2023 in paleobotany
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This paleobotany list records new fossil plant taxa that were described during the year 2023, as well as notes other significant paleobotany discoveries and events which occurred during 2023.
Charophytes
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Khosla et al. |
Late Cretaceous-Paleocene transition |
A species of Chara. |
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Comb. nov |
(Wang) |
Eocene |
A member of the family Characeae. Moved from Obtusochara jianglingensis Wang (1978). |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Khosla et al. |
Late Cretaceous-Paleocene transition |
Deccan Intertrappean Beds |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Khosla et al. |
Late Cretaceous-Paleocene transition |
Deccan Intertrappean Beds |
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Chlorophytes
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bucur, Enos & Minzoni |
Middle Triassic |
A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Maloney et al. |
Dolores Creek Formation |
The type species is A. guncho. |
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Sp. nov |
Kröger & Tinn in Kröger et al. |
Ordovician (Sandbian) |
Vasalemma Formation |
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Sp. nov |
Kröger & Tinn in Kröger et al. |
Ordovician (Sandbian) |
Vasalemma Formation |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bucur, Enos & Minzoni |
Middle Triassic |
A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bucur, Enos & Minzoni |
Middle Triassic |
A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bucur, Enos & Minzoni |
Middle Triassic |
A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Kolosov |
Ediacaran |
Byuk Formation |
A green alga belonging to the group Ulvales. The type species is P. plate. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Gan et al. |
Middle Triassic |
Yanchang Formation |
The type species is P. ellipasis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Gan et al. |
Middle Triassic |
Yanchang Formation |
The type species is P. spheroesis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Gan et al. |
Middle Triassic |
Yanchang Formation |
The type species is P. ovalsis. |
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Pseudocarteria[7] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Gan et al. |
Middle Triassic |
Yanchang Formation |
The type species is P. globuloesis. The generic name is shared with Pseudocarteria Ettl. |
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Sp. nov |
Perez Loinaze et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
A species of Sphaeroplea. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
In press |
Skompski et al. |
Silurian |
Originally described as a green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales and the family Triploporellaceae; subsequently argued by LoDuca (2024) to be a member of Bryopsidales.[10] Genus includes new species V. dryganti. |
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Phycological research
- Harvey (2023) interprets a well-preserved assemblage of acritarchs from the Cambrian Stage 4 Forteau Formation (Canada) as fossil material of planktic green algae with coenobial colony formation.[11]
- Yang et al. (2023) reinterpret Protomelission as an early dasycladalean green alga;[12] however, Xiang et al. (2023) subsequently interpret Protomelission as a scleritome of Cambroclavus, which in turn is considered by the authors to be a probable epitheliozoan-grade eumetazoan like the contemporaneous chancelloriids, unrelated to bryozoans or to dasycladalean algae.[13]
Lycophytes
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sp nov |
Spiekermann, Jasper, Guerra-Sommer & D. Uhl |
An herbaceous lycopsid |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Rothwell & Stockey |
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) |
Longarm Formation |
A species of Selaginella. |
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Gen., sp. et comb. nov |
Bek et al. |
Carboniferous |
A herbaceous lycophyte. |
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Lycophyte research
- A study on the ground-level trunk vasculature of Sigillaria approximata from the Pennsylvanian Calhoun Coal of Illinois (United States) is published by D'Antonio (2023), who finds evidence indicating that wood growth at the base of the trunk was different from the arborescent lycopsid wood growth model of Cichan (1985).[17][18]
- Turner et al. (2023) report diverse phyllotaxis in leaves of the lycopod Asteroxylon mackiei from the Devonian Rhynie chert (United Kingdom), including whorls and spirals, and interpret this finding as suggesting that Fibonacci-style patterning was not ancestral to living land plants, as well as indicative of developmental similarities between lycophyte leaves and reproductive structures.[19]
Ferns and fern allies
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sp. nov |
Zhou et al. |
Permian |
A botryopterid fern. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Fernández & Césari |
Carboniferous-Permian transition |
A member of Equisetales. The type species is Tchernovia? velizensis Durán, Hünicken & Antón (1997). |
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Sp. nov |
Pšenička et al. |
Carboniferous |
A psaroniaceous marattialean fern. |
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Comb. nov |
(Wagner, Hill & El-Khayal) |
Permian |
A member of the family Marattiaceae. Moved from Gemellitheca saudica Wagner, Hill & El-Khayal (1985). |
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Sp nov |
Ren & Sun |
A fern |
