lacovara |
Late Cretaceous (late Campanian to early Maastrichtian) |
A member of Monimiaceae, a species of Hedycaryoxylon. |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Oligocene |
A member of Cannabaceae; a replacement name for Humularia Dorofeev (1982). |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Benicio et al. |
Late Pleistocene |
A member of the family Fabaceae belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae. Genus includes new species I. heterogenum. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Crepet et al. |
Cretaceous ( Albian or Cenomanian) |
A member of Laurales, probably related to Atherospermataceae and Gomortegaceae. The type species is Jamesrosea burmensis. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Llorens & Perez Loinaze |
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) |
A flowering plant known from pollen grains, a species of Jusinghipollis. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Li, Xiao & He in Li et al. |
Miocene |
A species of Koelreuteria. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Cevallos-Ferriz, Cerón López & Flores Rocha |
Miocene |
A member of Lauraceae, a species of Laurinoxylon. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kovar-Eder |
Early Oligocene |
A member of the family Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil leaves. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Chambers & Poinar |
Eocene or Miocene |
A member of Celastraceae belonging to the subfamily Hippocrateoideae. The type specimen is L. anomala. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Hernández-Damián et al. |
Miocene |
A species of Lonchocarpus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Hernández-Damián, Calvillo-Canadell & Cevallos-Ferriz |
Miocene |
A species of Lunania. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Jin & Tang in Tang et al. |
Eocene |
A species of Machilus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Huang et al. |
Late Miocene |
A species of Mahonia. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Poinar, Chambers & Brown |
Eocene |
A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species M. acanthinus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Conran, Lee & Reichgelt |
Miocene |
A member of Euphorbiaceae belonging to the subfamily Acalyphoideae, a species of Malloranga. |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Paleocene |
A replacement name for Harmsia McIver & Basinger (1993). |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Marmi |
Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian) |
A eudicot of uncertain phylogenetic placement. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Tarran, Wilson & Hill |
Eocene-Early Oligocene |
A species of Metrosideros. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kovar-Eder |
Early Oligocene |
A species of Myrica. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Gee & Taylor |
Late Oligocene |
A species of Nymphaea. |
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Gen. et sp. nov. |
Valid |
Ramteke & Kapgate |
A member of the family Ochnaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species O. tertiera. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kovar-Eder |
Early Oligocene |
A member of the family Oleaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kovar-Eder |
Early Oligocene |
A member of the family Oleaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Soomro et al. |
Miocene |
A member of Fabaceae, a species of Ormosioxylon. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Shao & Xie in Shao et al. |
Late Miocene |
Bangmai Basin |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Dong & Sun in Dong et al. |
Oligocene |
A member of Juglandaceae, a species of Palaeocarya. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Blanchard, Wang & Dilcher |
Early Eocene |
A member of Araliaceae. |
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov |
Valid |
Grímsson et al. |
A member of the family Fagaceae described on the basis of pollen. Genus includes new species P. campania and P. eocaena. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Jud, Nelson & Herrera |
Early Miocene |
Culebra Formation Cucaracha Formation La Boca Formation |
A species of Parinari. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Herman in Herman & Sokolova |
Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Coniacian) |
Vetvinskaya Member (Chalbugchan Group) |
A member of Legumifolia, a species of Parvileguminophyllum. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Cevallos-Ferriz & Vázquez-Rueda |
Late Cretaceous |
A member of Proteales of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species P. coahuilensis. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Stull, Adams, Manchester & Collinson in Stull et al. |
Eocene |
A member of Icacinaceae related to members of the tribe Phytocreneae. Genus includes " Icacinicarya" echinata Chandler (1961). |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Khan & Bera |
Middle Miocene |
A species of Persea. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Khan & Bera |
Middle Miocene |
A species of Persea. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Chambers & Poinar |
Uncertain (Eocene to Miocene) |
A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species P. pentalepidus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Mildenhall in Conran et al. |
Early Miocene |
A pollen of a member of the family Monimiaceae. Genus includes new species P. fragilis. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Liang & Zhou in Liang et al. |
Miocene |
A species of Populus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov. |
Valid |
Borkar et al. |
Late Cretaceous-Paleogene |
Deccan Intertrappean beds |
Fossil fruit with similarities to fruits of members of the family Portulacaceae. Genus includes new species P. bhuterensis. |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Miocene ( Burdigalian) |
A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton decipiens Nikitin (preoccupied). |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Miocene ( Burdigalian) |
A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton carinatus Nikitin (preoccupied). |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Middle Pleistocene |
