2014 in paleobotany

This article records new taxa of plants that were described during the year 2014, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleobotany that occurred in the year 2014.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Andreiella^[1]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Bucur	Early Cretaceous (Barremian–?Aptian)		Romania	A dasycladalean alga belonging to the family Triploporellaceae. Genus includes new species A. rajkae.
Belzungia barattoloi^[2]	Sp. nov	Valid	Radoičić & Özgen-Erdem	Early Eocene		Turkey	A dasycladalean alga belonging to the family Thyrsoporellaceae.
Boueina iberica^[3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Schlagintweit & Wilmsen	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Altamira Formation	Spain	A dasycladalean alga belonging to the family Udoteaceae.
Clypeina tibanai^[4]	Sp. nov	Valid	Granier, Dias-Brito & Bucur	Cretaceous (Albian–Cenomanian)	Ponta do Mel Formation	Brazil	A dasycladalean alga belonging to the family Polyphysaceae.
Diplopora obliguspora^[5]	Sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan	Late Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian)		Greece	A dasycladalean alga belonging to the family Diploporellaceae.
Probolocupsis sarmeikensis^[5]	Sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan	Late Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian)		Greece	A dasycladalean alga belonging to the family Triploporellaceae. Originally described as a species of Probolocupsis; Senowbari-Daryan (2018) transferred this species to the genus Naybandoporella.^[6]
Probolocuspis? tenuiparia^[5]	Sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan	Late Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian)		Greece	A dasycladalean alga belonging to the family Triploporellaceae.
Russoella parthica^[7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Barattolo, Taherpour Khalil Abad & Ashrafi	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Afghanistan	A dasycladalean alga.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Arcellites punctatus^[8]	Sp. nov	Valid	Friis, Pedersen & Marone	Early Cretaceous (late Barremian–early Aptian)	Almargem Formation	Portugal	A member of Salviniales of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Arcellites.
Ashicaulis plumites^[9]	Sp. nov	Valid	Tian & Wang in Tian et al.	Middle Jurassic	Tiaojishan Formation	China	A member of Osmundaceae. Originally described as a species of Ashicaulis; transferred to the genus Claytosmunda by Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin (2017).^[10]
Ashicaulis wangii^[11]	Sp. nov	Valid	Tian et al.	Middle Jurassic	Tiaojishan Formation	China	A member of Osmundaceae. Originally described as a species of Ashicaulis; transferred to the genus Claytosmunda by Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin (2017).^[10]
Chiropteris monteagnellii^[12]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kustatscher, Dellantonio & Van Konijnenburg-Van Cittert	Middle Triassic (Ladinian)		Italy	A pteridophyte of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Chiropteris.
Cladophlebis ladinica^[12]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kustatscher, Dellantonio & Van Konijnenburg-Van Cittert	Middle Triassic (Ladinian)		Italy	A pteridophyte of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Cladophlebis.
Elaphoglossum miocenicum^[13]	Sp. nov	Valid	Lóriga et al.	Miocene		Dominican Republic	A member of Dryopteridaceae found in Dominican amber, a species of Elaphoglossum.
Flabellariopteris^[14]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Sun in Sun et al.	Late Triassic	Yangcaogou Formation	China	A member of Marsileaceae. The type species is Flabellariopteris mii.
Lugiomarsiglia^[15]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Hermsen, Gandolfo & Cúneo	Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian)	La Colonia Formation	Argentina	A member of the family Marsileaceae. Genus includes new species L. aquatica.
Marattiopsis vodrazkae^[16]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Kvaček	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Hidden Lake Formation	Antarctica (James Ross Island)	A member of Marattiaceae, a species of Marattiopsis.
Marsilea patnii^[17]	Sp. nov	Valid	Patil, Kapgate & Zilpe	Late Cretaceous	Deccan Intertrappean Beds	India	A species of Marsilea.
Mirasolita^[15]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Hermsen, Gandolfo & Cúneo	Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian)	La Colonia Formation	Argentina	A member of the family Marsileaceae. Genus includes new species M. irupensis.
Phlebopteris fiemmensis^[12]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kustatscher, Dellantonio & Van Konijnenburg-Van Cittert	Middle Triassic (Ladinian)		Italy	A member of Matoniaceae, a species of Phlebopteris.
Phlebopteris hickeyi^[18]	Sp. nov	Valid	Hu & Taylor	Early Cretaceous (Albian)	Jarash Formation	Jordan	A member of Matoniaceae, a species of Phlebopteris.
Pseudobornia schweitzeri^[19]	Sp. nov	Valid	Jurina & Orlova in Orlova & Jurina	Late Devonian		Russia	A species of Pseudobornia.
Salvinia hainanensis^[20]	Sp. nov	Valid	Jin & Wang in Wang, Xu & Jin	Eocene		China	A species of Salvinia.
Tiania^[21]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Wang et al.	Late Permian	Xuanwei Formation	China	A member of Guaireaceae (extinct family belonging to the order Osmundales); a new genus for "Palaeosmunda" yunnanense Tian & Chang (1995).
Zhongmingella^[22]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Wang et al.	Late Permian	Wangjiazhai Formation	China	A member of Guaireaceae (extinct family belonging to the order Osmundales); a new genus for "Palaeosmunda" plenasioides Li (1983).