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Sp. nov |
Zhang & Xie in Cao et al. |
Miocene |
A species of Equisetum. |
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Sp. nov |
Kundu, Hazra & Khan in Kundu et al. |
Miocene |
A species of Equisetum. |
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Sp. nov |
Zhang & Xie in Cao et al. |
Miocene |
Youshashan Formation |
A species of Equisetum. |
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Sp. nov |
Escapa & Yañez in Yañez, Escapa & Choo |
Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) |
A member of the family Dipteridaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Long, Wang, & Shi |
Cretaceous |
Burmese amber |
A fern of uncertain affinities. Originally described as a dennstaedtiaceous fern, but this classification was contested by Zhang (2024).[29] Published online in 2022, but the issue date of the article naming it is listed as March 2023. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kundu, Hazra & Khan in Kundu et al. |
Miocene |
A member of the family Polypodiaceae. Announced in 2023; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2024. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
In press |
Wang, Shi & Engel in et al. |
Cretaceous |
Burmese amber |
A member of the family Dryopteridaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Kerp et al. |
Permian |
A member of the family Marattiaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Guo, Zhou & Feng in Guo et al. |
Permian (Lopingian) |
Xuanwei Formation |
A leptosporangiate fern. |
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Sp. nov |
Walker, Rothwell & Stockey |
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) |
A species of Todea. |
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Comb. nov |
(Li & Wang) |
Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) |
Burmese amber |
A member of the family Hymenophyllaceae, a species of Trichomanes sensu lato. Moved from Hymenophyllites angustus Li & Wang (2022). |
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Pteridological research
- A study on fossils of Pecopteris from the Mazon Creek fossil beds (Illinois, United States), indicative of association of a suite of saturated phytohopanoid and aromatised terpenoid diagenetic biomarker products with true fern fossils, is published by Tripp et al. (2023).[35]
- Blanco-Moreno & Buscalioni (2023) identify Sphenopteris wonnacottii as a junior synonym of Coniopteris laciniata, provide whole plant reconstruction of C. laciniata, and interpret the variability of the pinnules of C. laciniata as likely caused by the submersion of the apical part of fronds in water during their development.[36]
Ginkgophytes
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Martínez & Leppe in Martínez et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
A member of Ginkgoales. The type species is A. dutrae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Frolov & Mashchuk |
Jurassic |
Prisayan Formation |
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Eretmophyllum yershowskiensis[38] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Frolov & Mashchuk |
Jurassic |
Prisayan Formation |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Li & Xu in Li et al. |
Paleocene |
A species of Ginkgo. |
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Sp. nov |
Nosova in Nosova, Kostina & Afonin |
Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) |
A member of the family Karkeniaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Nosova, Kostina & Afonin |
Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) |
Khuren Dukh Formation |
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Conifers
Cheirolepidiaceae
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sp. nov |
Kvaček, Mendes & Tekleva |
Cretaceous |
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Sp. nov |
Jin et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
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Sp. nov |
Mendes, Kvaček & Doyle |
Cretaceous |
A cheirolepidiaceous foliage morphospecies |
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Sp. nov |
Kvaček & Mendes |
Cretaceous |
A cheirolepidiaceous foliage morphospecies |
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Cordaitaceae
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sp. nov |
Correia et al. |
Carboniferous (Gzhelian) |
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Florinanthus longiantheratus[46] |
Sp. nov |
Bureš et al. |
Carboniferous (Moscovian) |
Plzeň Basin |
Pollen-bearing organs of a member of Cordaitales. |
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Cupressaceae
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Sokolova et al. |
Paleocene |
A conifer with affinities with the family Cupressaceae. The type species is A. pilosum. Published online in 2024, but the issue date is listed as December 2023. |
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Sp. nov |
Xiao & Guo in Guo et al. |
Miocene |
A species of Juniper. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Rothwell, Stockey & Smith |
Late Cretaceous |
A taiwanioid cupressaceous conifer. |
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Pinaceae
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Wheeler, Manchester & Baas |
Eocene |
A species of Keteleeria. |
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Sp. nov |
Zhu et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
Huolinhe Formation |
A species of Keteleeria. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bazhenova et al. |
Middle Jurassic |
A pine. |
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Sp. nov |
