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This article records new [[Taxon|taxa]] of fossil [[plant]]s that are scheduled to be [[binomial nomenclature|described]] during the year 2015, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to [[paleobotany]] that are scheduled to occur in the year 2015.
==Ferns and fern allies==
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''[[Adiantitophyllum]]''<ref name=CR55ferns>{{Cite journal|author1=Nathalie S. Nagalingum |author2=David J. Cantrill |year=2015 |title=The Albian fern flora of Alexander Island, Antarctica |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=55 |pages=303–330 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.02.005 |bibcode=2015CrRes..55..303N }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Nagalingum & Cantrill
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Early Cretaceous
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[[Triton Point Formation]]
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[[Antarctica]] ([[Alexander Island]])
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A [[leptosporangiate fern]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement.<br/> The type species is ''Adiantitophyllum serratum''.<br/> Possibly also including ''"[[Adiantites]]" lindsayoides'' from the Koonwarra flora in Australia.
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''[[Arthropitys iannuzzii]]''<ref name=RPP215Arthropitys>{{Cite journal|author1=Rodrigo Neregato |author2=Ronny Rößler |author3=Rosemarie Rohn |author4=Robert Noll |year=2015 |title=New petrified calamitaleans from the Permian of the Parnaíba Basin, central-north Brazil. Part I |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=215 |pages=23–45 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.12.006 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.215...23N }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Neregato, Rößler & Noll ''in'' Neregato ''et al.''
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Permian
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[[Motuca Formation]]
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{{Flag|Brazil}}
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A member of [[Calamitaceae]], a species of ''[[Arthropitys]]''.
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''[[Arthropitys isoramis]]''<ref name=RPP215Arthropitys />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Neregato, Rößler & Noll ''in'' Neregato ''et al.''
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Permian
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[[Motuca Formation]]
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{{Flag|Brazil}}
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A member of [[Calamitaceae]], a species of ''[[Arthropitys]]''.
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''[[Cladophlebis|Cladophlebis auriculipilosus]]''<ref name=GRChathamflora>{{Cite journal|author1=Chris Mays |author2=Anne-Marie P. Tosolini |author3=David J. Cantrill |author4=Jeffrey D. Stilwell |year=2015 |title=Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) macroflora from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand: Bryophytes, lycophytes and pteridophytes |journal=Gondwana Research |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=1042–1060 |doi=10.1016/j.gr.2014.03.017 |bibcode=2015GondR..27.1042M }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Mays & Tosolini ''in'' Mays ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
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[[Tupuangi Formation]]
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{{Flag|New Zealand}}
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A [[fern]] of probable [[Osmundaceae|osmundalean]] affinity, a species of ''Cladophlebis''.
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''[[Cladophlebis|Cladophlebis dissecta]]''<ref name=CR55ferns />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Nagalingum & Cantrill
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Early Cretaceous (Albian)
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Triton Point Formation
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[[Antarctica]] ([[Alexander Island]])
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A [[leptosporangiate fern]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of ''Cladophlebis''.
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''[[Cladophlebis|Cladophlebis drinnanii]]''<ref name=CR55ferns />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Nagalingum & Cantrill
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Early Cretaceous (Albian)
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Triton Point Formation
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[[Antarctica]] ([[Alexander Island]])
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A [[leptosporangiate fern]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of ''Cladophlebis''.
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''[[Cladophlebis|Cladophlebis macloughlinii]]''<ref name=CR55ferns />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Nagalingum & Cantrill
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Early Cretaceous (Albian)
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Triton Point Formation
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[[Antarctica]] ([[Alexander Island]])
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A [[leptosporangiate fern]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of ''Cladophlebis''.
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''[[Crenulopteris]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Jack Wittry |author2=Ian J. Glasspool |author3=Olivier Béthoux |author4=Rebecca Koll |author5=Christopher J. Cleal |year=2015 |title=A revision of the Pennsylvanian marattialean fern ''Lobatopteris vestita auct.'' and related species |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=13 |issue=8 |pages=615–643 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2014.936915 |s2cid=86414586 }}</ref>
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Gen. et comb. nov.
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Valid
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Wittry ''et al.''
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Carboniferous ([[Pennsylvanian (geology)|Pennsylvanian]])
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A [[Psaroniaceae|psaroniaceous]] [[Marattiales|marattialean]] [[fern]].<br/> A new genus for ''"[[Pecopteris]]" acadica'' ([[1962 in paleontology|1962]]).<br/> Also including ''"Pecopteris" micromiltoni'' ([[1951 in paleontology|1951]]) and ''"Pecopteris" lamuriana'' ([[1865 in plaentology|1865]]).
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''[[Equisetocaulis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Gar W. Rothwell |author2=Sidney R. Ash |year=2015 |title=Internal anatomy of the Late Triassic ''Equisetocaulis'' gen. nov., and the evolution of modern horsetails |journal=The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society |volume=142 |issue=1 |pages=27–37 |doi=10.3159/TORREY-D-14-00042.1 |s2cid=86841184 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Rothwell & Ash
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Late Triassic (Norian)
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A [[Equisetopsida|horsetail]]. The type species is ''Equisetocaulis muirii''.
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''[[Equisetum dimorphum]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Andrés Elgorriaga |author2=Ignacio H. Escapa |author3=Benjamin Bomfleur |author4=Rubén Cúneo |author5=Eduardo G. Ottone |year=2015 |title=Reconstruction and phylogenetic significance of a new ''Equisetum'' Linnaeus species from the Lower Jurassic of Cerro Bayo (Chubut Province, Argentina) |journal=Ameghiniana |volume=52 |issue=1 |pages=135–152 |doi=10.5710/AMGH.15.09.2014.2758 |s2cid=6134534 |url=http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-1601 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Elgorriaga ''et al.''
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Early Jurassic
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A species of ''[[Equisetum]]''.
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''[[Kwazulupteris]]''<ref name=treefernsJAES>{{Cite journal|author1=Ezequiel Ignacio Vera |author2=Rafael Herbst |year=2015 |title=New cyathealean tree ferns from the Cretaceous of South Africa: ''Natalipteris wildei'' gen. et sp. nov. and ''Kwazulupteris schaarschmidtii'' gen. et sp. nov |journal=Journal of African Earth Sciences |volume=101 |pages=56–69 |doi=10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.08.017 |bibcode=2015JAfES.101...56V }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Vera & Herbst
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Cretaceous (probably Albian–Turonian)
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Probably [[Mzinene Formation]]
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{{Flag|South Africa}}
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A [[Cyatheales|tree fern]]. The type species is ''Kwazulupteris schaarschmidtii''.
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''[[Lobifolia nana]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=A. O. Frolov |author2=I. M. Mashchuk |year=2015 |title=A New Fern from Lower Jurassic Sediments of the Irkutsk Coal Basin (Eastern Siberia) |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=49 |issue=4 |pages=424–428 |doi=10.1134/S0031030115040073 |s2cid=131010697 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Frolov & Mashchuk
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Early Jurassic
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[[Cheremkhovskaya Formation]]
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{{Flag|Russia}}
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A fern, a species of ''[[Lobifolia]]''.
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''[[Marattiopsis patagonica]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ignacio H. Escapa |author2=Benjamin Bomfleur |author3=Néstor R. Cuneo |author4=Roberto Scasso |year=2015 |title=A new marattiaceous fern from the Lower Jurassic of Patagonia (Argentina): the renaissance of ''Marattiopsis'' |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=13 |issue=8 |pages=677–689 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2014.936974 |s2cid=128544549 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Escapa ''et al.''
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Early Jurassic
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A member of [[Marattiaceae]], a species of ''[[Marattiopsis]]''.
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''[[Mendozaphyllum]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Gabriela G. Puebla |author2=Mercedes B. Prámparo |author3=María A. Gandolfo |year=2015 |title=Aquatic ferns from the Upper Cretaceous Loncoche Formation, Mendoza, central-western, Argentina |journal=Plant Systematics and Evolution |volume=301 |issue=2 |pages=577–588 |doi=10.1007/s00606-014-1096-7 |s2cid=5814858 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Puebla, Prámparo & Gandolfo
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Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian)
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[[Loncoche Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A member of [[Marsileaceae]]. The type species is ''Mendozaphyllum loncochense''.
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''[[Natalipteris]]''<ref name=treefernsJAES />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Vera & Herbst
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Cretaceous (probably Albian–Turonian)
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Probably [[Mzinene Formation]]
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{{Flag|South Africa}}
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A [[Cyatheales|tree fern]]. The type species is ''Natalipteris wildei''.
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''[[Neocalamites|Neocalamites grojecensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Agata Jarzynka |author2=Grzegorz Pacyna |year=2015 |title=Fossil flora of Middle Jurassic Grojec clays (southern Poland). Raciborski's original material reinvestigated and supplemented. I. Sphenophytes |journal=Acta Palaeobotanica |volume=55 |issue=2 |pages=149–181 |doi=10.1515/acpa-2015-0013 |s2cid=131558548 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Jarzynka & Pacyna
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Middle Jurassic (Bathonian)
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{{Flag|Poland}}
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A member of [[Equisetopsida]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of ''Neocalamites''.
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''[[Nunatakia]]''<ref name=CR55ferns />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Nagalingum & Cantrill
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Early Cretaceous
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Triton Point Formation
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[[Antarctica]] ([[Alexander Island]])<br>
{{Flag|India}}?
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A [[leptosporangiate fern]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is ''Nunatakia alexanderensis''.
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''[[Osmunda pulchella]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Benjamin Bomfleur |author2=Guido W. Grimm |author3=Stephen McLoughlin |year=2015 |title=''Osmunda pulchella'' sp. nov. from the Jurassic of Sweden—reconciling molecular and fossil evidence in the phylogeny of modern royal ferns (Osmundaceae) |journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology |volume=15 |pages=126 |doi=10.1186/s12862-015-0400-7 |pmid=26123220 |pmc=4487210 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin
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Early Jurassic ([[Pliensbachian]])
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[[Djupadal Formation]]
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{{Flag|Sweden}}
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A member of [[Osmundaceae]]. Originally described as a species of ''[[Osmunda]]''; transferred to the genus ''[[Osmundastrum]]'' by Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin (2017).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Benjamin Bomfleur |author2=Guido W. Grimm |author3=Stephen McLoughlin |year=2017 |title=The fossil Osmundales (Royal Ferns)—a phylogenetic network analysis, revised taxonomy, and evolutionary classification of anatomically preserved trunks and rhizomes |journal=PeerJ |volume=5 |pages=e3433 |doi=10.7717/peerj.3433 |pmc=5508817 |pmid=28713650 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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''Osmundacaulis bamfordae''<ref name=PA49Osmundaceae>{{Cite journal|author =Rafael Herbst |year=2015 |title=The Osmundaceae (Filices) from the Cretaceous of South Africa: new species and revision |journal=Palaeontologia Africana |volume=49 |pages=25–41 |hdl=10539/17369 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Herbst
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Cretaceous (Albian-Turonian interval)
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Probably [[Mzinene Formation]]
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{{Flag|South Africa}}
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A member of [[Osmundaceae]], a species of ''[[Osmundacaulis]]''.
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''Osmundacaulis tidwellii''<ref name=PA49Osmundaceae />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Herbst
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Cretaceous (Albian-Turonian interval)
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Probably [[Mzinene Formation]]
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{{Flag|South Africa}}
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A member of [[Osmundaceae]], a species of ''[[Osmundacaulis]]''.
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''Osmundacaulis whittlesii''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=MacKenzie A. Smith |author2=Gar W. Rothwell |author3=Ruth A. Stockey |year=2015 |title=Mesozoic Diversity of Osmundaceae: ''Osmundacaulis whittlesii'' sp. nov. in the Early Cretaceous of Western Canada |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=176 |issue=3 |pages=245–258 |doi=10.1086/679352 |s2cid=83526212 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Smith, Rothwell & Stockey
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Early Cretaceous
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{{Flag|Canada}}
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A member of [[Osmundaceae]], a species of ''[[Osmundacaulis]]''.
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''[[Phlebopteris|Phlebopteris hazarensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=S. V. Naugolnykh |author2=A. P. Pronin |year=2015 |title=A new matoniaceous fern from the Upper Triassic of the Caspian Depression in the context of florogenetic processes of transition from the Paleozoic to Mesozoic |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=49 |issue=3 |pages=326–336 |doi=10.1134/S0031030115030090 |s2cid=130831655 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Naugolnykh & Pronin
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Late Triassic ([[Rhaetian]])
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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
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A member of [[Matoniaceae]], a species of ''Phlebopteris''.
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''[[Pleopeltis dominicensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Harald Schneider |author2=Alexander R. Schmidt |author3=Paul C. Nascimbene |author4=Jochen Heinrichs |year=2015 |title=A new Dominican amber fossil of the derived fern genus ''Pleopeltis'' confirms generic stasis in the epiphytic fern diversity of the West Indies |journal=Organisms Diversity & Evolution |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=277–283 |doi=10.1007/s13127-015-0200-3 |s2cid=14021773 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Schneider, Heinrichs & Schmidt ''in'' Schneider ''et al.''
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Miocene
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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A [[fern]] found in [[Dominican amber]], a species of ''[[Pleopeltis]]''.
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''[[Shougangia]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=De-Ming Wang |author2=Hong-He Xu |author3=Jin-Zhuang Xue |author4=Qi Wang |author5=Le Liu |year=2015 |title=Leaf evolution in early-diverging ferns: insights from a new fern-like plant from the Late Devonian of China |journal=Annals of Botany |volume=115 |issue=7 |pages=1133–1148 |doi=10.1093/aob/mcv049 |pmid=25979918 |pmc=4648459}}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid 
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Wang ''et al.''
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Devonian ([[Famennian]])
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[[Wutong Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[fern]]-like plant, a [[euphyllophyte]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=De-Ming Wang |author2=Ying-Ying Zhang |author3=Le Liu |author4=Hong-He Xu |author5=Min Qin |author6=Lu Liu |year=2018 |title=Reinvestigation of the Late Devonian ''Shougangia bella'' and new insights into the evolution of fern-like plants |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=309–324 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2017.1289269 |s2cid=90226865 }}</ref> Genus includes new species ''Shougangia bella''.
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''[[Sphenopteris|Sphenopteris sinuosa]]''<ref name=CR55ferns />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Nagalingum & Cantrill
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Early Cretaceous (Albian)
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Triton Point Formation
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[[Antarctica]] ([[Alexander Island]])
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A [[leptosporangiate fern]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of ''Sphenopteris''.
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==Marchantiophyta==
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''[[Anastrophyllum rovnoi]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Yuriy S. Mamontov |author2=Jochen Heinrichs |author3=Jiri Váňa |author4=Michael S. Ignatov |author5=Evgeny E. Perkovsky |year=2015 |title=Hepatics from Rovno amber (Ukraine), 3. ''Anastrophyllum rovnoi'' sp. nov. |journal=Arctoa |volume=24 |pages=43–46 |doi=10.15298/arctoa.24.08 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Mamontov ''et al.''
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Late Eocene
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{{Flag|Ukraine}}
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A [[Marchantiophyta|liverwort]] found in Rovno amber, a species of ''[[Anastrophyllum]]''.
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''[[Cephalozia veltenii]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Tomoyuki Katagiri |year=2015 |title=First fossil record of the liverwort family Cephaloziaceae (Jungermanniales, Marchantiophyta) from Baltic amber |journal=Nova Hedwigia |volume=101 |issue=3–4 |pages=347–354 |doi=10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2015/0276 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Katagiri
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Eocene
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[[Baltic amber]]
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Europe ([[Baltic Sea]] coast)
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A [[Marchantiophyta|liverwort]] belonging to the family [[Cephaloziaceae]] found in [[Baltic amber]]; a species of ''[[Cephalozia]]''.
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''[[Cephaloziella nadezhdae]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Yuriy S. Mamontov |author2=Jochen Heinrichs |author3=Jiří Váňa |author4=Michael S. Ignatov |author5=Evgeny E. Perkovsky |year=2015 |title=Hepatics from Rovno amber (Ukraine), 5. ''Cephaloziella nadezhdae'' sp. nov. |journal=Arctoa |volume=24 |pages=289–293 |doi=10.15298/arctoa.24.25 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Mamontov, Heinrichs & Váňa ''in'' Mamontov ''et al.''
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Late Eocene
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[[Rovno amber]]
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{{Flag|Ukraine}}
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A [[Marchantiophyta|liverwort]] found in Rovno amber, a species of ''[[Cephaloziella]]''.
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''[[Ceratolejeunea sublaetefusca]]''<ref name=RPPMexicanliverworts>{{Cite journal|author1=Jochen Heinrichs |author2=Elina Kettunen |author3=Gaik Ee Lee |author4=Giovanni Marzaro |author5=Tamás Pócs |author6=Eugenio Ragazzi |author7=Matt A.M. Renner |author8=Jouko Rikkinen |author9=Andrea Sass-Gyarmati |author10=Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp |author11=Armin Scheben |author12=Mónica M. Solórzano Kraemer |author13=Matthias Svojtka |author14=Alexander R. Schmidt |year=2015 |title=Lejeuneaceae (Marchantiophyta) from a species-rich taphocoenosis in Miocene Mexican amber, with a review of liverworts fossilised in amber |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=221 |pages=59–70 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.05.007 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.221...59H }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Heinrichs ''et al.''
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Miocene
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[[Mexican Amber]]
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{{Flag|Mexico}}
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A [[Marchantiophyta|liverwort]] belonging to the family [[Lejeuneaceae]], a species of ''[[Ceratolejeunea]]''.
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''[[Frullania riclefgrollei]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Yuriy S. Mamontov |author2=Jochen Heinrichs |author3=Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp |author4=Michael S. Ignatov |author5=Evgeny E. Perkovsky |year=2015 |title=Hepatics from Rovno amber (Ukraine), 4. ''Frullania riclefgrollei'', sp. nov |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=223 |pages=31–36 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.08.007 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.223...31M }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Mamontov ''et al.''
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Late Eocene
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{{Flag|Ukraine}}
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A [[Marchantiophyta|liverwort]] found in Rovno amber, a species of ''[[Frullania]]''.
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''[[Mastigolejeunea extincta]]''<ref name=RPPMexicanliverworts />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Heinrichs ''et al.''
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Miocene
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{{Flag|Mexico}}
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A [[Marchantiophyta|liverwort]] belonging to the family [[Lejeuneaceae]], a species of ''[[Mastigolejeunea]]''.
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''[[Microlejeunea miocenica]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Gaik Ee Lee |author2=Julia Bechteler |author3=Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp |author4=Jochen Heinrichs |year=2015 |title=''Microlejeunea miocenica'' sp. nov. (Porellales, Jungermanniopsida) in Dominican amber, the first fossil of a subcosmopolitan genus of leafy liverworts |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=222 |pages=16–21 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.07.002 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.222...16L }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Lee ''et al.''
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Miocene
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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A [[Marchantiophyta|liverwort]] belonging to the family [[Lejeuneaceae]] found in [[Dominican amber]], a species of ''[[Microlejeunea]]''.
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''[[Notoscyphus balticus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jochen Heinrichs |author2=Alexander R. Schmidt |author3=Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp |author4=Carsten Gröhn |author5=Matt A.M. Renner |year=2015 |title=The leafy liverwort ''Notoscyphus balticus'' sp. nov. (Jungermanniales) in Eocene Baltic amber |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=217 |pages=39–44 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.02.006 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.217...39H }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Heinrichs ''et al.''
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Eocene
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[[Baltic amber]]
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Europe ([[Baltic Sea]] coast)
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A [[Jungermanniales|Jungermannial]] [[Marchantiophyta|liverwort]].
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''[[Notoscyphus grollei]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jiří Váňa |author2=Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp |author3=Julia Bechteler |author4=Alexander R. Schmidt |author5=Jochen Heinrichs |year=2015 |title=''Notoscyphus grollei'' sp. nov. in Bitterfeld amber rather than the extant ''Notoscyphus lutescens'' (Lehm. & Lindenb.) Mitt. |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=222 |issue=2 |pages=151–154 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.222.2.8 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Váňa ''et al.''
|
Paleogene
|
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A [[Jungermanniales|Jungermannial]] [[Marchantiophyta|liverwort]] found in [[Bitterfeld]] amber, a species of ''[[Notoscyphus]]''.
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|-
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''[[Tetralophozia groehnii]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jochen Heinrichs |author2=Armin Scheben |author3=Gaik Ee Lee |author4=Jiří Váňa |author5=Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp |author6=Michael Krings |author7=Alexander R. Schmidt |year=2015 |title=Molecular and Morphological Evidence Challenges the Records of the Extant Liverwort ''Ptilidium pulcherrimum'' in Eocene Baltic Amber |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=11 |pages=e0140977 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0140977 |pmid=26536603 |pmc=4633292|bibcode=2015PLoSO..1040977H |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Heinrichs, Váňa & Schäfer-Verwimp ''in'' Heinrichs ''et al.''
|
Eocene
|
[[Baltic amber]]
|
Europe ([[Baltic Sea]] coast)
|
A [[Marchantiophyta|liverwort]], a species of ''[[Tetralophozia]]''.
|
|-
|}