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Flabellosemen^[23]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Tsymbal	Permian		Russia	A Psygmophyllaceae Ginkgoales. The type species is F. riparium.
Ginkgo chlonoviae^[24]	Sp. nov	Valid	Nosova & Golovneva	Early Cretaceous (Albian)	Kiya Formation	Russia	A species of Ginkgo.
Ginkgo sertensis^[24]	Sp. nov	Valid	Nosova & Golovneva	Early Cretaceous (Albian)	Kiya Formation	Russia	A species of Ginkgo.
Ginkgoxylpropinquus saxonicum^[25]	Sp. nov	Valid	Süss & Müller	Early Oligocene		Germany	A member of Ginkgoales, a species of Ginkgoxylpropinquus.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Agathis zamunerae^[26]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wilf et al.	Eocene	Ligorio Márquez Formation	Argentina	A member of Araucariaceae, a species of Agathis.
Araucarites ochotensis^[27]	Sp. nov	Valid	Golovneva & Shczepetov in Shczepetov & Golovneva	Late Cretaceous		Russia	A member of Araucariaceae, a species of Araucarites.
Athrotaxites yumenensis^[28]	Sp. nov	Valid	Dong et al.	Early Cretaceous	Zhonggou Formation	China	A member of Cupressaceae, a species of Athrotaxites.
Elatides zhoui^[29]	Sp. nov	Valid	Shi et al.	Early Cretaceous		Mongolia	A member of Cupressaceae, a species of Elatides.
Elatocladus andhrensis^[30]	Sp. nov	Valid	Chinnappa, Rajanikanth & Rao	Early Cretaceous	Gangapur Formation	India	A member of Coniferales, a species of Elatocladus.
Hubbardiastrobus^[31]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Atkinson, Rothwell & Stockey	Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)		Canada	A member of Cupressaceae. The type species is Hubbardiastrobus cunninghamioides.
Hughmillerites vancouverensis^[32]	Sp. nov	Valid	Atkinson, Rothwell & Stockey	Early Cretaceous		Canada	A member of Cupressaceae, a species of Hughmillerites.
Pararaucaria collinsonae^[33]	Sp. nov	Valid	Steart, Spencer, Kenrick, Needham & Hilton in Steart et al.	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Lulworth Formation	United Kingdom	A member of Cheirolepidiaceae, a species of Pararaucaria.
Phyllocladoxylon pooleae^[34]	Sp.nov	Valid	Pujana, Santillana & Marenssi	Eocene	La Meseta Formation	Antarctica	A member of Podocarpaceae, a species of Phyllocladoxylon.
Platycladus yunnanensis^[35]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wu in Wu et al.	Late Miocene	Nanlin Formation	China	A member of Cupressaceae, a species of Platycladus.
Podocarpoxylon radiciforme^[36]	Sp. nov	Valid	Süss & Müller	Early Oligocene		Germany	A conifer, a species of Podocarpoxylon.
Protophyllocladoxylon francisiae^[34]	Sp.nov	Valid	Pujana, Santillana & Marenssi	Eocene	La Meseta Formation	Antarctica	A member of Podocarpaceae, a species of Protophyllocladoxylon.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Cordaites barthelii^[37]	Sp. nov	Valid	Šimůnek	Carboniferous (Stephanian)		Czech Republic	A species of Cordaites.
Giblingodendron^[38]	Gen. et 2 sp.nov	Valid	Falcon-Lang, Kurzawe & Lucas	Carboniferous (Kasimovian)^[39] to Permian (Sakmarian)	Atrasado Formation^[39] Community Pit Formation	United States	A member of Coniferopsida of uncertain phylogenetic placement, might be a member of Voltziales, Cordaitales or Dicranophyllales.^[39] The type species is Giblingodendron nudifolia; genus also includes Giblingodendron aridus.
Macdonaldodendron^[38]	Gen. et sp.nov	Valid	Falcon-Lang, Kurzawe & Lucas	Carboniferous (Kasimovian)^[39] to Permian (Sakmarian)	Atrasado Formation^[39] Community Pit Formation	United States	A member of Voltziales. The type species is Macdonaldodendron giganticus.
Manifera^[40]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Looy & Stevenson	Permian (Kungurian to Roadian)	Flowerpot Shale Member of the San Angelo Formation	United States	A member of Voltziales belonging to the family Majonicaceae. The type species is Manifera talaris.
Septomedullopitys szei^[41]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wan, Yang & Wang	Late Permian (early Wuchiapingian)	Wutonggou Formation	China	A member of Coniferopsida, a species of Septomedullopitys.
Shimakuroxylon^[42]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Philippe et al.	Jurassic and Cretaceous		Cambodia China Indonesia Japan Thailand Vietnam	A gymnosperm described on the basis of fossil wood, possibly a member of Pinophyta. A new genus for "Dadoxylon" japonicum Shimakura (1936).