In press |
Li et al. |
Miocene |
A species of Tsuga. |
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Podocarpaceae
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Synonymy | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sp. nov |
Andruchow-Colombo et al. |
Eocene |
A species of Acmopyle. |
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Comb. nov |
(Berry) |
Eocene |
A species of Dacrycarpus. Moved from Podocarpus engelhardti Berry (1938). |
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Sp. nov |
valid |
Pujana et al. |
Oligocene |
San José Formation |
A podocarpaceous wood morphospecies |
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Sp. nov |
Martínez & Leppe in Martínez et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
Dorotea Formation |
A podocarpaceous wood morphospecies. |
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|
Sp. nov |
valid |
Pujana et al. |
Oligocene |
San José Formation |
A podocarpaceous wood morphospecies |
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Voltziales
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Synonymy | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Wang et al. |
Permian (Cisuralian) |
Shanxi Formation |
A voltzialean conifer. |
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Other conifers
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sp. nov |
Xie, Wang & Tian in Xie et al. |
Middle Jurassic |
A member of Pinales of uncertain affinities. |
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Sp. nov |
Morales-Toledo & Cevallos-Ferriz |
Middle Jurassic |
Coniferous foliage of uncertain affinities. |
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Sp. nov |
Nosova in Nosova & Lyubarova |
Middle Jurassic (Bajocian–Callovian) |
Coniferous leaves assigned to the family Miroviaceae. |
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Sp. nov |
Wang et al. |
Carboniferous |
A coniferous petrified wood. |
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Sp. nov |
Morales-Toledo & Cevallos-Ferriz |
Middle Jurassic |
Otlaltepec Formation |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Cai, Zhang & Feng in Cai et al. |
Permian |
A coniferous stem. The type species is S. tolgoyensis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Gou & Feng in Gou et al. |
Middle Jurassic |
Xishanyao Formation |
A conifer stem of uncertain affinities. The type species is Y. elegans. |
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Conifer research
- Trümper et al. (2023) report the discovery of fossil trees from the Athesian Volcanic Group (Italy) interpreted as remains of a Permian (Kungurian) forest where conifers were the major arborescent plants, substantiating the presence of coniferopsids in wetlands around the Carboniferous/Permian boundary.[63]
- Slodownik et al. (2023) describe new fossil material (including the first putative female reproductive remains) of Araucarioides linearis from the Eocene Macquarie Harbour Formation (Australia), interpret Araucarioides sinuosa to be a junior synonym of A. linearis, and consider A. linearis to be a non-Agathis agathioid belonging to an extinct lineage that originated in the Cretaceous, lived in high paleolatitudes and had adaptations to seasonal environments which allowed it to survive the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.[64]
- Andruchow-Colombo et al. (2023) review the fossil record of Podocarpaceae, and argue that the earliest reliable occurrences of members of this family are from the Jurassic of both hemispheres.[65]
Flowering plants
Monocots
Alismatales
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Stockey et al. |
Eocene |
A member of the family Araceae. The type species is A. bogneri |
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov |
Hernández-Sandoval, Cevallos-Ferriz & Hernández-Damián |
Oligocene-Miocene |
A member of the family Alismataceae. Genus includes N. magalloniae and N. gonzalez-medranoi. |
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Arecales
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kumar & Khan |
Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)-Paleocene (Danian) |
Deccan Intertrappean Beds |
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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Comb. nov |
(Berry) |
Oligocene |
synonymy
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A palm fruit with affinities to extant Bactridinae. |
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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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Basal eudicots
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comb. nov |
(Ward) |
Paleocene |
Moved from Platanus basilobata Ward (1887). |
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Sp. nov |
"Kisinger Lakes flora" |
Huegele & Correa Narvaez |
Eocene |
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Comb. nov |
(Ball) |
Eocene |
Moved from Platanus rileyi Ball (1939). |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Carpenter & Rozefelds |
Eocene |
Salt Creek Formation |
A species of Megahertzia |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Gobo et al in Gobo et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
A Nelumbonaceous lotus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kara et al. |
Paleocene |
A member of the family Menispermaceae. Published online in 2023; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2024. |
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|
Comb. nov |
Valid |
(Heer) |
Probably late Eocene |
A member of the family Trochodendraceae. Moved from Populus retusa Heer (1876). |
