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Flowering plants

Research

• Pollen grains representing the oldest fossils of members of the family Asteraceae discovered so far are described from the Late Cretaceous of Antarctica by Barreda et al. (2015).^[1]

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Abaremaxylon[2]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Moya & Brea	Late Pleistocene	Arroyo Feliciano Formation	Argentina	A member of Mimosoideae. The type species is Abaremaxylon hydrochorea.
Acer lincangense[3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wang et al.	Miocene	Bangmai Formation	China	A maple.
Aralia stratosa[4]	Sp. nov	Valid	Zhu, Huang & Zhou in Zhu et al.	Late Pliocene		China	A member of Araliaceae, a species of Aralia.
Artocarpus basirotundatus[5]	Sp. nov	Valid	Jacques, Shi & Zhou in Jacques et al.	Miocene (Langhian)		China	A member of Moraceae, a species of Artocarpus.
Bamfordphyllum[6]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Passalia, Llorens & Páez	Late Cretaceous	Puesto Manuel Arce Formation	Argentina	A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Bamfordphyllum crassivena.
Bauhinia fotana[5]	Sp. nov	Valid	Jacques, Shi & Zhou in Jacques et al.	Miocene (Langhian)		China	A member of Leguminosae, a species of Bauhinia.
Bauhinia ungulatoides[7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Lin et al.	Miocene (Langhian)	Fotan Group	China	A member of Leguminosae, a species of Bauhinia.
Boehmeria fujianensis[5]	Sp. nov	Valid	Jacques, Shi & Zhou in Jacques et al.	Miocene (Langhian)		China	A member of Urticaceae, a species of Boehmeria.
Boraginocarpus algeriensis[8]	Sp. nov	Valid	Hammouda & Weigend in Hammouda et al.	Eocene (Ypresian to Lutetian)	Méridja Formation	Algeria	A member of Boraginaceae belonging to the tribe Echiochileae, a species of Boraginocarpus.
Burretiodendron miocenicum[9]	Sp. nov	Valid	Lebreton Anberrée et al.	Late Miocene		China	A species of Burretiodendron.
Burretiodendron parvifructum[9]	Sp. nov	Valid	Lebreton Anberrée et al.	Late Miocene		China	A species of Burretiodendron.
Buxus ningmingensis[10]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ma & Sun in Ma et al.	Oligocene	Nigming Formation	China	A species of Buxus.
Buxus preaustro-yunnanensis[10]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ma & Sun in Ma et al.	Oligocene	Nigming Formation	China	A species of Buxus.
Calophyllum striatum[5]	Sp. nov	Valid	Jacques, Shi & Zhou in Jacques et al.	Miocene (Langhian)		China	A member of Calophyllaceae, a species of Calophyllum.
Canrightiopsis[11]	Gen. et 3 sp. nov	Valid	Friis et al.	Early Cretaceous (late Barremian–early Albian)	Almargem Formation Figueira da Foz Formation	Portugal	A member of Chloranthaceae. The type species is Canrightiopsis intermedia; genus also contains Canrightiopsis crassitesta and Canrightiopsis dinisii.
Castanopsis praefissa[12]	Sp. nov	Valid	Li & Sun in Li et al.	Late Miocene	Shengxian Formation	China	A species of Castanopsis.
Castanopsis praeouonbiensis[12]	Sp. nov	Valid	Li & Sun in Li et al.	Late Miocene	Shengxian Formation	China	A species of Castanopsis.
Cedrelospermum asiaticum[13]	Sp. nov	Valid	Jia, Huang & Zhou in Jia et al.	Late Miocene		China	A member of Ulmaceae, a species of Cedrelospermum.
Cercis usnadzei[14]	Nom. nov	Valid	Lin & Wong	Late Oligocene to middle Miocene		Kazakhstan	A member of Fabaceae, a species of Cercis; a replacement name for Cercis kryshtofovichii Usnadze (1971) (preoccupied).
Chuniophoenix slenderifolia[15]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wang et al.	Oligocene		China	A coryphoid palm tree, a species of Chuniophoenix.
Combretum prechinense[16]	Sp. nov	Valid	Khan, Bera & Spicer in Khan et al.	Middle to late Miocene	Dafla Formation	India	A member of Combretaceae, a species of Combretum.
Comopellis[17]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Chambers & Poinar	Eocene or Miocene		Dominican Republic	A member of Rhamnaceae found in Dominican amber. The type species is Comopellis presbya.
Cornus maii[18]	Sp. nov	Valid	Martinetto	Pliocene		Italy	A species of Cornus.
Cryptocaryoxylon oleiferum[19]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ramos, Brea & Kröhling	Late Pleistocene	El Palmar Formation	Argentina	A member of Lauraceae, a species of Cryptocaryoxylon.