==Bennettitales==
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
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''[[Anomozamites|Anomozamites sanjiaocunensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Miao Zhao |author2=Chunlin Sun |author3=David L. Dilcher |author4=Zhe Zhao |author5=Yuling Na |year=2015 |title=''Anomozamites'' (Bennettitales) from Middle Jurassic Haifanggou Formation，western Liaoning，China |journal=Global Geology (English Edition) |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=75–87 |url=http://sjdz.jlu.edu.cn/Jweb_sjdz_en/EN/abstract/abstract8577.shtml |doi=10.3969/j.issn.1673-9736.2015.02.01 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Zhao ''et al.''
|
Middle Jurassic
|
[[Haifanggou Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Bennettitales]], a species of ''Anomozamites''.
|
|-
|
''Ptilophyllum cariae''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Giovanni Giuseppe Scanu |author2=Evelyn Kustatscher |author3=Paola Pittau |year=2015 |title=The Jurassic flora of Sardinia — A new piece in the palaeobiogeographic puzzle of the Middle Jurassic |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=218 |pages=80–105 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.08.008 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.218...80S }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Scanu, Kustatscher & Pittau
|
Middle Jurassic (Bajocian–Bathonian)
|
[[Genna Selole Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Italy}}
|
A member of [[Bennettitales]], a species of ''[[Ptilophyllum]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Williamsonia (plant)|Williamsonia carolinensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Christian Pott |author2=Brian J. Axsmith |year=2015 |title=''Williamsonia carolinensis'' sp. nov. and Associated ''Eoginkgoites'' Foliage from the Upper Triassic Pekin Formation, North Carolina: Implications for Early Evolution in the Williamsoniaceae (Bennettitales) |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=176 |issue=2 |pages=174–185 |doi=10.1086/679471 |s2cid=44559347 |url=http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-1450 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Pott & Axsmith
|
Late Triassic
|
[[Pekin Formation]]
|
{{Flag|United States}}
|
A [[Williamsoniaceae|williamsoniaceous]] [[Bennettitales|bennettitale]].
|
|-
|}

==Czekanowskiales==
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
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|
''[[Czekanowskia|Czekanowskia (Harrisella) ordosensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Chunlin Sun |author2=Hongshan Wang |author3=David L. Dilcher |author4=Tao Li |author5=Yunfeng Li |author6=Yuling Na |year=2015 |title=A New Species of ''Czekanowskia'' (Czekanowskiales) from the Middle Jurassic of Ordos Basin, China |journal=Botanica Pacifica |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=149–155 |doi=10.17581/bp.2015.04210 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Sun ''et al.''
|
Middle Jurassic
|
[[Yan'an Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Czekanowskiales]], a species of ''Czekanowskia''.
|
|-
|
''[[Phoenicopsis neimengguensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Chunlin Sun |author2=Yuling Na |author3=David L. Dilcher |author4=Hongshan Wang |author5=Tao Li |author6=Yunfeng Li |year=2015 |title=A new species of ''Phoenicopsis'' subgenus ''Windwardia'' (Florin) Samylina (Czekanowskiales) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) |volume=89 |issue=1 |pages=55–69 |url=http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201501007&flag=1 |doi=10.1111/1755-6724.12394|s2cid=129431493 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Sun, Na, Dilcher, Wang & Li ''in'' Sun ''et al.''
|
Middle Jurassic
|
[[Zhaogou Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Czekanowskiales]], a species of ''[[Phoenicopsis]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Phoenicopsis|Phoenicopsis (Phoenicopsis) odorsensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Tao Li |author2=Yunfeng Li |author3=Yuling Na |author4=Wei Huang |author5=Xiao Tan |author6=Chunlin Sun |year=2015 |title=First report of subgenus ''Phoenicopsis'' (Czekanowskiales) from Middle Jurassic of Ordos，China and its paleoclimatic implications |journal=Global Geology (English Edition) |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=145–154 |doi=10.3969/j.issn.1673-9736.2015.03.01 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Li & Sun ''in'' Li ''et al.''
|
Middle Jurassic
|
[[Yan'an Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A ''[[Phoenicopsis]]'' species [[Czekanowskiales]].<br/> The name is spelled ''Phoenicopsis o'''r'''dosensis'' on some pages; which is preoccupied by ''Phoenicopsis (Culgoweria) ordosensis'' ([[2014 in paleontology|2014]]).
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|-
|
''Solenites baishanensis''<ref name=AGS894Solenites>{{Cite journal|author1=Yunfeng Li |author2=Chunlin Sun |author3=Tao Li |author4=Yuling Na |author5=Yuejun Chen |author6=Dehe Xing |year=2015 |title=''Solenites'' (Czekanowskiales) from the Late Mesozoic Jehol Biota of Southeastern Jilin, China and its Paleoclimatic Implications |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) |volume=89 |issue=4 |pages=1088–1102 |url=http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201504003&flag=1 |doi=10.1111/1755-6724.12516|s2cid=128730017 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Li ''et al.''
|
Early Cretaceous
|
[[Yingzuilazi Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Czekanowskiales]], a species of ''[[Solenites]]''.
|
|-
|
''Solenites gracilis''<ref name=AGS894Solenites />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Li ''et al.''
|
Early Cretaceous
|
[[Yingzuilazi Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Czekanowskiales]], a species of ''[[Solenites]]''.
|
|-
|}

==Ginkgophytes==
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
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! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
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|
''[[Allicospermum|Allicospermum budantsevii]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =N. V. Gordenko |year=2015 |title=New interpretation of seeds ''Grenana'' Samylina (Gymnospermae) from the Middle Jurassic of Angren, Uzbekistan |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=49 |issue=1 |pages=100–110 |doi=10.1134/S0031030115010049 |s2cid=84542635 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Gordenko
|
Middle Jurassic
|
|
{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}
|
A possible [[Ginkgoales|ginkgoalean]] [[gymnosperm]] seed.
|
|-
|
''[[Ginkgo badamgaravii]]''<ref name=TsaganOvooFlora>{{Cite journal|author1=Elena I. Kostina |author2=Alexei B. Herman |author3=Tatiana M. Kodrul |year=2015 |title=Early Middle Jurassic (possibly Aalenian) Tsagan-Ovoo Flora of Central Mongolia |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=220 |pages=44–68 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.04.010 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.220...44K }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kostina & Herman ''in'' Kostina, Herman & Kodrul
|
Middle Jurassic (possibly [[Aalenian]])
|
[[Bakhar Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|
A relative of the [[Ginkgo biloba|ginkgo]].
|
|-
|
''Ginkgoidium nundichii''<ref name=HB2734Ginkgoales>{{Cite journal|author1=M. Patricia Velasco-de León |author2=Diego E. Lozano-Carmona |author3=Miguel A. Flores Barragan |author4=O. Daniel Martínez Paniagua |author5=A. Silva Pineda |year=2015 |title=Two new species of Ginkgoales from the Middle Jurassic of Mexico |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=27 |issue=3–4 |pages=366–373 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2013.874423 |s2cid=84573375 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Velasco-de León ''et al.''
|
Middle Jurassic
|
|
{{Flag|Mexico}}
|
A member of [[Ginkgoales]], a species of ''[[Ginkgoidium]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Pseudotorellia gobiense]]''<ref name=TsaganOvooFlora />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kostina & Herman ''in'' Kostina, Herman & Kodrul
|
Middle Jurassic (possibly [[Aalenian]])
|
[[Bakhar Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|
A member of [[Ginkgoales]], a species of ''[[Pseudotorellia (plant genus)|Pseudotorellia]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Pseudotorellia mongolica]]''<ref name=TsaganOvooFlora />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kostina & Herman ''in'' Kostina, Herman & Kodrul
|
Middle Jurassic (possibly [[Aalenian]])
|
[[Bakhar Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|
A member of [[Ginkgoales]], a species of ''[[Pseudotorellia (plant genus)|Pseudotorellia]]''.
|
|-
|
''Sphenobaiera mixteca''<ref name=HB2734Ginkgoales />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Velasco-de León ''et al.''
|
Middle Jurassic
|
|
{{Flag|Mexico}}
|
A member of [[Ginkgoales]], a species of ''[[Sphenobaiera]]''.
|
|-
|}