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Basal eudicot research
- Evidence from the palynomorph fossil record, interpreted as indicating that members of the family Proteaceae reached South African Cape in the Late Cretaceous from North-Central Africa rather than from Australia across the Indian Ocean, is presented by Lamont, He & Cowling (2023).[76]
Superasterids
Apiales
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Wheeler, Manchester & Baas |
Eocene |
John Day Formation |
A member of the family Araliaceae. |
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Boraginales
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bhatia, Srivastava & Mehrotra |
Miocene |
Tipam Sandstone |
Fossil wood of a member of the genus Cordia. Announced in 2023; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2024. |
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Ericales
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comb nov |
Valid |
(Casp.) Sadowski & Hofmann |
A Symplocaceous flower species. |
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Icacinales
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sp. nov |
Poore, Jud & Gandolfo |
Paleocene (Danian) |
A member of the family Icacinaceae belonging to the tribe Phytocreneae. |
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Lamiales
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sp. nov |
Akkemik & Mantzouka in Akkemik et al. |
Neogene |
Fossil wood of a member of the genus Phillyrea. |
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Solanales
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Deanna et al. |
Eocene |
A member of the family Solanaceae. The type species is E. inflata. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Deanna et al. |
Eocene |
Green River Formation |
A member of the family Solanaceae. The type species is L. calycina. |
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General Superasterid research
Superrosids
Cucurbitales
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Correa et al. |
Eocene |
Antholithes pendula R.W. Brown, 1929 |
A tetramelaceous seed morphotype |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Correa Narvaez et al. |
Eocene |
Green River Formation |
Aleurites glandulosa (Brown) MacGinitie, 1969 |
A tetramelaceous leaf morphotype |
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Fabales
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sp. nov |
Wang et al. |
Miocene |
Fotan Group |
A species of Acacia. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Nguyen, Su & J. Huang in Nguyen et al. |
Miocene |
Yen Bai Basin |
An Albizia species. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Pan et al. |
Miocene |
A species of Anthonotha. |
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Sp. nov |
Gao & Su in Gao et al. |
Paleocene |
A species of Bauhinia. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Pan et al. |
Miocene |
Mush Valley |
A species of Englerodendron. |
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Sp. nov |
Estrada-Ruiz & Gómez-Acevedo |
Miocene |
A species of Entada. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Dutra, Martínez & Wilberger |
Oligocene |
A member of Detarioideae. The type species is G. sergioarchangelskii. |
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Fagales
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Wheeler, Manchester & Baas |
Eocene |
John Day Formation |
A hickory. |
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Sp. nov |
Song & Jin in Song et al. |
Miocene |
Erzitang Formation |
A species of Engelhardia. |
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Sp. nov |
Whang, Hill & Hill |
Neogene |
A species of Gymnostoma. |
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|
Sp. nov |
valid |
Bhatia, Srivastava & Mehrotra |
Late Paleocene |
Tura Formation |
A fabaceous seed pod morphospecies. |
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Sp. nov |
valid |
Pujana et al. |
Oligocene |
San José Formation |
A nothofagaceous wood morphospecies |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bhatia, Srivastava & Mehrotra |
Late Paleocene |
Tura Formation |
A fabaceous legume leaf morphospecies. |
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Malpighiales
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bennike in Bennike et al. |
Probably early Pleistocene |
A species of Elatine. Announced in 2022; the final article version was published in 2023. |
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Sp. nov |
Wilf, Iglesias & Gandolfo |
Eocene (Ypresian) |
A species of Macaranga. |
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Sp. nov |
Hermsen |
Pliocene |
A species of Passiflora. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Wilf, Iglesias & Gandolfo |
Eocene (Ypresian) |
Huitrera Formation |
A member of the family Euphorbiaceae belonging to the subfamily Acalyphoideae and the tribe Acalypheae. The type species is T. casamiquelae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Dong & Sun in Zheng et al. |
Miocene |
Fotan Group |
A species of Trigonostemon. |
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Malvales
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Hazra, Bera & Khan |
Pliocene |
A species of Bombax. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Akkemik & Mantzouka in Akkemik et al. |
Neogene |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
In press |
Ruiz, Pujana & Brea |
Paleocene |
Fossil wood of a plant related to the Malvaceae. The type species is E. patagonicum. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Martínez & Leppe in Martínez et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