Cylicodiscuxylon[2]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Moya & Brea	Late Pleistocene	Arroyo Feliciano Formation	Argentina	A member of Mimosoideae. The type species is Cylicodiscuxylon paragabunensis.
Dasylarynx[20]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Poinar & Chambers	Eocene or Miocene		Dominican Republic	A monocotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement found in Dominican amber. The type species is Dasylarynx anomalus.
Deviacer guangxiensis[21]	Sp. nov	Valid	Chen & Manchester	Oligocene	Ningming Formation	China	A member of Polygalaceae, a species of Deviacer.
Deviacer pidemarmanii[22]	Sp. nov	Valid	Myers & Erwin	Late Eocene–Early Oligocene		United States	A member of Polygalaceae, a species of Deviacer.
Dicotylophyllum montis-nivium[23]	Sp. nov	Valid	Halamski & Kvaček	Late Cretaceous (Coniacian)		Poland	A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
Dicotylophyllum thaddaeiguniae[23]	Sp. nov	Valid	Halamski & Kvaček	Late Cretaceous (Coniacian)		Poland	A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
Euryale yunnanensis[24]	Sp. nov	Valid	Huang et al.	Late Miocene	Zhaotong Basin	China	A member of Nymphaeaceae related to Euryale ferox.
Fairlingtonia[25]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Jud	Early Cretaceous	Potomac Group	United States	A early eudicot of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for "Sphenopteris" thyrsopteroides Fontaine (1889).
Flacourtia serrulata[5]	Sp. nov	Valid	Jacques, Shi & Zhou in Jacques et al.	Miocene (Langhian)		China	A member of Salicaceae, a species of Flacourtia.
Goweria bluerimensis[26]	Sp. nov	Valid	Allen, Stull & Manchester	Eocene		United States	A member of Icacinaceae, a species of Goweria.
Icacinicaryites lottii[26]	Sp. nov	Valid	Allen, Stull & Manchester	Eocene		United States	A member of Icacinaceae, a species of Icacinicaryites.
Iodes occidentalis[26]	Sp. nov	Valid	Allen, Stull & Manchester	Eocene		United States	A member of Icacinaceae, a species of Iodes.
Klaprothiopsis[27]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Poinar, Weigend & Henning	Eocene or Miocene		Dominican Republic	A member of Loasaceae found in Dominican amber. The type species is Klaprothiopsis dyscrita.
Lagerstroemia himalayaensis[28]	Sp. nov	Valid	Srivastava, Gaur & Mehrotra	Miocene		India	A member of Lythraceae, a species of Lagerstroemia.
Lejalia[29]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Coiffard & Mohr	Late Cretaceous		Sudan	A member of Araceae; a new genus for "Proteaephyllum" sagenopteroides.
Liquidambar maomingensis[30]	Sp. nov	Valid	Maslova et al.	Late Eocene		China	A member of Altingiaceae, a species of Liquidambar.
Lithocarpus longchuanensis[31]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mu et al.	Miocene		China	A member of Fagaceae, a species of Lithocarpus.
Livistona roundifolia[15]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wang et al.	Oligocene		China	A coryphoid palm tree, a species of Livistona.
Lonicera krassilovii[32]	Sp. nov	Valid	Pavlyutkin	Late Miocene	Ust-Suifun Formation	Russia	A honeysuckle.
Macaranga stellata[5]	Sp. nov	Valid	Jacques, Shi & Zhou in Jacques et al.	Miocene (Langhian)		China	A member of Euphorbiaceae, a species of Macaranga.
Menispermites orientalis[33]	Sp. nov	Valid	Golovneva in Golovneva, Herman & Shczepetov	Cretaceous (late Albian–early Turonian)	Krivorechenskaya Formation	Russia	A species of Menispermites.
Menispermoxylon mowglii[34]	Sp. nov	Valid	Licht, Boura & De Franceschi in Licht et al.	Late middle Eocene		Myanmar	A member of Menispermaceae, a species of Menispermoxylon.
Nuphar carlquistii[35]	Sp. nov	Valid	DeVore, Taylor, & Pigg	Ypresian	Klondike Mountain Formation	United States	A water lily
Orontiophyllum[36]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Kvaček & Smith	Late Cretaceous (Turonian to early Campanian)		Austria  Germany	A member of Araceae. A new genus for "Araciphyllites" austriacus Kvaček & Herman (2005); genus also contains "Zingiberopsis" riggauensis Knobloch (1979).
Palaeocarya hispida[37]	Sp. nov	Valid	Meng et al.	Late Miocene		China	A member of Juglandaceae, a species of Palaeocarya.