2014 in paleobotany

Ferns

Ginkgophyta

Ginkgophytes

Conifers

Pinales

Other conifers

Angiosperms

Magnoliids

Monocots

Basal eudicots

Proteales

Ranunculales

Superasterids

Superrosids

Saxifragales

Fabids

Malvids

Other angiosperms

Other seed plants

Other plants

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Annona eocenica^[43]	Sp. nov	Valid	Prasad, Singh & Singh	Early Eocene	Cambay Shale Formation	India	A member of Annonaceae, a species of Annona.
Annona vastanensis^[43]	Sp. nov	Valid	Prasad, Singh & Singh	Early Eocene	Cambay Shale Formation	India	A member of Annonaceae, a species of Annona.
Cinnamomum palaeobejolghota^[44]	Sp. nov	Valid	Khan & Bera	Middle to late Miocene	Dafla Formation	India	A member of Lauraceae, a species of Cinnamomum.
Hexagyne philippiana^[45]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Coiffard, Mohr & Bernardes-de-Oliveira	Early Cretaceous (Aptian)	Crato Formation	Brazil	A member of Piperales, probably related to Aristolochiaceae. The type species is Hexagyne philippiana.
Laurophyllum cinnamomoides^[46]	Sp. nov	Valid	Shi, Xie & Li	Oligocene	Ningming Formation	China	A member of Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil leaves.
Laurophyllum gengjiaoae^[46]	Sp. nov	Valid	Shi, Xie & Li	Oligocene	Ningming Formation	China	A member of Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil leaves.
Laurophyllum grandifolia^[46]	Sp. nov	Valid	Shi, Xie & Li	Oligocene	Ningming Formation	China	A member of Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil leaves.
Laurophyllum huashanense^[46]	Sp. nov	Valid	Shi, Xie & Li	Oligocene	Ningming Formation	China	A member of Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil leaves.
Laurophyllum mingjiangense^[46]	Sp. nov	Valid	Shi, Xie & Li	Oligocene	Ningming Formation	China	A member of Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil leaves.
Laurophyllum ningmingense^[46]	Sp. nov	Valid	Shi, Xie & Li	Oligocene	Ningming Formation	China	A member of Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil leaves.
Laurophyllum papillatum^[46]	Sp. nov	Valid	Shi, Xie & Li	Oligocene	Ningming Formation	China	A member of Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil leaves.
Laurophyllum trichophorum^[46]	Sp. nov	Valid	Shi, Xie & Li	Oligocene	Ningming Formation	China	A member of Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil leaves.
Lindera neobifaria^[44]	Sp. nov	Valid	Khan & Bera	Pliocene	Subansiri Formation	India	A member of Lauraceae, a species of Lindera.
Microlaurus^[47]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Takahashi et al.	Late Cretaceous (early Coniacian)	Ashizawa Formation	Japan	A member of Lauraceae. The type species is Microlaurus perigynus.
Persea mioparviflora^[44]	Sp. nov	Valid	Khan & Bera	Pliocene	Subansiri Formation	India	A member of Lauraceae. Described by Khan & Bera (2014) as a species of Persea, considered by the authors to be most similar to the species Persea parviflora Spreng.^[44]
Persea preglaucescens^[44]	Sp. nov	Valid	Khan & Bera	Pliocene	Subansiri Formation	India	A member of Lauraceae. Described by Khan & Bera (2014) as a species of Persea,^[44] though the authors consider it most similar to the species Persea glaucescens (Nees) D.G. Long, assigned by other authors to the genus Machilus.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Aquaephyllum^[48]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Gallego et al.	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	La Colonia Formation	Argentina	A member of Araceae. The type species is Aquaephyllum auriculatum.