Dorotea Formation |
Fossil wood of a plant belonging to the Malvaceae. The type species is N. magallanense. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Zhao, Huang & Su in Zhao et al. |
Miocene |
Sanhaogou Formation |
A species of Pterospermum. |
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Myrtales
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Ramos et al. |
Pleistocene |
El Palmar Formation |
Fossil wood of a member of the family Combretaceae. Genus includes new species C. cristalliferum. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bhatia, Srivastava & Mehrotra |
Oligocene (Chattian) |
Tikak Parbat Formation |
A species of Duabanga. |
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|
Sp. nov |
valid |
Pujana et al. |
Oligocene |
San José Formation |
A myrtaceous wood morphospecies. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Pérez-Lara in Martínez et al. |
Miocene (Aquitanian) |
A member of the family Lythraceae. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Ramos et al. |
Pleistocene |
El Palmar Formation |
Fossil wood of a member of the family Combretaceae. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Ramos et al. |
Pleistocene |
El Palmar Formation |
Fossil wood of a member of the family Combretaceae. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Wu et al. |
Miocene |
Fotan Group |
A species of Trapa. |
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Oxalidales
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sp. nov |
valid |
Pujana et al. |
Oligocene |
San José Formation |
A cunoniaceous wood morphospecies. |
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Rosales
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Hernández-Damián, Rubalcava-Knoth & Cevallos Ferriz |
Miocene |
La Quinta Formation (Mexican amber) |
A species of Aphananthe. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Patel, Rana & Khan in Patel et al. |
Eocene |
Palana Formation |
A member of the family Rhamnaceae belonging to the tribe Paliureae. The type species is E. indica. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Chandra et al. |
Paleogene |
A species of Ficus. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Chandra et al. |
Paleogene |
A species of Ficus. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Chandra et al. |
Paleogene |
A species of Ficus. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Centeno-González, Porras-Múzquiz & Estrada-Ruiz |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) |
A member of the family Rhamnaceae. Genus includes new species G. muzquizensis. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Martinez Martinez |
Miocene |
A member of the family Moraceae. Genus includes new species H. paranensis. |
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|
Comb. nov |
Valid |
(Knowlton) Denk et al. |
Eocene |
|
A species of Kageneckia. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Lu et al. |
Miocene |
Xiaolongtan Formation |
An elm. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Wheeler, Manchester & Baas |
Eocene |
John Day Formation |
A member of Rosales with features found in urticalean families. The type species is U. stevensii. |
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|
Comb. nov |
Valid |
(Saporta) Denk et al. |
Oligocene |
synonymy |
A species of Vauquelinia. |
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|
Comb. nov |
Valid |
(Saporta) Denk et al. |
Oligocene |
synonymy
|
A species of Vauquelinia. |
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|
Comb. nov |
Valid |
(Unger) Denk et al. |
Miocene |
synonymy
|
A species of Vauquelinia. |
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Sapindales
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Wheeler, Manchester & Baas |
Eocene |
John Day Formation |
A species of Aesculus. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kumar et al. |
Cretaceous-Paleogene transition |
Deccan Intertrappean Beds |
A burseraceous fruit. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Rombola et al. |
Late Cretaceous |
Fossil wood with possible affinities with Anacardiaceae or Burseraceae. |
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|
Sp. nov |
In press |
Beurel et al. |
Miocene |
Zhangpu amber |
A species of Canarium. |
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|
Sp. nov |
In press |
Beurel et al. |
Miocene |
Zhangpu amber |
A species of Canarium. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Del Rio et al. |
Paleocene and Eocene |
A species of Cyrtocarpa. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Kumar et al. |
Cretaceous-Paleogene transition |
Deccan Intertrappean Beds |
A burseraceous flower. The type species is D. indica. |
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|
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov |
Wheeler, Manchester & Baas |
Eocene |
John Day Formation |
A member of the family Sapindaceae. Genus includes new species K. wilkinsonii, as well as "Sapindoxylon" klaassenii Wheeler & Manchester (2002). |
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|
Comb. nov |
Valid |
(Karanjekar) |
Late Cretaceous |
A member of the family Burseraceae. Moved from Cremocarpon deccanii Karanjekar (1984). |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Chandra et al. |
Paleogene |
A species of Swietenia. |
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Saxifragales
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sp. nov |
Maslova et al. |
Eocene |
Changchang Formation |
A species of Liquidambar. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Maslova et al. |
Eocene |
Changchang Formation |