Paleoochna[38]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ickert-Bond, Pigg & DeVore	Late Paleocene		United States	A member of Ochnaceae. The type species is Paleoochna tiffneyi.
Palmoxylon kikaapoa[39]	Sp. nov	Valid	Sainz-Resendiz et al.	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Olmos Formation	Mexico	A palm tree, a species of Palmoxylon.
Paraperseoxylon septatum[40]	Sp. nov	Valid	Franco et al.	Cretaceous	Puerto Yeruá Formation	Argentina	A member of Lauraceae, a species of Paraperseoxylon.
Phoenix windmillis[41]	Sp. nov	Valid	Allen	Eocene		United States	A member of Arecaceae, a species of Phoenix.
Piper margaritae[42]	Sp. nov	Valid	Martínez et al.	Late Cretaceous	Guaduas Formation	Colombia	A member of Piperaceae, a species of Piper.
Pleiogynium parvum[43]	Sp. nov	Valid	Rozefelds, Dettmann & Clifford in Rozefelds et al.	Probably Oligocene		Australia	A species of Pleiogynium.
Pleiogynium wannanii[43]	Sp. nov	Valid	Rozefelds, Dettmann & Clifford in Rozefelds et al.	Latest Oligocene or early Miocene	Riversleigh	Australia	A species of Pleiogynium.
Podocarpium eocenicum[44]	Sp. nov	Valid	Xu & Jin in Xu et al.	Eocene	Changchang Formation Youganwo Formation	China	A member of Caesalpinioideae, a species of Podocarpium.
Prioria dominicana[45]	Sp. nov	Valid	Poinar & Chambers	Eocene or Miocene		Dominican Republic	A member of Fabaceae belonging to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae found in Dominican amber, a species of Prioria.
Prunus kunmingensis[46]	Sp. nov	Valid	Su, Wilf & Zhou in Su et al.	Late Pliocene	Ciying Formation	China	A species of Prunus related to the peach.
Pseudhaplocricus[47]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Poinar & Chambers	Eocene or Miocene		Dominican Republic	A member of Commelinaceae found in Dominican amber. The type species is Pseudhaplocricus hexandrus.
Qualeoxylon felicianensis[48]	Sp. nov	Valid	Moya & Brea	Late Pleistocene	Arroyo Feliciano Formation	Argentina	A member of Vochysiaceae, a species of Qualeoxylon.
Quercus chekryzhovii[49]	Sp. nov	Valid	Pavlyutkin	Early Oligocene		Russia	An oak.
Quercus heterobracteolata[50]	Sp. nov	Valid	Jia et al.	Late Miocene		China	An oak.
Quercus kraskinensis[49]	Sp. nov	Valid	Pavlyutkin	Early Oligocene		Russia	An oak.
Quercus maii[51]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kovar-Eder in Kovar-Eder, Kern & Sun	Late Pliocene	Ma’anshancun Formation	China	An oak.
Quercus paraglauca[50]	Sp. nov	Valid	Jia et al.	Late Miocene		China	An oak.
Quercus rajushkinae[52]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Miocene		Kazakhstan	An oak; a replacement name for Quercus lavrovii Rajushkina (1987) (preoccupied).
Quercus waltheri[51]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kovar-Eder in Kovar-Eder, Kern & Sun	Late Pliocene	Ma’anshancun Formation	China	An oak.
Rhaphithamnoxylon[53]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Franco, Brea & Zavattieri	Middle Miocene	Mariño Formation	Argentina	A member of Verbenaceae related to members of the genus Rhaphithamnus. The type species is Rhaphithamnoxylon artabeae.
Rhodoleia tengchongensis[54]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wu & Sun in Wu et al.	Pliocene (Piacenzian)	Upper Mangbang Formation	China	A species of Rhodoleia.
Rubus lanpingensis[55]	Sp. nov	Valid	Huang et al.	Pliocene (Piacenzian)		China	A member of Rosaceae, a species of Rubus.
Saliciphyllum gaetei[56]	Sp. nov	Valid	Marmi et al.	Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian)		Spain	A willow-like eudicot, a species of Saliciphyllum.
Smilax miohavanensis[57]	Nom. nov	Valid	Denk et al.	Miocene		Austria  Greece  Turkey	A member of Smilacaceae; a replacement name for "Quercus" aspera Unger (1847) (subsequently transferred to the genus Smilax, which would make it a junior homonym of the extant Smilax aspera).
Staphylea levisemia[58]	Sp. nov	Valid	Huang et al.	Latest Miocene to earliest Pliocene	Gray Fossil Site	United States	A member of Staphyleaceae, a species of Staphylea.