Cocos binoriensis^[49]	Sp. nov	Valid	Srivastava & Srivastava	Late Cretaceous or Paleocene (Maastrichtian-Danian)	Deccan Intertrappean Beds	India	A member of Arecaceae, a relative of the coconut tree.
Cratosmilax^[50]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	De Lima et al.	Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian)	Crato Formation	Brazil	A member of Smilacaceae. The type species is Cratosmilax jacksoni.
Liliacidites contortus^[51]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mildenhall & Bannister in Conran et al.	Latest Oligocene to earliest Miocene		New Zealand	A morphospecies described on the basis of pollen recovered from a Luzuriaga-like flower.
Luzuriaga peterbannisteri^[51]	Sp. nov	Valid	Conran, Bannister, Mildenhall & Lee in Conran et al.	Latest Oligocene to earliest Miocene		New Zealand	A species of Luzuriaga.
Palmoxylon romeroi^[52]	Sp. nov	Valid	Franco, Brea & Herbst	Late Miocene	Chiquimil Formation	Argentina	A palm tree, a species of Palmoxylon.
Ripogonum americanum^[53]	Sp. nov	Valid	Carpenter et al.	Early Eocene	Laguna del Hunco Formation	Argentina	A member of Liliales, a species of Ripogonum.
Sabalites dindoriensis^[54]	Sp. nov	Valid	Srivastava, Srivastava & Dilcher	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) to early Paleocene (Danian)	Deccan Intertrappean Beds	India	A palm tree belonging to the subfamily Coryphoideae, a species of Sabalites.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Ambiplatanus^[55]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Mindell, Karafit & Stockey	Late Cretaceous (Coniacian)		Canada	A member of Platanaceae. The type species is Ambiplatanus washingtonensis.
Macginitiea nascens^[56]	Sp. nov	Valid	Peppe & Hickey	Paleocene	Fort Union Formation	United States	A member of Platanaceae, a species of Macginitiea.
Meliosma thriviensis^[56]	Sp. nov	Valid	Peppe & Hickey	Paleocene	Fort Union Formation	United States	A member of Sabiaceae, a species of Meliosma.
Meliosma vandaelium^[56]	Sp. nov	Valid	Peppe & Hickey	Paleocene	Fort Union Formation	United States	A member of Sabiaceae, a species of Meliosma.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Kajanthus^[57]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Mendes et al.	Early Cretaceous (late Aptian–early Albian)	Figueira da Foz Formation	Portugal	A member of Lardizabalaceae. The type species is Kajanthus lusitanicus.
Menispermites lebedevii^[58]	Sp. nov	Valid	Moiseeva	Late Cretaceous (Santonian–Campanian)	Emuneret Formation	Russia	A flowering plant described on the basis of fossil leaves.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Alangium enspelense^[59]	Sp. nov	Valid	Köhler in Köhler & Uhl	Late Oligocene		Germany	A species of Alangium.
Ruprechtioxylon^[60]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Cevallos-Ferriz, Martínez-Cabrera & Calvillo-Canadell	Early Miocene	El Cien Formation	Mexico	A member of Polygonaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species R. multiseptatus.
Schimoxylon benderi^[61]	Sp. nov	Valid	Licht, Boura & De Franceschi in Licht et al.	Eocene	Pondaung Formation	Myanmar	A member of Theaceae, a species of Schimoxylon.