A species of Liquidambar. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Wu et al. |
Miocene |
Zhangpu amber |
A species of Parrotia. Published online in 2023; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2024. |
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Other superrosids
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Tang, Smith & Atkinson |
Late Cretaceous |
Rosid clade fruits of uncertain affinities. |
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Superrosid research
- Nishino et al. (2023) study the composition of a fossil forest from the Miocene Nakamura Formation of the Mizunami Group (Japan), including stumps of Wataria parvipora and leaves of Byttneriophyllum tiliifolium, and interpret their finding as suggesting that W. parvipora and B. tiliifolium were parts of the same plant, as well as suggesting that Byttneriophyllum-bearing plants might have belonged to the subfamily Helicteroideae.[123]
Other angiosperms
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gen. et sp. nov |
valid |
Čepičková & Kvaček |
A Basal angiosperm leaf morphogenus |
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|
Sp. nov |
Mahato, Hazra & Khan in Mahato et al. |
Miocene |
Chunabati Formation |
A species of Cinnamomum. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Gentis, De Franceschi & Boura in Gentis et al. |
Paleocene (Danian-Selandian) |
Paunggyi Formation |
Fossil wood with anatomical features found in diverse extant flowering plant groups, might be placed at the base of the asterids, close to Malpighiales, close to Proteales at the base of eudicots, or even in Laurales. The type species is C. paleocenicum. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Wheeler, Manchester & Baas |
Eocene |
John Day Formation |
A species of Magnolia. |
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|
Comb. nov |
(Brown) Manchester, Judd, & Kodrul |
Eocene |
Green River Formation |
A pentapetalean eudicot of uncertain affiliation. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Čepičková & Kvaček |
Late Cretaceous |
Peruc–Korycany Formation |
Foliage of a flowering plant, possibly with affinities with the family Chloranthaceae. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Smith, Greenwalt & Manchester |
Eocene |
Disseminules of uncertain affinities. |
 | ||||
|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Smith, Greenwalt & Manchester |
Eocene |
Seed of uncertain affinities |
 | ||||
|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Friis, Crane & Pedersen |
Early Cretaceous |
An early angiosperm of uncertain phylogenetic placement, most closely related to magnoliids, possibly with lauralean affinities. |
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|
Comb. nov |
valid |
(Velenovský) Čepičková & Kvaček |
A Basal angiosperm leaf morphogenus |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Rombola et al. |
Late Cretaceous |
Cardiel Formation |
Fossil wood of a flowering plant of uncertain affinities. The type species is T. oligoporosum. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Wang et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Albian) |
An early angiosperm of uncertain affinities. |
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- A study on the affinities of Santaniella, based on data from new fossil material from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation (Brazil), is published by Pessoa et al. (2023), who don't support the interpretation of Santaniella as a ranuculid, and consider it to be a mesangiosperm of uncertain affinities, possibly a magnoliid.[132]
- Pessoa, Ribeiro & Christenhusz (2023) describe new fossil material of Araripia florifera from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil, interpret its anatomy as indicating that it did not belong to the family Calycanthaceae, and assign it to the new family Araripiaceae in the stem group of Laurales.[133]
Angiosperm research
- A study aiming to determine the affinities of 24 exceptionally preserved fossil flowers is published by López-Martínez et al. (2023).[134]
- A study aiming to determine the phylogenetic relationships of nine putative magnolialean fossils is published by Doyle & Endress (2023).[135]
- Chambers & Poinar (2023) reinterpret Endobeuthos paleosum as a member of the family Proteaceae;[136] this interpretation is subsequently contested by Lamont & Ladd (2024).[137]
- A study on the diversification of the flowering plant throughout their evolutionary history is published by Thompson & Ramírez-Barahona (2023), who report evidence of stable extinction rates through time and find no evidence of a significant impact of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event on the extinction rates of major flowering plant lineages.[138]
Other plants
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sp. nov |
In press |
Liu & Xu in Liu et al. |
Silurian (Přídolí) |
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|
Sp. nov |
Libertín, Kvaček & Bek |
Silurian (Přídolí) |
A vascular plant related to Lycophytina. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Gnaedinger, Brea & Martínez |
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian–Toarcian) |
Roca Blanca Formation |
A member of the family Gnetidae. The type species is A. carlquistii. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Ribeiro et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
Crato Formation |
A member of the family Ephedraceae. The type species is A. delicata. |
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|
Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Pujana et al. |
Oligocene |
San José Formation |