Styracoxylon thyllosum[59]	Sp. nov	Valid	Moya, Brea & Franco	Late Pleistocene	Arroyo Feliciano Formation	Argentina	A member of Styracaceae, a species of Styracoxylon.
Tinaflora[60]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Atkinson et al.	Eocene		Canada	A member of Lauraceae. The type species is Tinaflora beardiae.
Trachycarpus formosa[15]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wang et al.	Oligocene		China	A coryphoid palm tree, a species of Trachycarpus.
Ventilago lincangensis[61]	Sp. nov	Valid	Liu & Xie in Liu et al.	Late Miocene	Bangmai Formation	China	A species of Ventilago.
Wataria yunnanica[62]	Sp. nov	Valid	Li & Oskolski in Li et al.	Miocene	Dajie Formation	China	A member of Malvaceae, a species of Wataria.
Welkoetoxylon[63]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Boonchai, Manchester & Wheeler	Eocene	Green River Formation	United States	A member of Moraceae. The type species is Welkoetoxylon multiseriatum.
Zygiaxylon[64]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Kloster & Gnaedinger in Kloster et al.	Miocene	Solimões Formation	Brazil	A member of Fabaceae belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae. The type species is Zygiaxylon amazonicum.

Other seed plants

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Acanthostrobus[65]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Klymiuk, Stockey & Rothwell	Late Cretaceous (Coniacian)		Canada	A member of Cupressaceae. The type species is Acanthostrobus edenensis.
Allicospermum budantsevii[66]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordenko	Middle Jurassic		Uzbekistan	A gymnosperm of ginkgoalean affinity, a species of Allicospermum.
Anomozamites sanjiaocunensis[67]	Sp. nov	Valid	Zhao et al.	Middle Jurassic	Haifanggou Formation	China	A member of Bennettitales, a species of Anomozamites.
Araucariacites mildenhallii[68]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mays	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian and Turonian)	Tupuangi Formation	New Zealand	A conifer.
Araucarites raghavapurensis[69]	Sp. nov	Valid	Chinnappa, Rajanikanth & Rao	Early Cretaceous	Raghavapuram Formation	India	A member of Araucariaceae, a species of Araucarites.
Balmeiopsis disca[68]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mays	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to early Turonian)	Tupuangi Formation	New Zealand	A conifer.
Brachyoxylon baqueroense[70]	Sp. nov	Valid	Vera & Césari	Early Cretaceous	Baqueró Group	Argentina	A conifer, a species of Brachyoxylon.
Carpolites pliocucurbitinus[18]	Nom. nov	Valid	Martinetto	Pliocene to Pleistocene (Zanclean to Gelasian)		Italy	A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a replacement name for Carpolites cucurbitinus Martinetto (1995) (preoccupied).
Carpolithes albolutum[71]	Nom. nov	Valid	Smith et al.	Eocene (Ypresian)		United Kingdom	A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
Carpolithes phoenixnordensis[71]	Sp. nov	Valid	Smith et al.	Late Eocene		Germany	A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
Cordaites principaloides[72]	Sp. nov	Valid	Šimůnek	Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)	Saale Basin	Germany	A species of Cordaites.
Cordaites theodorii[73]	Sp. nov	Valid	Šimunek & Haldovský	Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)	Kladno-Rakovník Basin	Czech Republic	A species of Cordaites.
Cordaites yongchangensis[74]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wang et al.	Early Permian		China	A species of Cordaites.
Cordaixylon andresii[75]	Sp. nov	Valid	Césari et al.	Carboniferous (Stephanian)		Spain	A member of Cordaitales, a species of Cordaixylon.
Ctenis clarnoensis[76]	Sp. nov	Valid	Edrei & Manchester	Eocene	Clarno Formation	United States	A cycad, a species of Ctenis.
Cupressinoxylon zamunerae[77]	Sp. nov	Valid	Bodnar et al.	Middle Triassic	Cortaderita Formation	Argentina	A member of Cupressaceae sensu lato, a species of Cupressinoxylon.
Czekanowskia (Harrisella) ordosensis[78]	Sp. nov	Valid	Sun et al.	Middle Jurassic	Yan'an Formation	China	A member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Czekanowskia.
Elatocladus velenovskyi[79]	Nom. nov	Valid	Kvaček	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Peruc-Korycany Formation	Czech Republic	A conifer; a replacement name for "Sequoia" heterophylla Velenovský (1885). The species was transferred to the genus Elatocladus by Kvaček (2015); this, however, made this species a junior homonym of Elatocladus heterophylla Halle (1913), making the name change necessary.[79]
Ephedra multinervia[80]	Sp. nov	Valid	Yang & Lin in Yang, Lin & Ferguson	Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation	China	A species of Ephedra.