Ternstromites paucimissouriensis^[56]	Sp. nov	Valid	Peppe & Hickey	Paleocene	Fort Union Formation	United States	A member of Theaceae, a species of Ternstromites.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Trochodendroides deminii^[62]	Sp. nov	Valid	Yudova & Golovneva	Late Cretaceous (Coniacian)	Chingandzha Formation	Russia	A member of Cercidiphyllaceae.
Trochodendroides tumanensis^[62]	Sp. nov	Valid	Yudova in Yudova & Golovneva	Late Cretaceous (Coniacian)	Chingandzha Formation	Russia	A member of Cercidiphyllaceae.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Bridelia makumensis^[63]	Sp. nov	Valid	Srivastava & Mehrotra	Oligocene (Chattian)	Tikak Parbat Formation	India	A member of Phyllanthaceae, a species of Bridelia.
Caesalpinia veraechinataformis^[64]	Sp. nov	Valid	Bernardes-de-Oliveira et al.	Eocene-Oligocene	Entre-Córregos Formation	Brazil	A species of Caesalpinia.
Cascadiacarpa exilis^[65]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mindell, Stockey & Beard	Eocene		Canada	A member of Fagaceae, a species of Cascadiacarpa.
Castanopsis presclerophylla^[66]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wu et al.	Late Pliocene		China	A member of Fagaceae, a species of Castanopsis.
Cucurbitaciphyllum^[67]	Gen. et comb. nov.	Valid	Manchester	Paleocene		United States	A cucurbitacean genus. A new genus for "Aralia" lobata Knowlton (1924).
Ficoxylon mogaungense^[61]	Sp. nov	Valid	Licht, Boura & De Franceschi in Licht et al.	Eocene	Pondaung Formation	Myanmar	A member of Moraceae, a species of Ficoxylon.
Machaerium aiuruoquense^[64]	Sp. nov	Valid	Bernardes-de-Oliveira et al.	Eocene-Oligocene	Entre-Córregos Formation	Brazil	A species of Machaerium.
Machaerium paleogenum^[64]	Sp. nov	Valid	Bernardes-de-Oliveira et al.	Eocene-Oligocene	Entre-Córregos Formation	Brazil	A species of Machaerium.
Paliurus microcarpa^[68]	Sp. nov	Valid	Li in Li et al.	Middle or late Miocene	Shengxian Formation	China	A member of Rhamnaceae, a species of Paliurus.
Paraalbizioxylon caccavariae^[69]	Sp. nov	Valid	Martínez	Late Miocene	Chiquimil Formation	Argentina	A member of Mimosoideae described on the basis of fossil wood.
Quercus tenuipilosa^[70]	Sp. nov	Valid	Hu & Zhou in Hu et al.	Late Pliocene	Ciying Formation	China	An oak.
Quercus yangyiensis^[71]	Sp. nov	Valid	He, Li & Sun in He et al.	Late Pliocene	Yangyi Formation	China	An oak.
Ticodendron palaios^[72]	Sp. nov	Valid	Chambers & Poinar	Eocene or Miocene		Dominican Republic	A species of Ticodendron known from Dominican amber.
Ulmoidicarpum^[73]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Herrera & Manchester in Herrera et al.	Paleocene	Cerrejón Formation	Colombia	An ulmaceous fruit morphogenus. The type species includes U. tupperi.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Aerofructus^[73]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Herrera & Manchester in Herrera et al.	Paleocene	Cerrejón Formation	Colombia	A member of Malvaceae described on the basis of fossil fruit. Genus includes new species A. dillhoffii.
Bombacoxylon pondaungense^[61]	Sp. nov	Valid	Licht, Boura & De Franceschi in Licht et al.	Eocene	Pondaung Formation	Myanmar	A member of Malvaceae, a species of Bombacoxylon.
Eucalyptoxylon^[74]	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Shukla, Mehrotra & Guleria	Paleocene–Eocene	Marh Formation Vagadkhol Formation	India	A myrtacean wood morphogenus. Genus includes E. vagadkholensis and E. eocenicus.
Kleinhovia bikanerensis^[75]	Sp. nov	Valid	Shukla, Mehrotra & Guleria	Early Eocene	Marh Formation	India	A species of Kleinhovia.