A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton pseudofriesii Dorofeev (preoccupied). |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Pliocene ( Piacenzian) |
A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton praenatans Dorofeev (preoccupied). |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Pliocene ( Piacenzian) |
A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton pliocenicus Dorofeev (preoccupied). |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Pliocene ( Piacenzian) |
A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton stylatus Dorofeev & Wieliczkiewicz in Dorofeev (preoccupied). |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Pleistocene ( Gelasian) |
A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton obtusus Dorofeev (preoccupied). |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Miocene ( Messinian) |
A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton corniculatus Negru (preoccupied). |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Pleistocene ( Gelasian) |
A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton striatus Dorofeev (preoccupied). |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Pleistocene ( Gelasian) |
A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton palaeorutilus Dorofeev (preoccupied). |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Pliocene ( Piacenzian) |
A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton microcarpus Dorofeev (preoccupied). |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Pliocene ( Piacenzian) |
A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton tataricus Dorofeev & Wieliczkiewicz in Dorofeev (preoccupied). |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Carpenter, Jordan & Hill |
Cenozoic |
A plant described on the basis of fossil leaves, sharing convergent traits with members of the genus Banksia. Genus includes "Banksia" fastigata Deane (1925), "Banksieaephyllum" attenuatum Hill & Christophel (1988), "Banksieaephyllum" longifolium Hill & Merrifield (1993), "Banksieaephyllum" pinnatum Cookson & Duigan (1950), "Banksieaephyllum" praefastigatum Vadala & Drinnan (1998), "Banksieaephyllum" regularis Hill & Christophel (1988), "Banksieaephyllum" westdaliense Hill & Merrifield (1993) and " Phyllites" yallournensis Cookson & Duigan (1950). |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Miocene |
A species of Pterocarya; a replacement name for Juglans japonica Tanai (1961). |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Xu, Su & Zhou in Xu et al. |
Late Miocene |
An oak. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Martínez & Choo in Martínez et al. |
A member of Ericales related to the family Clethraceae. Genus includes new species R. jerseyensis. |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Paleocene |
A member of Rhamnaceae; a replacement name for Rhamnites Forbes ex McIver & Basinger (1993). |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Khan & Bera |
Miocene |
A member of Connaraceae, a species of Rourea. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Su & Zhou in Su et al. |
Late Miocene |
A species of rose. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Poinar |
Eocene or Miocene |
A member of Orchidaceae known from Dominican amber. The type species is Rudiculites dominicana. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Marmi |
Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian) |
A possible member of the family Salicaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Sender et al. |
Early Cretaceous ( Albian) |
A member of Platanaceae, a species of Sapindopsis. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Khan, Spicer & Bera in Khan et al. |
Pliocene |
A species of Shorea. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Khan, Spicer & Bera in Khan et al. |
Late Pliocene-early Pleistocene |
A species of Shorea. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Khan, Spicer & Bera in Khan et al. |
Miocene |
A species of Shorea. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Khan, Spicer & Bera in Khan et al. |
Miocene |
A species of Shorea. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Khan, Spicer & Bera in Khan et al. |
Pliocene |
A species of Shorea. |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Miocene ( Tortonian) |
A species of Silene; a replacement name for Silene mirabilis Negru (1986). |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Poinar & Struwe |
Eocene or Miocene |
A member of Loganiaceae found in Dominican amber, a species of Strychnos. |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Pliocene |
A species of Styrax; a replacement name for Styrax laevigatus Miki (1941). |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Pliocene |
A species of Styrax; a replacement name for Styrax rugosus Miki (1941). |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Atkinson |
Late Cretaceous ( Campanian) |
A member of Cornales of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes S. starrii. |
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? Ternstroemites maritiae [82] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kovar-Eder |
Early Oligocene |
A member of Ericales, possibly a member of the family Pentaphyllaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kovar-Eder |
Early Oligocene |
A species of Trachelospermum. |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Tertiary |
A water caltrop; a replacement name for Trapa sachalinensis Vassiljev in Baranov (1954) (preoccupied). |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Pleistocene |
A water caltrop; a replacement name for Trapa minuta Opravil (1966) (preoccupied). |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Miocene |
A water caltrop; a replacement name for Trapa mikii Suzuki (1961) (preoccupied). |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Doweld |
Pliocene |
A water caltrop; a replacement name for Trapa pseudoincisa Vassiljev in Baranov (1954) (preoccupied). |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Korasidis et al. |
Early Cretaceous ( Albian) |
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Nom. nov |
Doweld |
Miocene |
A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a replacement name for Schenkiella Wójcicki & Kvaček (2002) (considered by Doweld to be a parahomonym of Schenckiella Hennings, 1893). The type species is " Trapa" credneri Schenk (1877). |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Moreau et al. |
Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian) |
A relative of members of the family Platanaceae. Genus includes V. hermaphroditica. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Jud & Sohn |
Early Cretaceous |
A herbaceous eudicot, possibly related to Ranunculales. The type species is Vernifolium tenuiloba. |
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? Viscophyllum hendriksiae [82] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kovar-Eder |
Early Oligocene |
Possibly a member of the family Loranthaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Zhu & Zhou in Zhu et al. |
Late Miocene |
A member of Rutaceae, a species of Zanthoxylum. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et 3 sp. nov |
Valid |
Strother |
Cambrian |
A green alga belonging to the group Charophyta. The type species is Adinosporus voluminosus; genus also contains Adinosporus bullatus and Adinosporus geminus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Vachard & Cózar in Vachard et al. |
Carboniferous ( Mississippian) |
A green alga, possibly a member of Ulotrichales. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Momont, Gerrienne & Prestianni |
A member of Stenokoleales (a group of plants of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly related to the seed plants). The type species is Brabantophyton runcariense. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Gereltsetseg |
Late Oligocene |
A green alga belonging to the group Charophyta. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Ghavidel-Syooki |
Ordovician ( Katian- Hirnantian) |
An early land plant described on the basis of cryptospores. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Ghavidel-Syooki |
Ordovician ( Katian- Hirnantian) |
An early land plant described on the basis of cryptospores. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Edwards, Geng & Li |
Early Devonian |
Pingyipu Group |
A member of Zosterophyllopsida. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Ghavidel-Syooki |
Ordovician ( Katian- Hirnantian) |
An early land plant described on the basis of cryptospores. |
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Lundbladispora punctata [159] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Césari & Colombi |
Late Triassic |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Xue & Basinger |
Devonian ( Famennian) |
A member of Rhacophytales. The type species is Melvillipteris quadriseriata. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Trabelsi & Martín-Closas in Trabelsi et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
A green alga belonging to the group Charophyta. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Heinrichs, Lee, Schäfer-Verwimp & Schmidt in Heinrichs et al. |
Eocene ( Ypresian) |
Cambay amber |
A liverwort belonging to the family Lejeuneaceae; a species of Microlejeunea. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Cózar & Vachard in Vachard et al. |
Carboniferous ( Mississippian) |
A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales, possibly a member of the family Polyphysaceae. The type specimen is N. aprica. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Li et al. |
Middle Jurassic |
A thalloid liverwort, a species of Pallaviciniites. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Vachard & Cózar in Vachard et al. |
Carboniferous ( Mississippian) |
Algeria |
A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales and the family Seletonellaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Naugolnykh |
Late Cretaceous |
A vascular plant described on the basis of isolated roots. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Hetherington, Dubrovsky & Dolan |
Carboniferous ( Bashkirian) |
A vascular plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is R. carbonica. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Heinrichs et al. |
Eocene |
Europe ( Baltic Sea coast) |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Li & Sun in Li et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
A liverwort belonging to the family Aytoniaceae. The type specimen is R. huolinhensis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Agić |
Early Cambrian |
A member of Chlorophyta belonging to the group Prasinophyceae. Genus includes new species R. corrugata. |
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Retusotriletes herbstii [159] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Césari & Colombi |
Late Triassic |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Ghavidel-Syooki |
Ordovician ( Katian- Hirnantian) |
An early land plant described on the basis of cryptospores. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Ghavidel-Syooki |
Ordovician ( Katian- Hirnantian) |
An early land plant described on the basis of cryptospores. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Ghavidel-Syooki |
Ordovician ( Katian- Hirnantian) |
An early land plant described on the basis of cryptospores. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Thomas & Seyfullah |
Carboniferous (Bolsovian) |
A lycophyte belonging to the group Sigillariostrobaceae, a species of Sigillariostrobus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Thomas & Seyfullah |
Carboniferous (Langsettian–Duckmantian) |
A lycophyte belonging to the group Sigillariostrobaceae, a species of Sigillariostrobus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Strother |
Cambrian |
A green alga belonging to the group Charophyta. The type species is Spissuspora laevigata. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Strother |
Cambrian |
A green alga belonging to the group Charophyta. The type species is Vidalgea maculata. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Filipiak & Zatoń |
Devonian (early Famennian) |
A possible member of Bryopsidales. The type species is V. dixii. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Wu & LoDuca in Wu et al. |
Cambrian |
A possible member of Chlorophyta. The type species is " Bosworthia" gyges Walcott (1919). |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Edwards, Geng & Li |
Early Devonian |
Pingyipu Group |
A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a lycophyte; a new genus for " Zosterophyllum" longa Wang (2007). |