Estellencsia[81]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ruiz & Wachtler	Middle Triassic (Anisian)		Spain	A member of Coniferales. The type species is Estellencsia saezii.
Ginkgo badamgaravii[82]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kostina & Herman in Kostina, Herman & Kodrul	Middle Jurassic (possibly Aalenian)	Bakhar Formation	Mongolia	A relative of the ginkgo.
Ginkgoidium nundichii[83]	Sp. nov	Valid	Velasco-de León et al.	Middle Jurassic		Mexico	A member of Ginkgoales, a species of Ginkgoidium.
Glenrosa carentonensis[84]	Sp. nov	Valid	Moreau et al.	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)		France	A member of Coniferales of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Glenrosa.
Golondrinia[85]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Cariglino	Permian (Guadalupian?-Lopingian)	La Golondrina Formation	Argentina	A member of Glossopteridales belonging to the family Arberiaceae. The type species is Golondrinia archangelskyi.
Junggaropitys[86]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Shi et al.	Middle-Late Triassic	Karamay Formation	China	A conifer. The type species is Junggaropitys dalongkouensis.
Krassilovia[87]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Herrera et al.	Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian)	Tevshiin Govi Formation	Mongolia	A member of Voltziales. The type species is Krassilovia mongolica.
Latisemenia[88]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Wang et al.	Devonian (Famennian)	Wutong (Wutung) Formation	China	An early seed plant. The type species is Latisemenia longshania.
Megasylvella[89]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Naugolnykh	Middle Permian (Kazanian)		Russia	A member of Pinophyta belonging to the group Vojnovskyales. The type species is M. ivagorica.
Mirovia pethiorica[90]	Sp. nov	Valid	Nosova & Kiritchkova	Middle Jurassic (Aalenian–Bathonian)	Sysola Formation	Russia	A conifer, a species of Mirovia.
Nageia maomingensis[91]	Sp. nov	Valid	Liu, Gao & Jin	Late Eocene	Maoming Basin	China	A species of Nageia.
Nanshanopteris[92]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Wan & Wang	Late Permian (Changhsingian)	Sunan Formation	China	A seed fern belonging to the group Peltaspermales. The type species is Nanshanopteris nervosa.
Ortiseia collii[81]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ruiz & Wachtler	Middle Triassic (Anisian)		Spain	A member of Coniferales belonging to the family Ortiseiaceae, a species of Ortiseia.
Phoenicopsis neimengguensis[93]	Sp. nov	Valid	Sun, Na, Dilcher, Wang & Li in Sun et al.	Middle Jurassic	Zhaogou Formation	China	A member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Phoenicopsis.
Phoenicopsis (Phoenicopsis) odorsensis[94]	Sp. nov	Valid	Li & Sun in Li et al.	Middle Jurassic	Yan'an Formation	China	A member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Phoenicopsis. The species name is spelled Phoenicopsis ordosensis on some pages; however, this version of the name is preoccupied by Phoenicopsis (Culgoweria) ordosensis Li et al. (2014).
Pinus maomingensis[95]	Sp. nov	Valid	Xu et al.	Late Eocene	Huangniuling Formation	China	A pine.
Pinus preyunnanensis[96]	Sp. nov	Valid	Xu & Sun in Xu et al.	Late Miocene	Shengxian Formation	China	A pine.
Pityospermum godavarianum[69]	Sp. nov	Valid	Chinnappa, Rajanikanth & Rao	Early Cretaceous	Raghavapuram Formation	India	A member of Coniferales, a species of Pityospermum.
Placotheca[97]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Wang et al.	Devonian (Famennian)	Wutong Formation	China	A member of Lagenospermopsida (a group of plants of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably spermatophytes). The type species is Placotheca minuta.
Podocarpidites microradiatus[68]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mays	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to early Turonian)	Tupuangi Formation	New Zealand	A conifer.
Podocarpoxylon atuelensis[98]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gnaedinger et al.	Early Jurassic	El Freno Formation	Argentina	A member of Podocarpaceae, a species of Podocarpoxylon.
Protaxodioxylon jianchangense[99]	Sp. nov	Valid	Tian & Wang in Tian et al.	Late Middle Jurassic to early Late Jurassic	Tiaojishan Formation	China	A member of Cupressaceae, a species of Protaxodioxylon.
Prumnopityoxylon[100]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Franco & Brea	Late Cenozoic	Ituzaingó Formation	Argentina	A member of Podocarpaceae. The type species is Prumnopityoxylon gnaedingerae.
Pseudofrenelopsis capillata[101]	Sp. nov	Valid	Sucerquia, Bernardes-de-Oliveira & Mohr	Early Cretaceous	Crato Formation	Brazil	A member of Cheirolepidiaceae, a species of Pseudofrenelopsis.