Sapindoxylon burmense^[61]	Sp. nov	Valid	Licht, Boura & De Franceschi in Licht et al.	Eocene	Pondaung Formation	Myanmar	A member of Sapindaceae, a species of Sapindoxylon.
Shoreoxylon panganense^[61]	Sp. nov	Valid	Licht, Boura & De Franceschi in Licht et al.	Eocene	Pondaung Formation	Myanmar	A member of Dipterocarpaceae, a species of Shoreoxylon.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Anemocardium^[73]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Herrera & Manchester in Herrera et al.	Paleocene	Bogotá Formation	Colombia	A fossil fruit of uncertain affinity. Type species A. margaritae.
Antarctoxylon mixai^[76]	Sp. nov	Valid	Sakala in Sakala & Vodrážka	Late Cretaceous (Coniacian)	Hidden Lake Formation	Antarctica (James Ross Island)	An angiosperm of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Antarctoxylon.
Chachlovia^[77]	Gen. et sp. et comb. nov	Valid	Alekseev & Herman in Alekseev, Herman & Shchepetov	Late Cretaceous		Russia	An angiosperm of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is C. kiyensis; genus also contains C. dombeyopsoida
Cissites reticulatus^[58]	Sp. nov	Valid	Moiseeva	Late Cretaceous (Santonian–Campanian)	Emuneret Formation	Russia	A flowering plant morphospecies of uncertain affinity described from fossil leaves.
Dicotylophyllum hansonium^[56]	Sp. nov	Valid	Peppe & Hickey	Paleocene	Fort Union Formation	United States	An angiosperm of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Dicotylophyllum.
Dicotylophyllum horsecreekium^[56]	Sp. nov	Valid	Peppe & Hickey	Paleocene	Fort Union Formation	United States	An angiosperm of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Dicotylophyllum.
Dicotylophyllum stipulare^[58]	Sp. nov	Valid	Moiseeva	Late Cretaceous (Santonian–Campanian)	Emuneret Formation	Russia	A flowering plant described on the basis of fossil leaves.
Hickeycarpum^[73]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Herrera & Manchester in Herrera et al.	Paleocene	Bogotá Formation	Colombia	A fossil samara of uncertain affinity. Type species H. peltatum.
Platimeliphyllum reznikoviorum^[78]	Sp. nov	Valid	Maslova in Maslova et al.	Paleogene	Ashut Formation	Kazakhstan	An angiosperm of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Platimeliphyllum.
Soninia^[77]	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Herman & Shczepetov in Alekseev, Herman & Shchepetov	Late Cretaceous		Russia	An angiosperm of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is S. integerrima Herman & Shczepetov; genus also contains S. asiatica Alekseev.
Viburniphyllum emuneretum^[58]	Sp. nov	Valid	Moiseeva	Late Cretaceous (Santonian–Campanian)	Emuneret Formation	Russia	A flowering plant described on the basis of fossil leaves.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Bicatia^[79]	Gen. et 3 sp. nov	Valid	Friis, Pedersen & Crane	Early Cretaceous (late Aptian to middle Albian)		Portugal United States	A Welwitschia-like seed plant. The type species is Bicatia costata; genus also contains Bicatia juncalensis and Bicatia rugosa.
Cosmosperma^[80]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Wang et al.	Late Devonian (Famennian)	Wutong Formation	China	A member of Lagenospermopsida of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Cosmosperma polyloba.
Cycas fushunensis^[81]	Sp. nov	Valid	Su, Quan & Liu	Eocene (Lutetian)	Jijuntun Formation	China	A cycad, a species of Cycas.