==Conifers==
===Araucariaceae===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
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|
''[[Araucariacites|Araucariacites mildenhallii]]''<ref name=Memoirs47>{{Cite journal|author=Chris Mays |year=2015 |title=A late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) south polar palynoflora from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand |journal=Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists |volume=47 |pages=1–92 |url=https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=235468988205604;res=IELNZC }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Mays
|
Late Cretaceous<br/> [[Cenomanian]] to [[Turonian]]
|
[[Tupuangi Formation]]
|
{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|
An [[Araucariaceae|araucariaceous]] [[pollen]].
|
|-
|
''[[Araucarites raghavapurensis]]''<ref name=JPSI601KrishnaGodavariBasin>{{Cite journal|author1=Ch. Chinnappa |author2=A. Rajanikanth |author3=Y.V. Rao |year=2015 |title=Early Cretaceous plant diversity and ecology in the Krishna-Godavari Basin, East Coast |journal=Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India |volume=60 |issue=1 |pages=73–96 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Chinnappa, Rajanikanth & Rao
|
Early Cretaceous
|
[[Raghavapuram Formation]]
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
An [[Araucariaceae|araucariaceous]] [[conifer]].
|
|-
|
''[[Balmeiopsis|Balmeiopsis disca]]''<ref name=Memoirs47 />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Mays
|
Late Cretaceous<br/> [[Cenomanian]] to [[Turonian|Early Turonian]]
|
[[Tupuangi Formation]]
|
{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|
An [[Araucariaceae|araucariaceous]] [[pollen]].
|
|-
|}
===Cupressaceae===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Acanthostrobus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ashley A. Klymiuk |author2=Ruth A. Stockey |author3=Gar W. Rothwell |year=2015 |title=Plant-Arthropod Interactions in ''Acanthostrobus edenensis'' (Cupressaceae), a New Conifer from the Upper Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, British Columbia |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=176 |issue=4 |pages=378–392 |doi=10.1086/680684 |s2cid=55669491 |url=http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/1957/55826/1/StockeyRuthPlantBotanyPlantPathologyArthropod%20Interactions.pdf }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Klymiuk, Stockey & Rothwell
|
[[Cretaceous]]<br/>[[Coniacian]]
|
[[Comox Formation]]<br/>Dunsmuir Member
|
{{Flag|Canada}}<br/>{{flag|British Columbia}}
|
A basal [[Cupressaceae|cupressaceous]] genus.<br/> The type species is ''Acanthostrobus edenensis''.
|
|-
|
''[[Cupressinoxylon zamunerae]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Josefina Bodnar |author2=Daniela Paula Ruiz |author3=Analía Emilia Artabe |author4=Eduardo Manuel Morel |author5=Daniel Ganuza |year=2015 |title=Voltziales and Pinales (= Coniferales) from Cortaderita Formation (Middle Triassic), Argentina, and their implication in the reconstruction of Triassic conifers |journal=Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=141–160 |doi=10.4072/rbp.2015.1.10 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
jr synonym
|
Bodnar ''et al.''
|
Middle Triassic
|
[[Cortaderita Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
|
A [[Cupressaceae]] ''sensu lato'' wood.<br/> First described in ''[[Cupressinoxylon]]''<br/> Moved to ''[[Juniperoxylon zamunerae]]'' ([[2019 in paleobotany|2019]]).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Daniela P. Ruiz |author2=Josefina Bodnar |year=2019 |title=The oldest record of ''Juniperoxylon'', a cupressaceous fossil wood from the Middle Triassic of Argentina |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=64 |issue=3 |pages=481–488 |doi=10.4202/app.00597.2019 |s2cid=199777424 }}</ref>
|
|-
|
''[[Protaxodioxylon|Protaxodioxylon jianchangense]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ning Tian |author2=AoWei Xie |author3=YongDong Wang |author4=ZiKun Jiang |author5=LiQin Li |author6=YaLei Yin |author7=ZhiPeng Zhu |author8=JiaJia Wang |year=2015 |title=New records of Jurassic petrified wood in Jianchang of western Liaoning, China and their palaeoclimate implications |journal=Science China Earth Sciences |volume=58 |issue=12 |pages=2154–2164 |doi=10.1007/s11430-015-5208-1 |bibcode=2015ScChD..58.2154T }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Tian & Wang ''in'' Tian ''et al.''
|
Late Middle Jurassic to early Late Jurassic
|
[[Tiaojishan Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Cupressaceae]], a species of ''Protaxodioxylon''.
|
|-
|
''[[Scitistrobus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Alan R. T. Spencer |author2=Gene Mapes |author3=Richard M. Bateman |author4=Jason Hilton |author5=Gar W. Rothwell |year=2015 |title=Middle Jurassic evidence for the origin of Cupressaceae: A paleobotanical context for the roles of regulatory genetics and development in the evolution of conifer seed cones |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=102 |issue=6 |pages=942–961 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1500121 |pmid=26101419|s2cid=6564718 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Spencer, Mapes, Hilton & Rothwell ''in'' Spencer ''et al.''
|
Middle Jurassic ([[Aalenian]])
|
[[Bearreraig Sandstone]]
|
{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|
A member of [[Cupressaceae]]. The type species is ''Scitistrobus duncaanensis''.
|
|-
|
''Sequoia maguanensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jian-Wei Zhang |author2=Ashalata D’Rozario |author3=Jonathan M. Adams |author4=Ya Li |author5=Xiao-Qing Liang |author6=Frédéric M. Jacques |author7=Tao Su |author8=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2015 |title=''Sequoia maguanensis'', a new Miocene relative of the coast redwood, ''Sequoia sempervirens'', from China: Implications for paleogeography and paleoclimate |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=102 |issue=1 |pages=103–118 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1400347 |pmid=25587153}}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Zhang & Zhou ''in'' Zhang ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
[[Xiaolongtan Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A relative of the [[Sequoia sempervirens|coast redwood]].
|
|-
|
''[[Sequoia ochotica]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=D.A. Yudova |author2=L.B. Golovneva |year=2015 |title=New species of the genus ''Sequoia'' Endl. (Cupressaceae) from the Late Cretaceous deposits of the Northeastern Russia |journal=Paleobotanika |volume=6 |pages=80–95 |doi=10.31111/palaeobotany/2015.6.80 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=25346269 |issn=2218-7235 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Yudova & Golovneva
|
[[Late Cretaceous]] ([[Turonian]]-[[Coniacian]])
|
Arman Formation<br>
Chingandzha Formation
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
|
A species of ''[[Sequoia (genus)|Sequoia]]''.
|
|-
|}

===Pinaceae===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Pinus maomingensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Qingqing Xu |author2=Wenjun Zhou |author3=Tatiana M. Kodrul |author4=Serge V. Naugolnykh |author5=Jianhua Jin |year=2015 |title=Late Eocene white pines (''Pinus'' subgenus ''Strobus'') from southern China |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=5 |pages=Article number 16390 |doi=10.1038/srep16390 |pmid=26548658 |pmc=4637882|bibcode=2015NatSR...516390X }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Xu ''et al.''
|
Late Eocene
|
[[Huangniuling Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A ''Pinus'' subgenus ''Strobus'' [[pine]].
|
|-
|
''[[Pinus mikii]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Toshihiro Yamada |author2=Mariko Yamada |author3=Minoru Tsukagoshi |year=2015 |title=Taxonomic revision of ''Pinus fujiii'' (Yasui) Miki (Pinaceae) and its implications for the phytogeography of the section Trifoliae in East Asia |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=12 |pages=e0143512 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0143512 |pmid=26673795 |pmc=4689564 |bibcode=2015PLoSO..1043512Y |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Yamada, Yamada & Tsukagoshi
|
Late [[Miocene]]
|
[[Tokiguchi Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Japan}}
|
A [[pine]].
|
|-
|
''[[Pinus preyunnanensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Xiao-Hui Xu |author2=Zi-Xi Wang |author3=Guo-Lin Yang |author4=Jin Wang |author5=Yi Yang |author6=Fu-Jun Ma |author7=Qiu-Jun Wang |author8=Rui-Yun Li |author9=Bai-Nian Sun |year=2015 |title=Two ''Pinus'' species from the upper Miocene in Zhejiang, China and their palaeobiogeographic significance |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=215 |pages=68–75 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.01.003 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.215...68X }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Xu & Sun ''in'' Xu ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
[[Shengxian Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A [[pine]].
|
|-
|
''[[Tsuga nanfengensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Haobo Wang |author2=Olesia V. Bondarenko |author3=Frédéric M. B. Jacques |author4=Yuehua Wang |author5=Zhekun Zhuo |year=2015 |title=A New Species of ''Tsuga'' (Pinaceae) based on Lignified Wood from the Late Miocene of Central Yunnan, China, and Its Paleoenvironmental Implications |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) |volume=89 |issue=5 |pages=1429–1439 |url=http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201505002&flag=1 | doi = 10.1111/1755-6724.12555|s2cid=130310084 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Bondarenko, Wang & Zhou ''in'' Wang ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
[[Xiaolongtan Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A species of ''[[Tsuga]]''.
|
|-
|}