Pseudotorellia gobiense[82]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kostina & Herman in Kostina, Herman & Kodrul	Middle Jurassic (possibly Aalenian)	Bakhar Formation	Mongolia	A member of Ginkgoales, a species of Pseudotorellia.
Pseudotorellia mongolica[82]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kostina & Herman in Kostina, Herman & Kodrul	Middle Jurassic (possibly Aalenian)	Bakhar Formation	Mongolia	A member of Ginkgoales, a species of Pseudotorellia.
Ptilophyllum cariae[102]	Sp. nov	Valid	Scanu, Kustatscher & Pittau	Middle Jurassic (Bajocian–Bathonian)	Genna Selole Formation	Italy	A member of Bennettitales, a species of Ptilophyllum.
Radicites trimorphus[89]	Sp. nov	Valid	Naugolnykh	Middle Permian (Kazanian)		Russia	A member of Pinophyta of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
Sagenopteris nadalii[81]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ruiz & Wachtler	Middle Triassic (Anisian)		Spain	A member of Caytoniales, a species of Sagenopteris.
Scitistrobus[103]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Spencer, Mapes, Hilton & Rothwell in Spencer et al.	Middle Jurassic (Aalenian)	Bearreraig Sandstone Formation	United Kingdom	A member of Cupressaceae. The type species is Scitistrobus duncaanensis.
Sequoia maguanensis[104]	Sp. nov	Valid	Zhang & Zhou in Zhang et al.	Late Miocene	Xiaolongtan Formation	China	A relative of the coast redwood.
Solenites baishanensis[105]	Sp. nov	Valid	Li et al.	Early Cretaceous	Yingzuilazi Formation	China	A member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Solenites.
Solenites gracilis[105]	Sp. nov	Valid	Li et al.	Early Cretaceous	Yingzuilazi Formation	China	A member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Solenites.
Sphenobaiera mixteca[83]	Sp. nov	Valid	Velasco-de León et al.	Middle Jurassic		Mexico	A member of Ginkgoales, a species of Sphenobaiera.
Taeniopteris novomundensis[106]	Sp. nov	Valid	Prestianni et al.	Late Triassic (Carnian)		Norway   Switzerland	A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably a member of Cycadophyta; a species of Taeniopteris.
Taxus guyangensis[107]	Sp. nov	Valid	Xu et al.	Early Cretaceous	Guyang Formation	China	A species of Taxus.
Thorezia[108]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Prestianni & Gerrienne	Late Devonian		Belgium	A spermatophyte of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Thorezia vezerensis.
Thinnfeldia vemavaramensis[69]	Sp. nov	Valid	Chinnappa, Rajanikanth & Rao	Early Cretaceous	Vemavaram Formation	India	A seed fern belonging to the group Corystospermales, a species of Thinnfeldia.
Tsuga nanfengensis[109]	Sp. nov	Valid	Bondarenko, Wang & Zhou in Wang et al.	Late Miocene	Xiaolongtan Formation	China	A species of Tsuga.
Warsteinia sancheziae[110]	Sp. nov	Valid	Prestianni et al.	Carboniferous (Tournaisian)		Argentina	An early seed plant, a species of Warsteinia.
Williamsonia carolinensis[111]	Sp. nov	Valid	Pott & Axsmith	Late Triassic	Pekin Formation	United States	A member of Bennettitales belonging to the family Williamsoniaceae, a species of Williamsonia.
Xenoxylon yunnanensis[112]	Sp. nov	Valid	Feng in Feng et al.	Middle Jurassic	Shaximiao Formation	China	A gymnosperm, possibly a member of Pinophyta; a species of Xenoxylon.
Yiduxylon[113]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Wang & Liu	Devonian (Famennian)	Tizikou Formation	China	A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, either an early seed plant or a taxon closely related to seed plants. The type species is Yiduxylon trilobum.

Other plants

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Adiantitophyllum[114]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Nagalingum & Cantrill	Early Cretaceous (Albian)		Antarctica (Alexander Island)	A fern. The type species is Adiantitophyllum serratum.
Anastrophyllum rovnoi[115]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mamontov et al.	Late Eocene		Ukraine	A liverwort found in Rovno amber, a species of Anastrophyllum.
Arthropitys iannuzzii[116]	Sp. nov	Valid	Neregato, Rößler & Noll in Neregato et al.	Permian	Motuca Formation	Brazil	A member of Calamitaceae, a species of Arthropitys.
Arthropitys isoramis[116]	Sp. nov	Valid	Neregato, Rößler & Noll in Neregato et al.	Permian	Motuca Formation	Brazil	A member of Calamitaceae, a species of Arthropitys.