Nilssoniopteris binggouensis^[82]	Sp. nov	Valid	Na et al.	Early Cretaceous	Binggou Formation	China	A member of Bennettitales, a species of Nilssoniopteris.
Nilssoniopteris corrugata^[83]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ray, Rothwell & Stockey	Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)		Canada	A member of Bennettitales, a species of Nilssoniopteris.
Peltaspermum morovii^[84]	Sp. nov	Valid	Naugolnykh	Permian (Kazanian)		Russia	A member of Peltaspermaceae.
Permocallipteris^[85]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Naugolnykh	Permian (Artinskian to Wordian)		China Mongolia Russia	A seed fern belonging to the family Peltaspermaceae. Genus includes "Callipteris" adzvensis Zalessky (1927), "Callipteris" retensoria Zalessky (1939), "Odontopteris" artipinnata Zalessky (1937), "Neuropteris" wangenheimii Fischer von Waldheim (1840), "Callipteris" zeilleri Zalessky ex Neuburg (1948), "Callipteris" acutifolia Radczenko (1955), "Callipteris" altaica Zalessky ex Neuburg (1948), "Callipteris" angustata Zalessky (1939), "Callipteris" bardensis Zalessky (1939), "Callipteris" bella Zalessky (1939), "Callipteris" bexellii Durante (1992), "Callipteris" confluens Neuburg (1957), "Callipteris" cuspidata Zalessky (1939), "Callipteris" elegans Fefilova (1973), "Callipteris" ivancevia Gorelova (1960), "Callipteris" karskiana Tschirkova & Zalessky (1939), "Callipteris" lobatus Gorelova & Drjagina (1988), "Callipteris" lobulata Fefilova (1973), "Callipteris" mongoliensis Neuburg (1957), "Callipteris" oranetzensis Zalessky (1934), "Callipteris" orientalis Zalessky (1929), "Callipteris" patula Zalessky (1939), "Callipteris" plumosa Zalessky (1939), "Callipteris" polyneura Zalessky (1937), "Callipteris" pubescens Zalessky (1939), "Callipteris" rarinervis Zalessky (1934), "Callipteris" sahnii Zalessky (1929), "Callipteris" tatianaeana Zalessky (1934), "Callipteris" uralensis Zalessky (1914) and "Callipteris" vuktylensis Zalessky (1934).
Phoenicopsis (Culgoweria) ordosensis^[86]	Sp. nov	Valid	Li et al.	Middle Jurassic	Yan'an Formation	China	A member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Phoenicopsis.
Phoenicopsis (Phoenicopsis) neimengensis^[87]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wang, Yang & Sun	Early Cretaceous	Huolinhe Formation	China	A member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Phoenicopsis.
Rudixylon^[88]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Bomfleur et al.	Middle or early Late Triassic	Fremouw Formation	Antarctica	A member of Petriellales (an order of seed plants of uncertain phylogenetic placement). The type species is Rudixylon serbetianum.
Rugaspermum stipitatus^[89]	Sp. nov	Valid	Bhowmik, Parveen & Das	Middle Triassic		India	A possible member of Gnetales, a species of Rugaspermum.
Weltrichia antonii^[90]	Sp. nov	Valid	Popa	Early Jurassic (Sinemurian)	Steierdorf Formation	Romania	A member of Bennettitales.
Weltrichia johannae^[90]	Sp. nov	Valid	Popa	Early Jurassic (Sinemurian)	Steierdorf Formation	Romania	A member of Bennettitales.
Weltrichia steierdorfensis^[90]	Sp. nov	Valid	Popa	Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)	Steierdorf Formation	Romania	A member of Bennettitales.
Xinjiangoxylon^[91]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Shi et al.	Late Permian (Changhsingian)	Guodikeng Formation	China	A gymnosperm. The type species is Xinjiangoxylon turpanense.