===Other conifers===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Brachyoxylon|Brachyoxylon baqueroensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ezequiel I. Vera |author2=Silvia N. Césari |year=2015 |title=New species of conifer wood from the Baqueró Group (Early Cretaceous) of Patagonia |journal=Ameghiniana |volume=52 |issue=4 |pages=468–471 |doi=10.5710/AMGH.23.06.2015.2853 |hdl=11336/46349 |s2cid=127544937 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Vera & Césari
|
Early Cretaceous
|
Baqueró Group
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
|
A [[Cheirolepidiaceae|cheirolepidiaceous]] [[conifer]] wood.
|
|-
|
''[[Cordaites|Cordaites principaloides]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Zbyněk Šimůnek |year=2015 |title=Cuticles of the Polish type material of ''Cordaites palmaeformis'' (Göppert) Weiss and a ''Cordaites principalis''-like form from Germany, Pennsylvanian |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=223 |pages=50–70 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.09.001 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.223...50S }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Šimůnek
|
Carboniferous<br/>([[Pennsylvanian (geology)|Pennsylvanian]])
|
Saale Basin
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A [[Cordaitaceae|Cordaitaceous]] conifer.
|
|-
|
''[[Cordaites|Cordaites theodorii]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Zbynek Šimunek |author2=Jan Haldovský |year=2015 |title=Contribution to the knowledge of ''Cordaites'' species from the Kladno-Rakovník Basin, Middle Pennsylvanian (Bolsovian), Czech Republic |journal=Geologia Croatica  |volume=68 |issue=2 |pages=93–111 |doi=10.4154/gc.2015.11 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Šimunek & Haldovský
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Carboniferous<br/>([[Pennsylvanian (geology)|Pennsylvanian]])
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Kladno-Rakovník Basin
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{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
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A [[Cordaitaceae|Cordaitaceous]] conifer.
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|-
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''[[Cordaites|Cordaites yongchangensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Haofei Wang |author2=Wenjia Wang |author3=Ruiyun Li |author4=Xiaohui Xu |author5=Guolin Yang |author6=Jin Wang |author7=Bainian Sun |year=2015 |title=Cuticular structure of two Lower Permian species of ''Cordaites'' Ung. from Yongchang, Gansu, Northwestern China and palaeoatmospheric CO2 reconstruction |journal=Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=243–254 |url=http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?filename=WSGT201503003&DBName=cjfqtotal&dbcode=cjfq }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Wang ''et al.''
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Early Permian
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Cordaitaceae|Cordaitaceous]] conifer.
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|-
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''[[Cordaixylon|Cordaixylon andresii]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Silvia N. Césari |author2=Carmen Álvarez-Vázquez |author3=Isabel Méndez-Bedia |author4=Diego Álvarez-Laó |author5=Pablo Turrero |author6=Miguel Arbizu |year=2015 |title=First report of permineralised plants in the Stephanian of Arnao (Asturias, northwestern Spain) |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=440 |pages=475–486 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.09.028 |bibcode=2015PPP...440..475C |hdl=11336/85071 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
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Césari ''et al.''
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Carboniferous ([[Stephanian (stage)|Stephanian]])
|
|
{{Flag|Spain}}
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A [[Cordaitaceae|Cordaitaceous]] conifer wood
|
|-
|
''[[Elatocladus velenovskyi]]''<ref name=PABKvacek29213>{{Cite journal|author =Jiří Kvaček |year=2015 |title=''Elatocladus velenovskyi'' nom. nov., a characteristic conifer of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung B |volume=292 |issue=1–3 |pages=79–93 |doi=10.1127/palb/292/2015/79 |bibcode=2015PalAB.292...79K }}</ref>
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Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Kvaček
|
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
|
[[Peruc-Korycany Formation]]
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{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
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A [[conifer]];<br/> a replacement name for ''"[[Sequoia (genus)|Sequoia]]" heterophylla'' ([[1885 in paleontology|1885]]).<br/> Moved to ''[[Elatocladus]]'' by Kvaček (2015); however, the name was a junior homonym of ''Elatocladus heterophylla'' Halle ([[1913 in paleontology|1913]]).<ref name=PABKvacek29213 />
|
|-
|
''[[Estellencsia]]''<ref name=Estellencsia>{{cite book |author1=José Juárez Ruiz |author2=Michael Wachtler |title=Early-Middle Triassic (Anisian) Fossil Flora from Majorca (Spain) |publisher=Dolomythos Museum |pages=1–40 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278673933 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Ruiz & Wachtler
|
Middle Triassic (Anisian)
|
|
{{Flag|Spain}}
|
A member of [[Coniferales]]. The type species is ''Estellencsia saezii''.
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|-
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''[[Glenrosa|Glenrosa carentonensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jean-David Moreau |author2=Didier Néraudeau |author3=Paul Tafforeau |author4=Éric Dépré |year=2015 |title=Study of the Histology of Leafy Axes and Male Cones of ''Glenrosa carentonensis'' sp. nov. (Cenomanian Flints of Charente-Maritime, France) Using Synchrotron Microtomography Linked with Palaeoecology |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=8 |pages=e0134515 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0134515 |pmid=26288019 |pmc=4546065|bibcode=2015PLoSO..1034515M |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Moreau ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
|
|
{{Flag|France}}
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A member of [[Coniferales]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of ''Glenrosa''.
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|-
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''[[Junggaropitys]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Xiao Shi |author2=Jianxin Yu |author3=Jean Broutin |author4=Denise Pons |year=2015 |title=''Junggaropitys'', a new gymnosperm stem from the Middle-Late Triassic of Junggar Basin, Northwest China, and its palaeoecological and palaeoclimatic implications |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=223 |pages=10–20 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.07.013 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.223...10S }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
|
Shi ''et al.''
|
Middle-Late Triassic
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[[Karamay Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[conifer]]. The type species is ''Junggaropitys dalongkouensis''.
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|-
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''[[Krassilovia]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Fabiany Herrera |author2=Gongle Shi |author3=Andrew B. Leslie |author4=Patrick Knopf |author5=Niiden Ichinnorov |author6=Masamichi Takahashi |author7=Peter R. Crane |author8=Patrick S. Herendeen |year=2015 |title=A New Voltzian Seed Cone from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia and Its Implications for the Evolution of Ancient Conifers |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=176 |issue=8 |pages=791–809 |doi=10.1086/683060 |s2cid=87178439 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
|
Herrera ''et al.''
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Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian)
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Tevshiin Govi Formation
|
{{Flag|Mongolia}}
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A member of [[Voltziales]]. The type species is ''Krassilovia mongolica''.
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|-
|
''[[Megasylvella]]''<ref name=Megasylvella>{{Cite journal|author=S. V. Naugolnykh |year=2015 |title=Fossil flora from the Kazanian (Middle Permian) Iva-Gora locality, Soyana River, Arkhangelsk Region, Russia |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=49 |issue=11 |pages=1193–1205 |doi=10.1134/S0031030115110076 |s2cid=86266397 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Naugolnykh
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Middle Permian (Kazanian)
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
|
A member of [[Pinophyta]] belonging to the group [[Vojnovskyales]]. The type species is ''M. ivagorica''.
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|-
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''[[Mirovia pethiorica]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=N. V. Nosova |author2=A. I. Kiritchkova |year=2015 |title=The first finding of the leaves of ''Mirovia'' Reymanówna (Pinopsida) in the Middle Jurassic of the Pechora River (North of European Russia) |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=49 |issue=2 |pages=211–218 |doi=10.1134/S0031030115020057 |s2cid=128426579 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Nosova & Kiritchkova
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Middle Jurassic (Aalenian–Bathonian)
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[[Sysola Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
|
A [[conifer]], a species of ''[[Mirovia (genus)|Mirovia]]''.
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|-
|
''[[Nageia maomingensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Xiao-Yan Liu |author2=Qi Gao |author3=Jian-Hua Jin |year=2015 |title=Late Eocene leaves of ''Nageia'' (section ''Dammaroideae'') from Maoming Basin, South China and their implications on phytogeography |journal=Journal of Systematics and Evolution |volume=53 |issue=4 |pages=297–307 |doi=10.1111/jse.12133 |s2cid=83810731 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Liu, Gao & Jin
|
Late Eocene
|
Maoming Basin
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A species of ''[[Nageia]]''.
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|-
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''[[Ortiseia collii]]''<ref name=Estellencsia />
|
Sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Ruiz & Wachtler
|
Middle Triassic (Anisian)
|
|
{{Flag|Spain}}
|
A member of [[Coniferales]] belonging to the family [[Ortiseiaceae]], a species of ''[[Ortiseia]]''.
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|-

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''[[Pityospermum godavarianum]]''<ref name=JPSI601KrishnaGodavariBasin />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Chinnappa, Rajanikanth & Rao
|
Early Cretaceous
|
[[Raghavapuram Formation]]
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A member of [[Coniferales]], a species of ''[[Pityospermum]]''.
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|-
|
''[[Podocarpidites|Podocarpidites microradiatus]]''<ref name=Memoirs47 />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Mays
|
Late Cretaceous ([[Cenomanian]] to early [[Turonian]])
|
[[Tupuangi Formation]]
|
{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|
A [[conifer]].
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|-
|
''Podocarpoxylon atuelensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Silvia C. Gnaedinger |author2=Juan L. García Massini |author3=Florencia Bechis |author4=Ana M. Zavattieri |year=2015 |title=Coniferous woods and wood-decaying fungi from the El Freno Formation (Lower Jurassic), Neuquen Basin, Mendoza Province, Argentina |journal=Ameghiniana |volume=52 |issue=4 |pages=447–467 |doi=10.5710/AMGH.12.05.2015.2868 |s2cid=129496940 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Gnaedinger ''et al.''
|
Early Jurassic
|
[[El Freno Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
|
A member of [[Podocarpaceae]], a species of ''[[Podocarpoxylon]]''.
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|-
|
''[[Prumnopityoxylon]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=MJ Franco |author2=M Brea |year=2015 |title=First extra-Patagonian record of Podocarpaceae fossil wood in the Upper Cenozoic (Ituzaingó Formation) of Argentina |journal=New Zealand Journal of Botany |volume=53 |issue=2 |pages=103–116 |doi=10.1080/0028825X.2015.1029055 |s2cid=82676553 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Franco & Brea
|
Late Cenozoic
|
[[Ituzaingó Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
|
A member of [[Podocarpaceae]]. The type species is ''Prumnopityoxylon gnaedingerae''.
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|-
|
''[[Pseudofrenelopsis|Pseudofrenelopsis capillata]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Paula Andrea Sucerquia |author2=Mary E.C. Bernardes-de-Oliveira |author3=Barbara A.R. Mohr |year=2015 |title=Phytogeographic, stratigraphic and paleoclimatic significance of ''Pseudofrenelopsis capillata'' sp. nov. from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation, Brazil |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=222 |pages=116–128 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.07.012 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.222..116S }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Sucerquia, Bernardes-de-Oliveira & Mohr
|
Early Cretaceous
|
[[Crato Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Brazil}}
|
A member of [[Cheirolepidiaceae]], a species of ''Pseudofrenelopsis''.
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|-
|
''[[Taxus guyangensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Xiao-Hui Xu |author2=Bai-Nian Sun |author3=De-Fei Yan |author4=Jin Wang |author5=Chong Dong |year=2015 |title=A ''Taxus'' leafy branch with attached ovules from the Lower Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, North China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=54 |pages=266–282 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2014.12.014 |bibcode=2015CrRes..54..266X }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Xu ''et al.''
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Early Cretaceous
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[[Guyang Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
|
A species of ''[[Taxus]]''.
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|-
|
''[[Xenoxylon|Xenoxylon yunnanensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Zhuo Feng |author2=Hai-Bo Wei |author3=Chun-Ling Wang |author4=Yu-Xuan Chen |author5=Jia-Jia Shen |author6=Ji-Yuan Yang |year=2015 |title=Wood decay of ''Xenoxylon yunnanensis'' Feng sp. nov. from the Middle Jurassic of Yunnan Province, China |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=433 |pages=60–70 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.05.021 |bibcode=2015PPP...433...60F }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Feng ''in'' Feng ''et al.''
|
Middle Jurassic
|
[[Shaximiao Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
Apossible [[Miroviaceae|Miroviaceous]] [[Pinophyta|pinophyte]].
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|-
|}

=== Conifer research===
* A study on the [[Morphology (biology)|morphology]], identity and affinity of the purported Cretaceous [[pitcher plant]] ''[[Archaeamphora]] longicervia'' is published by Wong ''et al.'' (2015), who interpret the supposed pitchers as insect-induced leaf [[gall]]s, and consider ''A. longicervia'' to be insect-galled leaves of the [[gymnosperm]] species ''[[Liaoningocladus]] boii''.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=William Oki Wong |author2=David Leonard Dilcher |author3=Conrad C. Labandeira |author4=Ge Sun |author5=Andreas Fleischmann |year=2015 |title=Early Cretaceous ''Archaeamphora'' is not a carnivorous angiosperm |journal=Frontiers in Plant Science |volume=6 |pages=Article 326 |doi=10.3389/fpls.2015.00326 |pmid=25999978 |pmc=4423337 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

==Other seed plants==
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
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''[[Carpolithes phoenixnordensis]]''<ref name=putativeAlpinia />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Smith ''et al.''
|
Late Eocene
|
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic affinity.
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|-
|
''[[Ctenis clarnoensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Boglárka Edrei |author2=Steven R. Manchester |year=2015 |title=''Ctenis clarnoensis'' sp. n., an Unusual Cycadalean Foliage from the Eocene Clarno Formation, Oregon |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=176 |issue=1 |pages=31–43 |doi=10.1086/678467 |s2cid=85225125 |url=http://real.mtak.hu/94917/1/Erdei_Manchester_Ctenis_IJPS.pdf }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Edrei & Manchester
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Eocene
|
[[Clarno Formation]]
|
{{Flag|United States}}
|
A [[cycad]], a species of ''[[Ctenis]]''.
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|-
|
''[[Ephedra multinervia]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Yong Yang |author2=Longbiao Lin |author3=David K. Ferguson |year=2015 |title=Parallel evolution of leaf morphology in gnetophytes |journal=Organisms Diversity & Evolution |volume=15 |issue=4 |pages=651–662 |doi=10.1007/s13127-015-0226-6 |s2cid=14753171 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Yang & Lin ''in'' Yang, Lin & Ferguson
|
Early Cretaceous
|
[[Yixian Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A species of ''[[Ephedra (plant)|Ephedra]]''.
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|-
|
''[[Golondrinia]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Bárbara Cariglino |year=2015 |title=New glossopterid polysperms from the Permian La Golondrina Formation (Santa Cruz Province, Argentina): potential affinities and biostratigraphic implications |journal=Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=379–390 |doi=10.4072/rbp.2015.3.04 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Cariglino
|
Permian ([[Guadalupian]]?-Lopingian)
|
[[La Golondrina Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
|
A member of [[Glossopteridales]] belonging to the family [[Arberiaceae]]. The type species is ''Golondrinia archangelskyi''.
|
|-
|
''[[Latisemenia]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=De-Ming Wang |author2=James F. Basinger |author3=Pu Huang |author4=Le Liu |author5=Jin-Zhuang Xue |author6=Mei-Cen Meng |author7=Ying-Ying Zhang |author8=Zhen-Zhen Deng |year=2015 |title=''Latisemenia longshania'', gen. et sp. nov., a new Late Devonian seed plant from China |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=282 |issue=1817 |pages=20151613 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2015.1613 |pmid=26468245 |pmc=4633874}}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Wang ''et al.''
|
Devonian ([[Famennian]])
|
Wutong (Wutung) Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
An early [[Spermatophyte|seed plant]]. The type species is ''Latisemenia longshania''.
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|-
|
''[[Nanshanopteris]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Mingli Wan |author2=Jun Wang |year=2015 |title=''Nanshanopteris nervosa'' gen. et sp. nov., a glenopterid foliage from the Changhsingian Sunan Formation in Yumen, western China |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=219 |pages=39–51 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.03.009 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.219...39W }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Wan & Wang
|
Late Permian ([[Changhsingian]])
|
[[Sunan Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A [[Pteridospermatophyta|seed fern]] belonging to the group [[Peltaspermales]]. The type species is ''Nanshanopteris nervosa''.
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|-