A wood morphospecies of uncertain affinity. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Hedenäs, Bomfleur & Friis in Bomfleur et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) |
Almargem Formation |
A moss, a species of Campylopus. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Hedenäs, Bomfleur & Friis in Bomfleur et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) |
Almargem Formation |
A moss belonging to the family Leucobryaceae. The type species is C. fissuratum. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Uhlířová, Pšenička & Sakala |
Silurian (Přídolí) |
A rhyniophytoid with bryophyte-like features. The type species is C. petrkraftii. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Hedenäs, Bomfleur & Friis in Bomfleur et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) |
Almargem Formation |
A moss, a member of Sphagnales of uncertain affinities. The type species is C. cateficense. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Luthardt, Rößler & Stevenson |
Permian (Sakmarian–Artinskian) |
A gymnosperm with cycadalean affinities. The type species is C. galtieri. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Yang et al. |
Middle Jurassic |
Daohugou Beds |
A member of the family Gnetidae. The type species is D. sinensis. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Hedenäs, Bomfleur & Friis in Bomfleur et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) |
Almargem Formation |
A moss, a species of Dicranodontium. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Barbacka et al. |
Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) |
A cycadophyte foliage. The type species is H. varioserratum. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Anderson & Anderson |
Triassic |
A member of Ginkgoopsida belonging to the group Petriellales. |
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|
Kannaskoppianthus komanthus[148] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Anderson & Anderson |
Triassic |
Molteno Formation |
A member of Ginkgoopsida belonging to the group Petriellales. |
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|
Kannaskoppianthus switzianthus[148] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Anderson & Anderson |
Triassic |
Molteno Formation |
A member of Ginkgoopsida belonging to the group Petriellales. |
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|
Kannaskoppianthus telepentatus[148] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Anderson & Anderson |
Triassic |
Molteno Formation |
A member of Ginkgoopsida belonging to the group Petriellales. |
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|
Comb. nov |
(Herbst & Gnaedinger) |
Early Jurassic |
Nestares Formation |
A corystosperm. Moved from Alicurana artabei Herbst & Gnaedinger (2002). |
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|
Komlopteris boolensis[149] |
Sp. nov |
Slodownik, Hill & McLoughlin |
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian–Barremian) |
Rintoul Creek Formation |
A corystosperm. |
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|
Komlopteris constricta[149] |
Comb. nov |
(Halle) |
Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) |
Upper Mount Flora Formation |
A corystosperm. Moved from Thinnfeldia constricta Halle (1913). |
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|
Komlopteris khatangiensis[149] |
Comb. nov |
(Sengupta) |
Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous |
Dubrajpur Formation |
A corystosperm. Moved from Thinnfeldia khatangiensis Sengupta (1988). |
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|
Komlopteris nestarensis[149] |
Comb. nov |
(Herbst & Gnaedinger) |
Early Jurassic |
Nestares Formation |
A corystosperm. Moved from Alicurana nestarensis Herbst & Gnaedinger (2002). |
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|
Komlopteris purlawaughensis[149] |
Sp. nov |
Slodownik, Hill & McLoughlin |
Late Jurassic |
A corystosperm. |
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|
Komlopteris tiruchirapalliense[149] |
Comb. nov |
(Sukh-Dev & Rajanikanth) |
Early Cretaceous |
Sivaganga Formation |
A corystosperm. Moved from Sphenopteris tiruchirapalliense Sukh-Dev & Rajanikanth (1988). |
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|
Komlopteris victoriensis[149] |
Sp. nov |
Slodownik, Hill & McLoughlin |
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) |
Eumeralla Formation |
A corystosperm. |
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|
Gen. et 2 sp. nov |
Bickner et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
A gymnosperm seed. Genus includes M. friisae and M. exesum. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Lalica & Tomescu |
Devonian (Emsian) |
An early euphyllophyte. Genus includes new species N. mikmaqiana. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Vallois & Nel |
Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) |
Bruay Formation |
A medullosalean "seed". |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Junior homonym |
Liu, Shen & Wang |
Middle Jurassic (Callovian) |
A gymnosperm with several morphological features formerly restricted to angiosperms. The type species is P. huangii. The generic name is preoccupied by Paradoxa Mattirolo (1935); Deshmukh (2026) coined a replacement name Neoparadoxa.[154] |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Trajano et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
Serra do Tucano Formation |
Possibly a member of Ephedrales. Genus includes new species P. amazonensis. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Pfeiler & Tomescu |
Devonian |
An early euphyllophyte. The type species is P. praestigians. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Hoffman & Crandall-Stotler |