Cephalozia veltenii[117]	Sp. nov	Valid	Katagiri	Eocene		Europe (Baltic Sea coast)	A liverwort belonging to the family Cephaloziaceae found in Baltic amber; a species of Cephalozia.
Cephaloziella nadezhdae[118]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mamontov, Heinrichs & Váňa in Mamontov et al.	Late Eocene		Ukraine	A liverwort found in Rovno amber, a species of Cephaloziella.
Ceratolejeunea sublaetefusca[119]	Sp. nov	Valid	Heinrichs et al.	Miocene		Mexico	A liverwort belonging to the family Lejeuneaceae, a species of Ceratolejeunea.
Chara nikolskae[120]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Holocene		Kazakhstan	A green alga belonging to the group Charophyta and the family Characeae; a species of Chara. A replacement name for Chara elliptica Nikolskaja (1984) (preoccupied).
Charaxis martinclosasi[121]	Sp. nov	Valid	Granier et al.	Early Cretaceous (Barremian)		Lebanon	A green alga belonging to the group Charophyta; a species of Charaxis.
Chelinospora prisca[122]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wellman, Steemans & Miller	Late Ordovician and early Silurian	Qasim Formation Sarah Formation	Saudi Arabia	An early land plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Chelinospora.
Cladophlebis auriculipilosus[123]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mays & Tosolini in Mays et al.	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Tupuangi Formation	New Zealand	A fern of probable osmundalean affinity, a species of Cladophlebis.
Cladophlebis dissecta[114]	Sp. nov	Valid	Nagalingum & Cantrill	Early Cretaceous (Albian)		Antarctica (Alexander Island)	A fern, a species of Cladophlebis.
Cladophlebis drinnanii[114]	Sp. nov	Valid	Nagalingum & Cantrill	Early Cretaceous (Albian)		Antarctica (Alexander Island)	A fern, a species of Cladophlebis.
Cladophlebis macloughlinii[114]	Sp. nov	Valid	Nagalingum & Cantrill	Early Cretaceous (Albian)		Antarctica (Alexander Island)	A fern, a species of Cladophlebis.
Crenulopteris[124]	Gen. et comb. nov.	Valid	Wittry et al.	Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)		Austria  Bulgaria  Canada  France  Germany  Poland  Spain   Switzerland  Turkey  United Kingdom  United States	A member of Marattiales belonging to the family Psaroniaceae. A new genus for "Pecopteris" acadica Bell (1962); genus also contains "Pecopteris" micromiltoni Bertrand ex Corsin (1951) and "Pecopteris" lamuriana Heer (1865).
Cryptotetras[125]	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Strother, Traverse & Vecoli	Ordovician (Darriwilian)	Qasim Formation	Saudi Arabia	An early land plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Cryptotetras erugata; genus also contains Cryptotetras mordacis.
Didymospora[125]	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Strother, Traverse & Vecoli	Ordovician (Darriwilian)	Qasim Formation	Saudi Arabia	An early land plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Didymospora luna; genus also contains Didymospora fucosogranulata.
Equisetocaulis[126]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Rothwell & Ash	Late Triassic (Norian)		United States	A horsetail. The type species is Equisetocaulis muirii.
Equisetum dimorphum[127]	Sp. nov	Valid	Elgorriaga et al.	Early Jurassic		Argentina	A species of Equisetum.
Frullania riclefgrollei[128]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mamontov et al.	Late Eocene		Ukraine	A liverwort found in Rovno amber, a species of Frullania.
Kwazulupteris[129]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Vera & Herbst	Cretaceous (probably Albian–Turonian)	Probably Mzinene Formation	South Africa	A tree fern. The type species is Kwazulupteris schaarschmidtii.
Lepidodendron wingfieldense[130]	Sp. nov	Valid	Thomas & Seyfullah	Carboniferous (Bashkirian)		United Kingdom
Lobifolia nana[131]	Sp. nov	Valid	Frolov & Mashchuk	Early Jurassic	Cheremkhovskaya Formation	Russia	A fern, a species of Lobifolia.
Lobodendron[132]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Liu et al.	Late Devonian (Famennian)	Wutong Formation	China	A member of Lycopsida of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Lobodendron fanwanense.
Marattiopsis patagonica[133]	Sp. nov	Valid	Escapa et al.	Early Jurassic		Argentina	A member of Marattiaceae, a species of Marattiopsis.
Mastigolejeunea extincta[119]	Sp. nov	Valid	Heinrichs et al.	Miocene		Mexico	A liverwort belonging to the family Lejeuneaceae, a species of Mastigolejeunea.