|
''[[Peltaspermopsis|Peltaspermopsis nebritovii]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=L.M. Bukhman |author2=N.S. Bukhman |author3=A.V. Gomankov |year=2015 |title=New species of ''Peltaspermopsis'' Gomankov from the Permian of the Subangara Area |journal=Paleobotanika |volume=6 |pages=5–13 |doi=10.31111/palaeobotany/2015.6.5 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=25346264 |issn=2218-7235 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Bukhman, Bukhman & Gomankov
|
Late [[Permian]]
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
|
A [[Pteridospermatophyta|seed fern]].
|
|-
|
''[[Placotheca]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Deming Wang |author2=Le Liu |author3=Yun Guo |author4=Jinzhuang Xue |author5=Meicen Meng |year=2015 |title=A Late Devonian Fertile Organ with Seed Plant Affinities from China |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=5 |pages=Article number 10736 |doi=10.1038/srep10736 |pmid=26022973 |pmc=4448223|bibcode=2015NatSR...510736W }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Wang ''et al.''
|
Devonian ([[Famennian]])
|
[[Wutong Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Lagenospermopsida]] (a group of plants of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably [[spermatophyte]]s). The type species is ''Placotheca minuta''.
|
|-
|
''[[Radicites|Radicites trimorphus]]''<ref name=Megasylvella />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Naugolnykh
|
Middle Permian (Kazanian)
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
|
A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement described on the basis of isolated [[root]]s.
|
|-
|
''[[Sagenopteris nadalii]]''<ref name=Estellencsia />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Ruiz & Wachtler
|
Middle Triassic (Anisian)
|
|
{{Flag|Spain}}
|
A member of [[Caytoniales]], a species of ''[[Sagenopteris]]''.
|
|-
|
''Taeniopteris novomundensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Christian Pott |author2=Ahti Launis |year=2015 |title=''Taeniopteris novomundensis'' sp. nov. – "cycadophyte" foliage from the Carnian of Switzerland and Svalbard reconsidered: How to use ''Taeniopteris''? |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=275 |issue=1 |pages=19–31 |doi=10.1127/njgpa/2015/0446 |s2cid=128980384 |url=http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-1449 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Prestianni ''et al.''
|
Late Triassic (Carnian)
|
|
{{Flag|Norway}}<br>
{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|
A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably a member of [[Cycad]]ophyta; a species of ''[[Taeniopteris]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Thorezia]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Cyrille Prestianni |author2=Philippe Gerrienne |year=2015 |title=''Thorezia vezerensis'' gen. et sp. nov., a new seed plant with multiovulate cupules from the Late Devonian of Belgium |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=27 |issue=3–4 |pages=316–324 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2014.901315 |s2cid=87427704 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Prestianni & Gerrienne
|
Late Devonian
|
|
{{Flag|Belgium}}
|
A [[spermatophyte]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is ''Thorezia vezerensis''.
|
|-
|
''[[Thinnfeldia|Thinnfeldia vemavaramensis]]''<ref name=JPSI601KrishnaGodavariBasin />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Chinnappa, Rajanikanth & Rao
|
Early Cretaceous
|
[[Vemavaram Formation]]
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A [[Pteridospermatophyta|seed fern]] belonging to the group [[Corystospermales]], a species of ''Thinnfeldia''.
|
|-
|
''[[Warsteinia|Warsteinia sancheziae]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=C. Prestianni |author2=J.J. Rustán |author3=D. Balseiro |author4=E. Vaccari |author5=A.F. Sterren |author6=P. Steemans |author7=C. Rubinstein |author8=R.A. Astini |year=2015 |title=Early seed plants from Western Gondwana: Paleobiogeographical and ecological implications based on Tournaisian (Lower Carboniferous) records from Argentina |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=417 |pages=210–219 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.10.039 |bibcode=2015PPP...417..210P |hdl=11336/32062 |url=https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/175336/1/prestianni%20et%20al%202015.pdf }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Prestianni ''et al.''
|
Carboniferous ([[Tournaisian]])
|
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
|
An early [[Spermatophyte|seed plant]], a species of ''Warsteinia''.
|
|-
|
''[[Yiduxylon]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Deming Wang |author2=Le Liu |year=2015 |title=A new Late Devonian genus with seed plant affinities |journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology |volume=15 |pages=28 |doi=10.1186/s12862-015-0292-6 |pmid=25887625 |pmc=4341886 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Wang & Liu
|
Devonian (Famennian)
|
[[Tizikou Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A plant of uncertain phylogenetic affinity,<br/> an early seed plant or a taxon closely related to seed plants.<br/> The type species is ''Yiduxylon trilobum''.
|
|-
|}


==Flowering plants==
===Basal angiosperms===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Euryale yunnanensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Yongjiang Huang |author2=Xueping Ji |author3=Tao Su |author4=Li Wang |author5=Chenglong Deng |author6=Wenqi Li |author7=Hongfen Luo |author8=Zhekun Zhou |year=2015 |title=Fossil seeds of ''Euryale'' (Nymphaeaceae) indicate a lake or swamp environment in the late Miocene Zhaotong Basin of southwestern China |journal=Science Bulletin |volume=60 |issue=20 |pages=1768–1777 |doi=10.1007/s11434-015-0870-4 |bibcode=2015SciBu..60.1768H |s2cid=128508064 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Huang ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Zhaotong Basin
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Nymphaeaceae]] related to ''[[Euryale ferox]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Nuphar carlquistii]]''<ref name="DeVore2015">{{Cite journal |last1=DeVore |first1=ML |last2=Taylor |first2=W |last3=Pigg |first3=KB |year=2015 |title=''Nuphar carlquistii'' sp. nov. (Nymphaeaceae): A Water Lily from the Latest Early Eocene, Republic, Washington |journal= International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=176 |issue=4 |pages=365–377 |doi=10.1086/680482 |s2cid=84149074 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
[[Melanie L. DeVore|DeVore]], [[Witt Taylor|Taylor]], & [[Kathleen B. Pigg|Pigg]]
|
[[Eocene]]<br/>[[Ypresian]]
|
[[Klondike Mountain Formation]]
|
{{Flag|United States}}<br/>{{flag|Washington}}
|
A [[Nymphaeaceae|water lily]]
|
[[File:Nuphar carlquistii seeds 01a.jpg|thumb|center|upright|''[[Nuphar carlquistii]]'']]
|-
|}

===Unplaced non-eudicots===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Canrightiopsis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Else Marie Friis |author2=Guido W. Grimm |author3=Mário Miguel Mendes |author4=Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen |year=2015 |title=''Canrightiopsis'', a new Early Cretaceous fossil with ''Clavatipollenites''-type pollen bridge the gap between extinct ''Canrightia'' and extant Chloranthaceae |journal=Grana |volume=54 |issue=3 |pages=184–212 |doi=10.1080/00173134.2015.1060750 |s2cid=55101625 |url=https://pure.au.dk/ws/files/96130598/00173134_2E2015_2E1060750.pdf }}</ref>
|
Gen. et 3 sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Friis ''et al.''
|
Early Cretaceous (late Barremian–early Albian)
|
[[Almargem Formation]]<br>
[[Figueira da Foz Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Portugal}}
|
A member of [[Chloranthaceae]]. The type species is ''Canrightiopsis intermedia''; genus also contains ''Canrightiopsis crassitesta'' and ''Canrightiopsis dinisii''.
|
|-
|}

===Magnoliids===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Artabotrys siwalicus]]''<ref name=Palaeobotanist64>{{Cite journal|author1=M. Prasad |author2=A.K. Kannaujia |author3=Alok |author4=Sanjai Kumar Singh |year=2015 |title=Plant megaflora from the Siwalik (Upper Miocene) of Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India and its palaeoclimatic and phytogeographic significance |journal=The Palaeobotanist |volume=64 |issue=1 |pages=13–94 |doi=10.54991/jop.2015.103 |s2cid=252299607 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Geabdat Sandstone Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Artabotrys]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Cryptocaryoxylon oleiferum]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Rita Soledad Ramos |author2=Mariana Brea |author3=Daniela Kröhling |year=2015 |title=Primer registro de ''Cryptocaryoxylon'' Leisman, una Lauraceae de la Formación El Palmar (Pleistoceno tardío), Entre Ríos, Argentina |journal=Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales |series=Nueva Serie |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=59–70 |url=http://revista.macn.gob.ar/ojs/index.php/RevMus/article/view/396 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Ramos, Brea & Kröhling
|
Late Pleistocene
|
[[El Palmar Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
|
A member of [[Lauraceae]], a species of ''[[Cryptocaryoxylon]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Meiogyne sevokensis]]''<ref name=Palaeobotanist64 />
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Geabdat Sandstone Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Meiogyne]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Paraperseoxylon septatum]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=María Jimena Franco |author2=Mariana Brea |author3=Esteban Passeggi |author4=Leandro Martín Pérez |year=2015 |title=The first record of Lauraceae fossil woods from the Cretaceous Puerto Yeruá Formation of eastern Argentina and palaeobiogeographic implications |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=56 |pages=388–398 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.05.014 |bibcode=2015CrRes..56..388F |hdl=11336/42166 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Franco ''et al.''
|
Cretaceous
|
[[Puerto Yeruá Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
|
A member of [[Lauraceae]], a species of ''[[Paraperseoxylon]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Piper margaritae]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Camila Martínez |author2=Mónica R. Carvalho |author3=Santiago Madriñán |author4=Carlos A. Jaramillo |year=2015 |title=A Late Cretaceous ''Piper'' (Piperaceae) from Colombia and diversification patterns for the genus |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=102 |issue=2 |pages=273–289 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1400427 |pmid=25667080}}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Martínez ''et al.''
|
Late Cretaceous
|
[[Guaduas Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Colombia}}
|
A member of [[Piperaceae]], a species of ''[[Piper (genus)|Piper]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Pseuduvaria mioreticulata]]''<ref name=Palaeobotanist64 />
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Geabdat Sandstone Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Pseuduvaria]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Tinaflora]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Brian A. Atkinson |author2=Ruth A. Stockey |author3=Gar W. Rothwell |author4=Randal A. Mindell |author5=Matlock J. Bolton |year=2015 |title=Lauraceous Flowers from the Eocene of Vancouver Island: ''Tinaflora beardiae'' gen. et sp. nov. (Lauraceae) |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=176 |issue=6 |pages=567–585 |doi=10.1086/681586 |s2cid=84019259 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Atkinson ''et al.''
|
Eocene
|
|
{{Flag|Canada}}
|
A member of [[Lauraceae]]. The type species is ''Tinaflora beardiae''.
|
|-
|}

===Monocots===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Chuniophoenix slenderifolia]]''<ref name=CRPcoryphoidpalms>{{Cite journal|author1=Qiu-Jun Wang |author2=Fu-Jun Ma |author3=Jun-Ling Dong |author4=Yi Yang |author5=Pei-Hong Jin |author6=Bai-Nian Sun |year=2015 |title=Coryphoid palms from the Oligocene of China and their biogeographical implications |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=14 |issue=4 |pages=263–279 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2015.03.005 |bibcode=2015CRPal..14..263W }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Wang ''et al.''
|
Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A [[Coryphoideae|coryphoid]] [[Arecaceae|palm tree]], a species of ''[[Chuniophoenix]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Dasylarynx]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=George O. Poinar, Jr. |author2=Kenton L. Chambers |year=2015 |title=''Dasylarynx anomalus'' gen. et sp. nov., a tubular monocotyledon-like flower in Mid-Tertiary Dominican amber |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=121–128 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Chambers
| Eocene or Miocene
| 
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A [[monocot]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement found in [[Dominican amber]]. The type species is ''Dasylarynx anomalus''.
|
|-
|
''[[Lejalia]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Clément Coiffard |author2=Barbara A.R. Mohr |year=2015 |title=''Lejalia sagenopteroides'' gen. nov. et comb. nov.: A new tropical member of Araceae from Late Cretaceous strata of northern Gondwana (Jebel Abyad, Sudan) implications |journal=Taxon |volume=64 |issue=5 |pages=987–997 |doi=10.12705/645.8 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et comb. nov
|
Valid
|
Coiffard & Mohr
|
Late Cretaceous
|
|
{{Flag|Sudan}}
|
A member of [[Araceae]]; a new genus for ''"[[Proteaephyllum]]" sagenopteroides''.
|
|-
|
''[[Livistona roundifolia]]''<ref name=CRPcoryphoidpalms />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Wang ''et al.''
|
Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A [[Coryphoideae|coryphoid]] [[Arecaceae|palm tree]], a species of ''[[Livistona]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Orontiophyllum]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jiří Kvaček |author2=Selena Y. Smith |year=2015 |title=''Orontiophyllum'', a new genus for foliage of fossil Orontioideae (Araceae) from the Cretaceous of central Europe |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=178 |issue=3 |pages=489–500 |doi=10.1111/boj.12256 |s2cid=85944406 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et comb. nov
|
Valid 
|
Kvaček & Smith
|
Late Cretaceous (Turonian to early Campanian)
|
|
{{Flag|Austria}}<br>
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A member of [[Araceae]]. A new genus for ''"[[Araciphyllites]]" austriacus'' Kvaček & Herman (2005); genus also contains ''"[[Zingiberopsis]]" riggauensis'' Knobloch (1979).
|
|-
|
''[[Palmoxylon|Palmoxylon kikaapoa]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=B. Alejandra Sainz-Resendiz |author2=Emilio Estrada-Ruiz |author3=L. Elena Mateo-Cid |author4=Héctor Porras-Múzquiz |year=2015 |title=Primer registro de un estípite de Coryphoideae: ''Palmoxylon kikaapoa'' de la Formación Olmos del Cretácico Superior, Coahuila, México |journal=Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad |volume=86 |issue=4 |pages=872–881 |doi=10.1016/j.rmb.2015.09.009 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Sainz-Resendiz ''et al.''
|
Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
|
[[Olmos Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Mexico}}
|
A [[Arecaceae|palm tree]] wood taxon, a species of ''[[Palmoxylon]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Phoenix windmillis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Sarah E. Allen |year=2015 |title=Fossil Palm Flowers from the Eocene of the Rocky Mountain Region with Affinities to ''Phoenix'' L. (Arecaceae: Coryphoideae) |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=176 |issue=6 |pages=586–596 |doi=10.1086/681605 |s2cid=86911563 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Allen
|
Eocene
|
|
{{Flag|United States}}
|
A member of [[Arecaceae]], a species of ''[[Phoenix (plant)|Phoenix]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Pseudhaplocricus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=George O. Poinar, Jr. |author2=Kenton L. Chambers |year=2015 |title=''Pseudhaplocricus hexandrus'' gen. et sp. nov. (Commelinaceae) in Mid-Tertiary Dominican amber |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=353–359 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Chambers
|
[[Burdigalian]]
|
[[Dominican amber]]
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of [[Commelinaceae]].<br/> The type species is ''Pseudhaplocricus hexandrus''.
|
|-
|
''[[Smilax miohavanensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Thomas Denk |author2=Dimitrios Velitzelos |author3=H. Tuncay Güner |author4=Lilian Ferrufino-Acosta |year=2015 |title=''Smilax'' (Smilacaceae) from the Miocene of western Eurasia with Caribbean biogeographic affinities |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=102 |issue=3 |pages=423–438 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1400495 |pmid=25784476}}</ref>
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Denk ''et al.''
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Austria}}<br>
{{Flag|Greece}}<br>
{{Flag|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]]'').
|
|-
|
''[[Trachycarpus formosa]]''<ref name=CRPcoryphoidpalms />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Wang ''et al.''
|
Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A [[Coryphoideae|coryphoid]] [[Arecaceae|palm tree]], a species of ''[[Trachycarpus]]''.
|
|-
|}