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Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Baikalophyton^[92]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Naugolnykh & Minina	Devonian		Russia	A terrestrial plant similar to Sciadophyton. The type species is Baikalophyton ruzhentsevii.
Calymperites burmensis^[93]	Sp. nov	Valid	Heinrichs et al.	Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian)	Burmese amber	Myanmar	A moss belonging to the group Dicranales (sensu lato).
Ceratolejeunea antiqua^[94]	Sp. nov	Valid	Heinrichs & Schäfer-Verwimp in Heinrichs et al.	Early to middle Miocene	Mexican amber	Mexico	A liverwort belonging to the family Lejeuneaceae, a species of Ceratolejeunea.
Changxingia^[95]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Wang et al.	Late Devonian	Wutong Formation	China	A lycopsid. The type species is Changxingia longifolia.
Gackstroemia cretacea^[96]	Sp. nov	Valid	Heinrichs et al.	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)		Myanmar	A liverwort belonging to the group Jungermanniopsida and the family Lepidolaenaceae, a species of Gackstroemia.
Lepidodendron bellii^[97]	Sp. nov	Valid	Álvarez-Vázquez & Wagner	Carboniferous (middle Pennsylvanian, i.e. early Westphalian)		Canada	A species of Lepidodendron.
Lycopodites baikalensis^[98]	Sp. nov	Valid	Frolov in Frolov & Mashchuk	Middle Jurassic	Prisayan Formation	Russia	A member of Lycopodiales, a species of Lycopodites.
Lycopodites subulifolius^[98]	Sp. nov	Valid	Frolov & Mashchuk	Middle Jurassic	Prisayan Formation	Russia	A member of Lycopodiales, a species of Lycopodites.
Marchantites huolinhensis^[99]	Sp. nov	Valid	Li et al.	Early Cretaceous	Huolinhe Formation	China	A liverwort belonging to the group Marchantiales, a species of Marchantites.
Ningchengia^[100]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Heinrichs et al.	Jurassic	Jiulongshan Formation	China	A moss. Genus includes new species N. jurassica.
Pantiathallites^[101]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Banerjee & Dutta	Early Permian		India	A metzgeriinean bryophyte. The type species is Pantiathallites gondwanensis.
Planatophyton^[102]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Gerrienne et al.	Early or Middle Devonian	Hujiersite Formation	China	An euphyllophyte. The type species is Planatophyton hujiersitense.
Rhizomnium dentatum^[103]	Sp nov	valid	Heinrichs et al., 2014	Middle Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe	A Mniaceae moss
Ufadendron^[104]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Naugolnykh	Permian (Kungurian)	Koshelevsk Formation	Russia	A lycopsid. The type species is Ufadendron ufaensis.
Vetiplanaxis espinosus^[105]	Sp. nov	Valid	Hedenäs, Heinrichs & Schmidt	Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian)	Burmese amber	Myanmar	A moss belonging to the class Bryopsida and the order Hypnodendrales.
Vetiplanaxis longiacuminatus^[105]	Sp. nov	Valid	Hedenäs, Heinrichs & Schmidt	Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian)	Burmese amber	Myanmar	A moss belonging to the class Bryopsida and the order Hypnodendrales.
Vetiplanaxis oblongus^[105]	Sp. nov	Valid	Hedenäs, Heinrichs & Schmidt	Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian)	Burmese amber	Myanmar	A moss belonging to the class Bryopsida and the order Hypnodendrales.