Paleocene |
A liverwort belonging to the family Petalophyllaceae. The type species is P. speirsiae. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Snigirevsky & Lyubarova |
Devonian |
A plant of uncertain affinities, with features characteristic of different groups of higher plants. The type species is P. salarina. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Li & Du in Li et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
A relative of Paleozoic primitive Cycadales. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
He in He et al. |
Middle Jurassic |
A member of Czekanowskiales. |
|||||
|
Gen. et 2 sp. nov |
Valid |
Hedenäs, Bomfleur & Friis in Bomfleur et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) |
Almargem Formation |
A moss belonging to the family Diphysciaceae. The type species is P. tortuosum; genus also includes P. simsimiae. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Hedenäs, Bomfleur & Friis in Bomfleur et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) |
Almargem Formation |
A moss, a species of Polytrichastrum. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Li & Du in Li et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
Tuomatan Formation |
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|
Sp nov |
in press |
Colston, Landaw, & Tomescu |
A trimerophytopsid land plant |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Wang & Sun in Han et al. |
Middle Jurassic |
Yaojie Formation |
Possibly an early angiosperm. The type species is Q. formosa. |
|||||
|
Sp. nov |
In press |
Yang |
Early Jurassic |
Sangonghe Formation |
A gymnosperm. |
||||
|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Anderson & Anderson |
Triassic |
Molteno Formation |
A member of Ginkgoopsida belonging to the group Petriellales. |
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|
Rochipteris komifolia[148] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Anderson & Anderson |
Triassic |
Molteno Formation |
A member of Ginkgoopsida belonging to the group Petriellales. |
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|
Rochipteris lutifolia[148] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Anderson & Anderson |
Triassic |
Molteno Formation |
A member of Ginkgoopsida belonging to the group Petriellales. |
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|
Rochipteris matatifolia[148] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Anderson & Anderson |
Triassic |
Molteno Formation |
A member of Ginkgoopsida belonging to the group Petriellales. |
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|
Rochipteris penensis[148] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Anderson & Anderson |
Triassic |
Molteno Formation |
A member of Ginkgoopsida belonging to the group Petriellales. |
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|
Rochipteris switzifolia[148] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Anderson & Anderson |
Triassic |
Molteno Formation |
A member of Ginkgoopsida belonging to the group Petriellales. |
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|
Rochipteris telefolia[148] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Anderson & Anderson |
Triassic |
Molteno Formation |
A member of Ginkgoopsida belonging to the group Petriellales. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Elgorriaga & Atkinson |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) |
Holz Shale |
||||||
|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Forte & Kustatscher |
Permian (Kungurian) |
Tregiovo Formation |
A plant of uncertain affinities, with the closest resemblance to the seed fern Auritifolia anomala. The type species is T. furcata. |
|||||
|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Blanco-Moreno et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) |
A moss belonging to the family Tricostaceae. |
|||||
|
Sp. nov |
Xie, Wang, Tian & Uhl in Xie et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) |
Jiufotang Formation |
Fossil wood of a gymnosperm of uncertain affinities. |
|||||
|
Sp. nov |
Xie, Wang & Tian in Xie et al. |
Late Jurassic |
|||||||
|
Gen. et comb. nov |
Elgorriaga & Atkinson |
Early Jurassic |
A member of Doyleales; a new genus for "Karkenia" cylindrica Schweitzer & Kirchner (1995). |
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Other plant research
- A study on the evolutionary history of Marchantiopsida, as indicated by data from extant and fossil taxa, is published by Flores et al. (2023).[170]
- Decombeix et al. (2023) document tyloses in Late Devonian Callixylon wood.[171]
- A study on the anatomy and affinities of Tingia unita, based on data from specimens from the Permian Taiyuan Formation (China), is published by Yang, Wang & Wang (2023), who confirm that T. unita was a progymnosperm belonging to the group Noeggerathiales.[172]
- A study on the phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of cycads, based on data from extant and fossil taxa, is published by Coiro et al. (2023).[173]
- Evidence from nitrogen isotopic measurements from fossilized cycad leaves and ancestral state reconstructions, interpreted as indicating that symbiosis of with N2-fixing cyanobacteria wasn't ancestral within cycads but rather arose independently in the lineages leading to living cycads during or after the Jurassic, is published by Kipp et al. (2023).[174]
- Fu et al. (2023) report the presence of ovules enclosed within the ovaries of specimens of Nanjinganthus dendrostyla, and consider their findings to be consistent with the interpretation of Nanjinganthus as an Early Jurassic angiosperm.[175]