===Basal eudicots===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Buxus ningmingensis]]''<ref name=AGSBuxus>{{Cite journal|author1=Fujun Ma |author2=Qiujun Wang |author3=Junling Dong |author4=Yi Yang |author5=Wenjia Wang |author6=Defei Yan |author7=Bainian Sun |year=2015 |title=''Buxus'' Leaves from the Oligocene of Guangxi, China and Their Biogeographical Significance |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) |volume=89 |issue=5 |pages=1453–1469 |url=http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201505004&flag=1 | doi = 10.1111/1755-6724.12557|s2cid=129115205 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Ma & Sun ''in'' Ma ''et al.''
|
Oligocene
|
[[Nigming Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A species of ''[[Buxus]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Buxus preaustro-yunnanensis]]''<ref name=AGSBuxus />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Ma & Sun ''in'' Ma ''et al.''
|
Oligocene
|
[[Nigming Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A species of ''[[Buxus]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Menispermites orientalis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=L. B. Golovneva |author2=A. B. Herman |author3=S. V. Shczepetov |year=2015 |title=The Genus ''Menispermites'' Lesquereux (Angiosperms) in the Cretaceous Grebenka Flora of Northeastern Russia |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=49 |issue=4 |pages=429–437 |doi=10.1134/S0031030115030065 |s2cid=130793937 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Golovneva ''in'' Golovneva, Herman & Shczepetov
|
Cretaceous (late Albian–early Turonian)
|
[[Krivorechenskaya Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
|
A species of ''[[Menispermites]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Menispermoxylon mowglii]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Alexis Licht |author2=Anaïs Boura |author3=Dario De Franceschi |author4=Torsten Utescher |author5=Chit Sein |author6=Jean-Jacques Jaeger |year=2015 |title=Late middle Eocene fossil wood of Myanmar: Implications for the landscape and the climate of the Eocene Bengal Bay |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=216 |pages=44–54 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.01.010 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.216...44L }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Licht, Boura & De Franceschi ''in'' Licht ''et al.''
|
Late middle Eocene
|
|
{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|
A member of [[Menispermaceae]], a species of ''[[Menispermoxylon]]''.
|
|-
|}
===Superasterids===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Anthocephalophyllum]]''<ref name=Calophyllaceophyllum>{{Cite journal|author1=Hukam Singh |author2=Mahesh Prasad |author3=Kishor Kumar |author4=Sanjai K. Singh|year=2015 |title=Early Eocene macroflora and associated palynofossils from the Cambay Shale Formation, western India: Phytogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications |journal=Palaeoworld |volume=24 |issue=3 |pages=293–323 |doi=10.1016/j.palwor.2015.05.002 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Singh ''et al.''
|
Early [[Eocene]]
|
Cambay Shale Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A member of the family [[Rubiaceae]] described on the basis of leaf impressions.<br/> Genus includes new species ''A. vastanicum''.
|
|-
|
''[[Aralia stratosa]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Hai Zhu |author2=Frédéric M.B. Jacques |author3=Li Wang |author4=Xiang-Hui Xiao |author5=Yong-Jiang Huang |author6=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2015 |title=Fossil endocarps of ''Aralia'' (Araliaceae) from the upper Pliocene of Yunnan in southwest China, and their biogeographical implications |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=223 |pages=94–103 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.09.010 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.223...94Z }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Zhu, Huang & Zhou ''in'' Zhu ''et al.''
|
Late Pliocene
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Araliaceae]], a species of ''[[Aralia]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Boraginocarpus algeriensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Sid Ahmed Hammouda |author2=Maximilian Weigend |author3=Fateh Mebrouk |author4=Juliana Chacón |author5=Mustapha Bensalah |author6=Hans-Jürgen Ensikat |author7=Mohammed Adaci |year=2015 |title=Fossil nutlets of Boraginaceae from the continental Eocene of Hamada of Méridja (southwestern Algeria): The first fossil of the Borage family in Africa |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=102 |issue=12 |pages=2108–2115 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1500350 |pmid=26681356}}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Hammouda & Weigend ''in'' Hammouda ''et al.''
|
Eocene (Ypresian to Lutetian)
|
[[Méridja Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Algeria}}
|
A member of [[Boraginaceae]] belonging to the tribe [[Echiochileae]], a species of ''[[Boraginocarpus]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Cerbera miocenica]]''<ref name=Palaeobotanist64 />
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Geabdat Sandstone Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Cerbera]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Chionanthus siwalicus]]''<ref name=Palaeobotanist64 />
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Geabdat Sandstone Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Chionanthus]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Cornus maii]]''<ref name=carpoflorasofItaly>{{Cite journal|author =Edoardo Martinetto |year=2015 |title=Monographing the Pliocene and early Pleistocene carpofloras of Italy: methodological challenges and current progress |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung B |volume=293 |issue=1–6 |pages=57–99 |doi=10.1127/palb/293/2015/57 |bibcode=2015PalAB.293...57M }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Martinetto
|
Pliocene
|
|
{{Flag|Italy}}
|
A species of ''[[Cornus]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Diospyros palaeoargentea]]''<ref name=Palaeobotanist64 />
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Geabdat Sandstone Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Diospyros]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Ebenoxylon|Ebenoxylon cambayense]]''<ref name=Calophyllaceophyllum />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Singh ''et al.''
|
Early [[Eocene]]
|
Cambay Shale Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A member of the family [[Ebenaceae]] described on the basis of [[fossil wood]].
|
|-
|
''[[Gardenia precoronaria]]''<ref name=Palaeobotanist64 />
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Geabdat Sandstone Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Gardenia]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Gardeniophyllum]]''<ref name=Calophyllaceophyllum />
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Singh ''et al.''
|
Early [[Eocene]]
|
Cambay Shale Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A member of the family [[Rubiaceae]] described on the basis of leaf impressions. Genus includes new species ''G. cambayum''.
|
|-
|
''[[Goweria bluerimensis]]''<ref name=AJBIcacinaceae>{{Cite journal|author1=Sarah E. Allen |author2=Gregory W. Stull |author3=Steven R. Manchester |year=2015 |title=Icacinaceae from the Eocene of western North America |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=102 |issue=5 |pages=725–744 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1400550 |pmid=26022487}}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Allen, Stull & Manchester
|
Eocene
|
|
{{Flag|United States}}
|
A member of [[Icacinaceae]], a species of ''[[Goweria]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Icacinicaryites lottii]]''<ref name=AJBIcacinaceae />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Allen, Stull & Manchester
|
Eocene
|
|
{{Flag|United States}}
|
A member of [[Icacinaceae]], a species of ''[[Icacinicaryites]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Iodes occidentalis]]''<ref name=AJBIcacinaceae />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Allen, Stull & Manchester
|
Eocene
|
|
{{Flag|United States}}
|
A member of [[Icacinaceae]], a species of ''[[Iodes]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Klaprothiopsis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=George O. Poinar, Jr. |author2=Maximilian Weigend |author3=Tilo Henning |year=2015 |title=''Klaprothiopsis dyscrita'' gen. et sp. nov. (Loasaceae) in Mid-Tertiary Dominican amber |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=369–379 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar, Weigend & Henning
|
[[Burdigalian]]
| 
[[Dominican amber]]
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of [[Loasaceae]]. The type species is ''Klaprothiopsis dyscrita''.
|
|-
|
''[[Lonicera krassilovii]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Boris I. Pavlyutkin |year=2015 |title=A New Species of ''Lonicera'' (Caprifoliaceae) from the Miocene of Primorye Region (the Russian Far East) |journal=Botanica Pacifica |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=157–160 |doi=10.17581/bp.2015.04218 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Pavlyutkin
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Late Miocene
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Ust-Suifun Formation
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{{Flag|Russia}}
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A [[honeysuckle]].
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|-
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''[[Oleoxylon deccanense]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Rashmi Srivastava |author2=Elisabeth A. Wheeler |author3=Steven R. Manchester |author4=Pieter Baas |year=2015 |title=Wood of Oleaceae from the latest Cretaceous of India – the earliest olive branch? |journal=IAWA Journal |volume=36 |issue=4 |pages=443–451 |doi=10.1163/22941932-20150113 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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(Trivedi & Srivastava) Srivastava, ''et al.'' 
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[[Late Cretaceous]]–[[Paleocene]] ([[Maastrichtian]]–[[Danian]])
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[[Deccan Traps|Deccan]] [[Intertrappean Beds]]<br>([[Dhuma Formation]])
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{{Flag|India}}
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An [[Oleaceae|Oleaceous]] wood taxon.<br/> Originally [[nomen nudum]] by Trivedi & Srivastava (1981); Srivastava ''et al.'' (2015) validated the name.
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|-
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''[[Randia lishensis]]''<ref name=Palaeobotanist64 />
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Sp. nov.
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Valid
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Prasad ''et al.''
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Late Miocene
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Geabdat Sandstone Formation
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{{Flag|India}}
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A species of ''[[Randia (plant)|Randia]]''.
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|-
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''[[Rhaphithamnoxylon]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=María Jimena Franco |author2=Mariana Brea |author3=Ana María Zavattieri |year=2015 |title=First record of fossil woods from the Mariño Formation (Miocene), Mendoza, Argentina and their palaeobiogeographical implications |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=8–23 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2014.951915 |bibcode=2015Alch...39....8F |hdl=11336/80298 |s2cid=140575379 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Franco, Brea & Zavattieri
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Middle Miocene
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[[Mariño Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A member of [[Verbenaceae]] related to members of the genus ''[[Rhaphithamnus]]''. The type species is ''Rhaphithamnoxylon artabeae''.
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|-
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''[[Styracoxylon thyllosum]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Eliana Moya |author2=Mariana Brea |author3=María Jimena Franco |year=2015 |title=First record of ''Styracoxylon'' (Styracaceae) from Southern Hemisphere: Arroyo Feliciano Formation (Upper Pleistocene), Entre Ríos, Argentina |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=221 |pages=211–219 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.07.008 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.221..211M |hdl=11336/41496 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
|
Moya, Brea & Franco
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Late Pleistocene
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[[Arroyo Feliciano Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A member of [[Styracaceae]], a species of ''[[Styracoxylon]]''.
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|-
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====Angiosperm 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).<ref name=PNAS2015>{{cite journal | doi = 10.1073/pnas.1423653112 | title = Early evolution of the angiosperm clade Asteraceae in the Cretaceous of Antarctica | year = 2015 |author1=Viviana D. Barreda |author2=Luis Palazzesi |author3=Maria C. Tellería |author4=Eduardo B. Olivero |author5=J. Ian Raine |author6=Félix Forest | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | volume = 112 | issue = 35 | pages =10989–10994 | pmid=26261324 | pmc=4568267| bibcode = 2015PNAS..11210989B | doi-access = free }}</ref>