Mendozaphyllum[134]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Puebla, Prámparo & Gandolfo	Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian)	Loncoche Formation	Argentina	A member of Marsileaceae. The type species is Mendozaphyllum loncochense.
Microlejeunea miocenica[135]	Sp. nov	Valid	Lee et al.	Miocene		Dominican Republic	A liverwort belonging to the family Lejeuneaceae found in Dominican amber, a species of Microlejeunea.
Montenegrella? gracilis[136]	Sp. nov	Valid	Sokač & Grgasović	Early Cretaceous (Barremian)		Croatia	A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales, possibly a species of Montenegrella.
Muscites gracilis[123]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mays & Cantrill in Mays et al.	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Tupuangi Formation	New Zealand	A leafy moss, a species of Muscites.
Natalipteris[129]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Vera & Herbst	Cretaceous (probably Albian–Turonian)	Probably Mzinene Formation	South Africa	A tree fern. The type species is Natalipteris wildei.
Neocalamites grojecensis[137]	Sp. nov	Valid	Jarzynka & Pacyna	Middle Jurassic (Bathonian)		Poland	A member of Equisetopsida of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Neocalamites.
Notoscyphus balticus[138]	Sp. nov	Valid	Heinrichs et al.	Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe (Baltic Sea coast)	A Jungermannial liverwort.
Notoscyphus grollei[139]	Sp. nov	Valid	Váňa et al.	Paleogene		Germany	A Jungermannial liverwort found in Bitterfeld amber, a species of Notoscyphus.
Nunatakia[114]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Nagalingum & Cantrill	Early Cretaceous (Albian)		Antarctica (Alexander Island)	A fern. The type species is Nunatakia alexanderensis.
Osmunda pulchella[140]	Sp. nov	Valid	Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin	Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian)		Sweden	A member of Osmundaceae, a species of Osmunda.
Osmundacaulis bamfordae[141]	Sp. nov	Valid	Herbst	Cretaceous (Albian-Turonian interval)	Probably Mzinene Formation	South Africa	A member of Osmundaceae, a species of Osmundacaulis.
Osmundacaulis tidwellii[141]	Sp. nov	Valid	Herbst	Cretaceous (Albian-Turonian interval)	Probably Mzinene Formation	South Africa	A member of Osmundaceae, a species of Osmundacaulis.
Osmundacaulis whittlesii[142]	Sp. nov	Valid	Smith, Rothwell & Stockey	Early Cretaceous		Canada	A member of Osmundaceae, a species of Osmundacaulis.
Paurodendron stellatum[143]	Sp. nov	Valid	McLoughlin et al.	Permian (Guadalupian)		Antarctica	A member of Isoetales, a species of Paurodendron.
Phlebopteris hazarensis[144]	Sp. nov	Valid	Naugolnykh & Pronin	Late Triassic (Rhaetian)		Kazakhstan	A member of Matoniaceae, a species of Phlebopteris.
Pleopeltis dominicensis[145]	Sp. nov	Valid	Schneider, Heinrichs & Schmidt in Schneider et al.	Miocene		Dominican Republic	A fern found in Dominican amber, a species of Pleopeltis.
Reticuspinosporites[146]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Slater et al.	Middle Jurassic (Bathonian)	Scalby Formation	United Kingdom	A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a member or a relative of lycopsids. The type species is Reticuspinosporites whytei.
Retitriletes polygonatus[147]	Sp. nov	Valid	Hashemi-Yazdi, Sajjadi & Dehbozorgi	Middle Jurassic	Dalichai Formation	Iran	A lycophyte known from spores, a species of Retitriletes.
Rimosotetras subsphaerica[125]	Sp. nov	Valid	Strother, Traverse & Vecoli	Ordovician (Darriwilian)	Qasim Formation	Saudi Arabia	An early land plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Rimosotetras.
Shougangia[148]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Wang et al.	Devonian (Famennian)	Wutong Formation	China	A fern-like plant. The type species is Shougangia bella.
Sphenopteris sinuosa[114]	Sp. nov	Valid	Nagalingum & Cantrill	Early Cretaceous (Albian)		Antarctica (Alexander Island)	A fern, a species of Sphenopteris.
Tetralophozia groehnii[149]	Sp. nov	Valid	Heinrichs, Váňa & Schäfer-Verwimp in Heinrichs et al.	Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe (Baltic Sea coast)	A liverwort, a species of Tetralophozia.
Tetraplanarisporites[122]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Wellman, Steemans & Miller	Late Ordovician and early Silurian	Qasim Formation Sarah Formation	Saudi Arabia	An early land plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Tetraplanarisporites laevigatus.
Tricosta[150]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Shelton et al.	Early Cretaceous		Canada	A pleurocarpous moss. The type species is Tricosta plicata.

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