===Superrosids===
====Saxifragales====
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
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! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
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''[[Liquidambar maomingensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Natalia P. Maslova |author2=Tatiana M. Kodrul |author3=Yunsheng Song |author4=Lyudmila D. Volkova |author5=Jianhua Jin |year=2015 |title=''Liquidambar maomingensis'' sp. nov. (Altingiaceae) from the late Eocene of South China |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=102 |issue=8 |pages=1356–1370 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1500019 |pmid=26290558}}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Maslova ''et al.''
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Late Eocene
|
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Altingiaceae]], a species of ''[[Liquidambar]]''.
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|-
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''[[Rhodoleia tengchongensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Jingyu Wu |author2=Zhenrui Zhao |author3=Qijia Li |author4=Yusheng (Christopher) Liu |author5=Sanping Xie |author6=Bainian Sun |year=2015 |title=A New Species of ''Rhodoleia'' (Hamamelidaceae) from the Upper Pliocene of West Yunnan, China and Comments on Phytogeography and Insect Herbivory |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) |volume=89 |issue=5 |pages=1440–1452 |url=http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201505003&flag=1 | doi = 10.1111/1755-6724.12556|s2cid=131504498 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Wu & Sun ''in'' Wu ''et al.''
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Pliocene ([[Piacenzian]])
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Upper [[Mangbang Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A species of ''[[Rhodoleia]]''.
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|-
|}
====Vitales====
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
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! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
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''[[Vitis siwalicus]]''<ref name=Palaeobotanist64 />
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Sp. nov.
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Valid
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Prasad ''et al.''
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Late Miocene
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Geabdat Sandstone Formation
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{{Flag|India}}
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A species of ''[[Vitis]]''.
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|-
|}
====Fabids====
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
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! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
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''[[Abaremaxylon]]''<ref name=AmeghinianaMimosoideae>{{Cite journal|author1=Eliana Moya |author2=Mariana Brea |year=2015 |title=Legume fossil woods from the Late Pleistocene northeastern Argentina (Arroyo Feliciano Formation): palaeobiogeographic implications |journal=Ameghiniana |volume=52 |issue=5 |pages=558–573 |doi=10.5710/AMGH.24.06.2015.2875 |s2cid=129415242 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
|
Moya & Brea
|
Late Pleistocene
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[[Arroyo Feliciano Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A member of [[Mimosoideae]]. The type species is ''Abaremaxylon hydrochorea''.
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|-
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''[[Artocarpus basirotundatus]]''<ref name=RPP216Fujian>{{Cite journal|author1=Frédéric M.B. Jacques |author2=Gongle Shi |author3=Tao Su |author4=Zhekun Zhou |year=2015 |title=A tropical forest of the middle Miocene of Fujian (SE China) reveals Sino-Indian biogeographic affinities |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=216 |pages=76–91 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.02.001 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.216...76J }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Jacques, Shi & Zhou ''in'' Jacques ''et al.''
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Miocene ([[Langhian]])
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Moraceae]], a species of ''[[Artocarpus]]''.
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|-
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''[[Bauhinia fotana]]''<ref name=RPP216Fujian />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
|
Jacques, Shi & Zhou ''in'' Jacques ''et al.''
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Miocene ([[Langhian]])
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Leguminosae]], a species of ''[[Bauhinia]]''.
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|-
|
''[[Bauhinia ungulatoides]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Yanxiang Lin |author2=William Oki Wong |author3=Gongle Shi |author4=Si Shen |author5=Zhenyu Li |year=2015 |title=Bilobate leaves of ''Bauhinia'' (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, Cercideae) from the middle Miocene of Fujian Province, southeastern China and their biogeographic implications |journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology |volume=15 |pages=252 |doi=10.1186/s12862-015-0540-9 |pmid=26572133 |pmc=4647482 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Lin ''et al.''
|
Miocene ([[Langhian]])
|
Fotan Group
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Leguminosae]], a species of ''[[Bauhinia]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Boehmeria fujianensis]]''<ref name=RPP216Fujian />
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Jacques, Shi & Zhou ''in'' Jacques ''et al.''
|
Miocene ([[Langhian]])
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Urticaceae]], a species of ''[[Boehmeria]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Calophyllaceophyllum]]''<ref name=Calophyllaceophyllum />
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Singh ''et al.''
|
Early [[Eocene]]
|
Cambay Shale Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A member of the family [[Calophyllaceae]] described on the basis of leaf impressions. Genus includes new species ''C. eocenicum''.
|
|-
|
''[[Calophyllum striatum]]''<ref name=RPP216Fujian />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Jacques, Shi & Zhou ''in'' Jacques ''et al.''
|
Miocene ([[Langhian]])
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Calophyllaceae]], a species of ''[[Calophyllum]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Carallioipollenites]]''<ref name=Calophyllaceophyllum />
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Singh ''et al.''
|
Early [[Eocene]]
|
Cambay Shale Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
An angiosperm [[pollen]] with a close affinity with ''[[Carallia]]''.<br/> The type species is ''C. integerrimoides''.
|
|-
|
''[[Castanopsis praefissa]]''<ref name=JPRCastanopsis>{{Cite journal|author1=Ruiyun Li |author2=Bainian Sun |author3=Qiujun Wang |author4=Fujun Ma |author5=Xiaohui Xu |author6=Yunfeng Wang |author7=Hui Jia |year=2015 |title=Two new ''Castanopsis'' (Fagaceae) species based on cupule and foliage from the upper Miocene of eastern Zhejiang, China |journal=Plant Systematics and Evolution |volume=301 |issue=1 |pages=25–39 |doi=10.1007/s00606-014-1051-7 |s2cid=18909589 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Li & Sun ''in'' Li ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
[[Shengxian Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A species of ''[[Castanopsis]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Castanopsis praeouonbiensis]]''<ref name=JPRCastanopsis />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Li & Sun ''in'' Li ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
[[Shengxian Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A species of ''[[Castanopsis]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Cedrelospermum asiaticum]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Lin-Bo Jia |author2=Steven R. Manchester |author3=Tao Su |author4=Yao-Wu Xing |author5=Wen-Yun Chen |author6=Yong-Jiang Huang |author7=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2015 |title=First occurrence of ''Cedrelospermum'' (Ulmaceae) in Asia and its biogeographic implications |journal=Journal of Plant Research |volume=128 |issue=5 |pages=747–761 |doi=10.1007/s10265-015-0739-2 |pmid=26141513 |s2cid=16640738 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Jia, Huang & Zhou ''in'' Jia ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Ulmaceae]], a species of ''[[Cedrelospermum]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Cercis usnadzei]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Yan-Xiang Lin |author2=William Oki Wong |year=2015 |title=''Cercis usnadzei'', a new replacement name for ''Cercis kryshtofovichii'' Usnadze (fossil Fabaceae) |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=224 |issue=1 |pages=96–99 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.224.1.7 }}</ref>
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Lin & Wong
|
Late Oligocene to middle Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
|
A ''[[Cercis]]'' species.<br/> a replacement name for the preoccupied ''Cercis kryshtofovichii'' Usnadze ([[1971 paleontology|1971]]).
|
|-
|
''[[Comopellis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Kenton L. Chambers |author2=George O. Poinar, Jr. |year=2015 |title=''Comopellis presbya'' gen. et sp. nov. (Rhamnaceae) in Mid-Tertiary amber from the Dominican Republic |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288841576 |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=361–367 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Chambers & Poinar
|
Eocene or Miocene
| [[El Mamey Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of [[Rhamnaceae]] found in [[Dominican amber]]. The type species is ''Comopellis presbya''.
|
|-
|
''[[Cylicodiscuxylon]]''<ref name=AmeghinianaMimosoideae />
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Moya & Brea
|
Late Pleistocene
|
[[Arroyo Feliciano Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
|
A member of [[Mimosoideae]]. The type species is ''Cylicodiscuxylon paragabunensis''.
|
|-
|
''[[Deviacer guangxiensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Yunfa Chen |author2=Steven R. Manchester |year=2015 |title=Winged Fruits of ''Deviacer'' in the Oligocene from the Ningming Basin in Guangxi, South China |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=12 |pages=e0144009 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0144009 |pmid=26624897 |pmc=4666604|bibcode=2015PLoSO..1044009C |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Chen & Manchester
|
Oligocene
|
[[Ningming Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Polygalaceae]], a species of ''[[Deviacer]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Deviacer pidemarmanii]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jeffrey A. Myers |author2=Diane M. Erwin |year=2015 |title=''Deviacer pidemarmanii'' sp. nov. (Polygalaceae) from the Late Eocene–Early Oligocene Badger's Nose Paleoflora, Modoc County, California |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=176 |issue=3 |pages=259–268 |doi=10.1086/679759 |s2cid=84642512 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Myers & Erwin
|
Late Eocene–Early Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|United States}}
|
A member of [[Polygalaceae]], a species of ''[[Deviacer]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Flacourtia serrulata]]''<ref name=RPP216Fujian />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Jacques, Shi & Zhou ''in'' Jacques ''et al.''
|
Miocene ([[Langhian]])
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Salicaceae]], a species of ''[[Flacourtia]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Gynocardia eocenica]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Anumeha Shukla |author2=Hukam Singh |author3=R.C. Mehrotra |year=2015 |title=A fossil wood of ''Gynocardia'' from the Valia Lignite Mine, Bharuch District, Gujarat |journal=The Palaeobotanist |volume=64 |issue=(1-2) |pages=163–168 |doi=10.54991/jop.2015.111 |s2cid=252303616 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Shukla, Singh & Mehrotra
|
Early Eocene
|
Cambay Shale Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Gynocardia]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Hydnocarpus ghishiensis]]''<ref name=Palaeobotanist64 />
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Geabdat Sandstone Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Hydnocarpus]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Lithocarpus longchuanensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Xian-Yun Mu |author2=Jian-Xia Li |author3=Xiao-Fei Xia |author4=Liang-Cheng Zhao |year=2015 |title=Cupules and fruits of ''Lithocarpus'' (Fagaceae) from the Miocene of Yunnan, southwestern China |journal=Taxon |volume=64 |issue=4 |pages=795–808 |doi=10.12705/644.10 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Mu ''et al.''
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Fagaceae]], a species of ''[[Lithocarpus]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Macaranga stellata]]''<ref name=RPP216Fujian />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Jacques, Shi & Zhou ''in'' Jacques ''et al.''
|
Miocene ([[Langhian]])
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Euphorbiaceae]], a species of ''[[Macaranga]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Millettia miosericea]]''<ref name=Palaeobotanist64 />
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Geabdat Sandstone Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Millettia]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Millettia sevokensis]]''<ref name=Palaeobotanist64 />
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Geabdat Sandstone Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''Millettia''.
|
|-
|
''[[Palaeocarya hispida]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Hong-Hu Meng |author2=Tao Su |author3=Yong-Jiang Huang |author4=Hai Zhu |author5=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2015 |title=Late Miocene ''Palaeocarya'' (Engelhardieae: Juglandaceae) from Southwest China and its biogeographic implications |journal=Journal of Systematics and Evolution |volume=53 |issue=6 |pages=499–511 |doi=10.1111/jse.12145 |s2cid=67830491 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Meng ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Juglandaceae]], a species of ''[[Palaeocarya]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Paleoochna]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Stefanie M. Ickert-Bond |author2=Kathleen B. Pigg |author3=Melanie L. DeVore |year=2015 |title=''Paleoochna tiffneyi'' gen. et sp. nov. (Ochnaceae) from the Late Paleocene Almont/Beicegel Creek Flora, North Dakota, USA |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=176 |issue=9 |pages=892–900 |doi=10.1086/683275 |s2cid=88105238 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Ickert-Bond, Pigg & DeVore
|
Late Paleocene
|
|
{{Flag|United States}}
|
A member of [[Ochnaceae]]. The type species is ''Paleoochna tiffneyi''.
|
|-
|
''[[Podocarpium eocenicum]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Qingqing Xu |author2=Jue Qiu |author3=Zhekun Zhou |author4=Jianhua Jin |year=2015 |title=Eocene ''Podocarpium'' (Leguminosae) from South China and its biogeographic implications |journal=Frontiers in Plant Science |volume=6 |pages=938 |doi=10.3389/fpls.2015.00938 |pmc=4630573 |pmid=26579179|doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Xu & Jin ''in'' Xu ''et al.''
|
Eocene
|
[[Changchang Formation]]<br>
[[Youganwo Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Caesalpinioideae]], a species of ''[[Podocarpium]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Prioria dominicana]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=George O. Poinar, Jr. |author2=Kenton L. Chambers |year=2015 |title=''Prioria dominicana'' sp. nov. (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae), a fossil flower in Mid-Tertiary Dominican amber |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=129–134 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Chambers
|
Eocene or Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of [[Fabaceae]] belonging to the subfamily [[Caesalpinioideae]] found in [[Dominican amber]], a species of ''[[Prioria]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Prunus kunmingensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Tao Su |author2=Peter Wilf |author3=Yongjiang Huang |author4=Shitao Zhang |author5=Zhekun Zhou |year=2015 |title=Peaches Preceded Humans: Fossil Evidence from SW China |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=5 |pages=Article number 16794 |doi=10.1038/srep16794 |pmid=26610240 |pmc=4660870|bibcode=2015NatSR...516794S }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Su, Wilf & Zhou ''in'' Su ''et al.''
|
Late Pliocene
|
[[Ciying Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A species of ''[[Prunus]]'' related to the [[peach]].
|
|-
|
''[[Quercus chekryzhovii]]''<ref name=PJ496Quercus>{{Cite journal|author =B. I. Pavlyutkin |year=2015 |title=The Genus ''Quercus'' (Fagaceae) in the Early Oligocene Flora of Kraskino, Primorskii Region |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=49 |issue=6 |pages=668–676 |doi=10.1134/S003103011506009X |s2cid=86042415 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Pavlyutkin
|
Early Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
|
An [[oak]].
|
|-
|
''[[Quercus heterobracteolata]]''<ref name=Qparaglauca>{{Cite journal|author1=Hui Jia |author2=Peihong Jin |author3=Jingyu Wu |author4=Zixi Wang |author5=Bainian Sun |year=2015 |title=''Quercus'' (subg. ''Cyclobalanopsis'') leaf and cupule species in the late Miocene of eastern China and their paleoclimatic significance |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=219 |pages=132–146 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.01.011 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.219..132J }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Jia ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
An [[oak]].
|
|-
|
''[[Quercus kraskinensis]]''<ref name=PJ496Quercus />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Pavlyutkin
|
Early Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
|
An [[oak]].
|
|-
|
''[[Quercus maii]]''<ref name=PAB293Quercus>{{Cite journal|author1=Johanna Kovar-Eder |author2=Andrea K. Kern |author3=Ge Sun |year=2015 |title=Fagaceae from the plant assemblage of Badaogou, Jilin Province, China (late Pliocene) indicate post-Pliocene diversification of oaks |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung B |volume=293 |issue=1–6 |pages=9–55 |doi=10.1127/palb/293/2015/9 |bibcode=2015PalAB.293....9K }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder ''in'' Kovar-Eder, Kern & Sun
|
Late Pliocene
|
Ma’anshancun Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
An [[oak]].
|
|-
|
''[[Quercus paraglauca]]''<ref name=Qparaglauca />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Jia ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
An [[oak]].
|
|-
|
''[[Quercus rajushkinae]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Alexander Borisovitch Doweld |year=2015 |title=''Quercus rajushkinae'', a new name for ''Quercus lavrovii'' Rajushkina (Fagaceae) |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=221 |issue=1 |pages=100 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.221.1.13 }}</ref>
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
|
An [[oak]]; a replacement name for ''Quercus lavrovii'' Rajushkina (1987) (preoccupied).
|
|-
|
''[[Quercus waltheri]]''<ref name=PAB293Quercus />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder ''in'' Kovar-Eder, Kern & Sun
|
Late Pliocene
|
Ma’anshancun Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
An [[oak]].
|
|-
|
''[[Rhamnus siwalicus]]''<ref name=Palaeobotanist64 />
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Geabdat Sandstone Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Rhamnus (plant)|Rhamnus]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Rubus lanpingensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Yong-Jiang Huang |author2=Frédéric M.B. Jacques |author3=Yu-Sheng (Christopher) Liu |author4=Tao Su |author5=David K. Ferguson |author6=Yao-Wu Xing |author7=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2015 |title=''Rubus'' (Rosaceae) diversity in the late Pliocene of Yunnan, southwestern China |journal=Geobios |volume=48 |issue=6 |pages=439–448 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2015.08.001 |bibcode=2015Geobi..48..439H }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Huang ''et al.''
|
Pliocene ([[Piacenzian]])
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Rosaceae]], a species of ''[[Rubus]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Spatholobus siwalicus]]''<ref name=Palaeobotanist64 />
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Geabdat Sandstone Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Spatholobus]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Welkoetoxylon]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Nareerat Boonchai |author2=Steven R. Manchester |author3=Elisabeth A. Wheeler |year=2015 |title=''Welkoetoxylon multiseriatum'': fossil moraceous wood from the Eocene Green River Formation, Wyoming, U.S.A. |journal=IAWA Journal |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=158–166 |doi=10.1163/22941932-00000093 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Boonchai, Manchester & Wheeler
|
Eocene
|
[[Green River Formation]]
|
{{Flag|United States}}<br/>{{flag|Wyoming}}
|
A [[Moraceae|moraceous]] wood morphogenus.<br/> The type species is ''W. multiseriatum''.
|
|-
|
''[[Zygiaxylon]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Adriana Kloster |author2=Silvia Gnaedinger |author3=Karen Adami-Rodrigues |author4=Camile Urban |year=2015 |title=New record of Fabaceae fossil woods from the Solimões Formation (Miocene), Acre Basin, Amazon, Brazil |journal=Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=391–402 |doi=10.4072/rbp.2015.3.05 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kloster & Gnaedinger ''in'' Kloster ''et al.''
|
Miocene
|
[[Solimões Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Brazil}}
|
A member of [[Fabaceae]] belonging to the subfamily [[Mimosoideae]]. The type species is ''Zygiaxylon amazonicum''.
|
|-
|}

====Malvids====
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Acer lincangense]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Yunfeng Wang |author2=Yang Shao |author3=Binke Li |author4=Kenan Liu |author5=Sanping Xie |year=2015 |title=''Acer'' Leaves and Samaras from the Late Miocene of Lincang, Yunnan Province |journal=Geological Journal of China Universities |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=105–116 |doi=10.16108/j.issn1006-7493.2014114 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Wang ''et al.''
|
Miocene
|
[[Bangmai Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A [[maple]].
|
|-
|
''[[Bombax palaeomalabaricum]]''<ref name=Palaeobotanist64 />
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Geabdat Sandstone Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Bombax]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Buchanania palaeosessilifolia]]''<ref name=Palaeobotanist64 />
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Geabdat Sandstone Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Buchanania]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Burretiodendron miocenicum]]''<ref name=IJPSBurretiodendron>{{Cite journal|author1=Julie Lebreton Anberrée |author2=Steven R. Manchester |author3=Jian Huang |author4=Shufeng Li |author5=Yuqing Wang |author6=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2015 |title=First Fossil Fruits and Leaves of ''Burretiodendron'' s.l. (Malvaceae s.l.) in Southeast Asia: Implications for Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Paleoclimate |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=176 |issue=7 |pages=682–696 |doi=10.1086/682166 |s2cid=73584442 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Lebreton Anberrée ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A species of ''[[Burretiodendron]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Burretiodendron parvifructum]]''<ref name=IJPSBurretiodendron />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Lebreton Anberrée ''et al.''
|
Early Oligocene<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Sheng-Lan Xu |author2=Tatiana Kodrul |author3=Yan Wu |author4=Natalia Maslova |author5=Jian-Hua Jin |year=2020 |title=Early Oligocene fruits and leaves of ''Burretiodendron'' (Malvaceae s. l.) from South China |journal=Journal of Systematics and Evolution |volume=59 |issue=5 |pages=2000–2010 | doi=10.1111/jse.12577 |s2cid=214527089 }}</ref> to late Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A species of ''[[Burretiodendron]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Combretum prechinense]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Mahasin Ali Khan |author2=Subir Bera |author3=Ruby Ghosh |author4=Robert A. Spicer |author5=Teresa E.V. Spicer |year=2015 |title=Leaf cuticular morphology of some angiosperm taxa from the Siwalik sediments (middle Miocene to lower Pleistocene) of Arunachal Pradesh, eastern Himalaya: Systematic and palaeoclimatic implications |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=214 |pages=9–26 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.10.008 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.214....9K |s2cid=140604985 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Khan, Bera & Spicer ''in'' Khan ''et al.''
|
Middle to late Miocene
|
[[Dafla Formation]]
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A member of [[Combretaceae]], a species of ''[[Combretum]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Cupania oodlabariensis]]''<ref name=Palaeobotanist64 />
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Geabdat Sandstone Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Cupania]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Lagerstroemia himalayaensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Gaurav Srivastava |author2=Rajan Gaur |author3=R.C. Mehrotra |year=2015 |title=''Lagerstroemia'' L. from the middle Miocene Siwalik deposits, northern India: Implication for Cenozoic range shifts of the genus and the family Lythraceae |journal=Journal of Earth System Science |volume=124 |issue=1 |pages=227–239 |doi=10.1007/s12040-014-0526-9 |bibcode=2015JESS..124..227S |s2cid=129685250 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Srivastava, Gaur & Mehrotra
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A member of [[Lythraceae]], a species of ''[[Lagerstroemia]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Melanorrhoeophyllum]]''<ref name=Calophyllaceophyllum />
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Singh ''et al.''
|
Early [[Eocene]]
|
Cambay Shale Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
An [[Anacardiaceae]] leaf morphotaxon.<br/> Genus includes new species ''M. suratum''.
|
|-
|
''[[Paranephelium miocenica]]''<ref name=Palaeobotanist64 />
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Geabdat Sandstone Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Paranephelium]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Pleiogynium parvum]]''<ref name=AlcheringaPleiogynium>{{Cite journal|author1=Andrew Rozefelds |author2=Mary Dettmann |author3=Trevor Clifford |author4=Scott Hocknull |author5=Nikki Newman |author6=Henk Godthelp |author7=Suzanne Hand |author8=Michael Archer |year=2015 |title=Traditional and computed tomographic (CT) techniques link modern and Cenozoic fruits of ''Pleiogynium'' (Anacardiaceae) from Australia |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=24–39 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2014.951916 |bibcode=2015Alch...39...24R |s2cid=128910436 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Rozefelds, Dettmann & Clifford ''in'' Rozefelds ''et al.''
|
Probably Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|Australia}}
|
A species of ''[[Pleiogynium]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Pleiogynium wannanii]]''<ref name=AlcheringaPleiogynium />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Rozefelds, Dettmann & Clifford ''in'' Rozefelds ''et al.''
|
Latest Oligocene or early Miocene
|
[[Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh)|Riversleigh]]
|
{{Flag|Australia}}
|
A species of ''[[Pleiogynium]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Pterospermoxylon|Pterospermoxylon suratensis]]''<ref name=Calophyllaceophyllum />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Singh ''et al.''
|
Early [[Eocene]]
|
Cambay Shale Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A member of the family [[Malvaceae]] belonging to the subfamily [[Dombeyoideae]], described on the basis of [[fossil wood]].
|
|-
|
''[[Qualeoxylon felicianensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Eliana Moya |author2=Mariana Brea |year=2015 |title=A new record of fossil wood of Vochysiaceae from the Late Pleistocene (Arroyo Feliciano Formation), Argentina, South America |journal=Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=83–90 |doi=10.4072/rbp.2015.1.05 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Moya & Brea
|
Late Pleistocene
|
[[Arroyo Feliciano Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
|
A member of [[Vochysiaceae]], a species of ''[[Qualeoxylon]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Staphylea levisemia]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Yong-Jiang Huang |author2=Yu-Sheng Liu |author3=Jun Wen |author4=Cheng Quan |year=2015 |title=First fossil record of ''Staphylea'' L. (Staphyleaceae) from North America, and its biogeographic implications |journal=Plant Systematics and Evolution |volume=301 |issue=9 |pages=2203–2218 |doi=10.1007/s00606-015-1224-z |s2cid=18211003 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Huang ''et al.''
|
Latest Miocene to earliest Pliocene
|
[[Gray Fossil Site]]
|
{{Flag|United States}}
|
A member of [[Staphyleaceae]], a species of ''[[Staphylea]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Sterculia miocolorata]]''<ref name=Palaeobotanist64 />
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Geabdat Sandstone Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Sterculia]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Sterculia mioparviflora]]''<ref name=Palaeobotanist64 />
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Geabdat Sandstone Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''Sterculia''.
|
|-
|
''[[Sterculia siwalica]]''<ref name=Palaeobotanist64 />
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Geabdat Sandstone Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''Sterculia''.
|
|-
|
''[[Toddalia miocenica]]''<ref name=Palaeobotanist64 />
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Geabdat Sandstone Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A member of the family [[Rutaceae]].
|
|-
|
''[[Vatica prenitida]]''<ref name=Palaeobotanist64 />
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Geabdat Sandstone Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Vatica]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Vatica siwalica]]''<ref name=Palaeobotanist64 />
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Geabdat Sandstone Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''Vatica''.
|
|-
|
''[[Ventilago lincangensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ke-Nan Liu |author2=San-Ping Xie |author3=Steven R. Manchester |author4=Yun-Feng Wang |author5=Yang Shao |author6=Bin-Ke Li |year=2015 |title=Samaras of ''Ventilago'' (Rhamnaceae) from the upper Miocene of Lincang, Yunnan, China and their phytogeographic implications |journal=Journal of Systematics and Evolution |volume=53 |issue=3 |pages=252–258 |doi=10.1111/jse.12136 |s2cid=86068173 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Liu & Xie ''in'' Liu ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
[[Bangmai Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A species of ''[[Ventilago]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Wataria yunnanica]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Yan-Jie Li |author2=Alexei A. Oskolski |author3=Frédéric M.B. Jacques |author4=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2015 |title=New middle Miocene fossil wood of ''Wataria'' (Malvaceae) from southwest China |journal=IAWA Journal |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=345–357 |doi=10.1163/22941932-20150105 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Li & Oskolski ''in'' Li ''et al.''
|
Miocene
|
[[Dajie Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Malvaceae]], a species of ''[[Wataria]]''.
|
|-
|}

===Other angiosperms===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Bamfordphyllum]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Mauro G. Passalia |author2=Magdalena Llorens |author3=Manuel Páez |year=2015 |title=First megafloristic record for the Chubut Group at Somuncurá-Cañadón Asfalto Basin: An angiosperm dominated flora from the Upper Cretaceous Puesto Manuel Arce Formation, Patagonia Argentina |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=56 |pages=200–225 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.04.016 |bibcode=2015CrRes..56..200P |hdl=11336/5587 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Passalia, Llorens & Páez
|
Late Cretaceous
|
[[Puesto Manuel Arce Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
|
A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is ''Bamfordphyllum crassivena''.
|
|-
|
''[[Carpolites pliocucurbitinus]]''<ref name=carpoflorasofItaly />
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Martinetto
|
Pliocene to Pleistocene ([[Zanclean]] to [[Gelasian]])
|
|
{{Flag|Italy}}
|
An angiosperm seed of uncertain affinity<br/> A replacement name for ''Carpolites cucurbitinus'' Martinetto (1995) (preoccupied).
|
|-
|
''[[Carpolithes albolutum]]''<ref name=putativeAlpinia>{{Cite journal|author1=Selena Y. Smith |author2=Margaret E. Collinson |author3=John C. Benedict |author4=Jana Leong-Škorničková |author5=Federica Marone |author6=Dilworth Parkinson |year=2015 |title=Revision of putative ''Alpinia'' (Zingiberaceae) fossils from the Paleogene and Neogene of western Europe |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung B |volume=293 |issue=1–6 |pages=101–123 |doi=10.1127/palb/293/2015/101 |bibcode=2015PalAB.293..101S }}</ref>
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Smith ''et al.''
|
Eocene<br/>[[Ypresian]]
|
|
{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|
An angiosperm seed of uncertain affinity.
|
|-
|
''[[Dicotylophyllum|Dicotylophyllum montis-nivium]]''<ref name=Dicotylophyllum>{{Cite journal|author1=Adam T. Halamski |author2=Jiří Kvaček |year=2015 |title=The Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) leaf and cone flora from the Sudetes |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung B |volume=292 |issue=4–6 |pages=95–171 |doi=10.1127/palb/292/2015/95 |bibcode=2015PalAB.292...95H }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Halamski & Kvaček
|
Late Cretaceous ([[Coniacian]])
|
|
{{Flag|Poland}}
|
A [[dicotyledon]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
|
|-
|
''[[Dicotylophyllum|Dicotylophyllum thaddaeiguniae]]''<ref name=Dicotylophyllum />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Halamski & Kvaček
|
Late Cretaceous ([[Coniacian]])
|
|
{{Flag|Poland}}
|
A [[dicotyledon]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
|
|-
|
''[[Fairlingtonia]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Nathan A. Jud |year=2015 |title=Fossil evidence for a herbaceous diversification of early eudicot angiosperms during the Early Cretaceous |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=282 |issue=1814 |pages=20151045 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2015.1045 |pmid=26336172 |pmc=4571693}}</ref>
|
Gen. et comb. nov
|
Valid
|
Jud
|
Early Cretaceous
|
[[Potomac Group]]
|
{{Flag|United States}}
|
An early [[Eudicots|eudicot]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for ''"[[Sphenopteris]]" thyrsopteroides'' Fontaine (1889).
|
|-
|
''[[Saliciphyllum gaetei]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Josep Marmi |author2=Carles Martín-Closas |author3=Mª Teresa Fernández-Marrón |author4=Víctor Fondevilla |author5=Bernard Gomez |year=2015 |title=A riparian plant community from the upper Maastrichtian of the Pyrenees (Catalonia, NE Spain) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=56 |pages=510–529 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.06.004 |bibcode=2015CrRes..56..510M }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Marmi ''et al.''
|
Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian)
|
|
{{Flag|Spain}}
|
A willow-like [[Eudicots|eudicot]], a species of ''[[Saliciphyllum]]''.
|
|-
|}

==Other plants==
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Boueina|Boueina? crassundia]]''<ref name=PEVachardetal>{{cite journal |author1=Daniel Vachard |author2=Karl Krainer |author3=Spencer G. Lucas |year=2015 |title=Late Early Permian (late Leonardian; Kungurian) algae, microproblematica, and smaller foraminifers from the Yeso Group and San Andres Formation (New Mexico; USA) |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=Article number: 18.1.21A |doi=10.26879/433 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Vachard, Krainer & [[Spencer G. Lucas|Lucas]]
|
Permian ([[Kungurian]])
|
[[Los Vallos Formation]]<br>
[[San Andres Formation, United States|San Andres Formation]]
|
{{Flag|United States}}
|
A member of [[Codiaceae]].
|
|-
|
''[[Boueina|Boueina? tubulata]]''<ref name=PEVachardetal />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Vachard, Krainer & Lucas
|
Permian ([[Kungurian]])
|
[[San Andres Formation, United States|San Andres Formation]]
|
{{Flag|United States}}
|
A member of Codiaceae.
|
|-
|
''[[Chara nikolskae]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Alexander Borisovitch Doweld |year=2015 |title=''Chara nikolskae'', a new name for ''Chara elliptica'' Nikolskaja (1984) non Fritzsche (1924) and ''Aclistochara elliptica'' (Fritzsche) comb. nov. (Characeae) |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=226 |issue=2 |pages=199–200 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.226.2.11 }}</ref>
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Holocene
|
|
{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
|
A [[Green algae|green alga]] belonging to the group [[Charophyta]] and the family [[Characeae]]; a species of ''[[Chara (alga)|Chara]]''. A replacement name for ''Chara elliptica'' Nikolskaja (1984) (preoccupied).
|
|-
|
''Charaxis martinclosasi''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Bruno Granier |author2=Dany Azar |author3=Sibelle Maksoud |author4=Raymond Gèze |author5=Roland Habchi |year=2015 |title=New fossiliferous sites with Barremian Charophyta in the "Grès du Liban" ''auct.'' (Lebanon), with a critical perspective regarding the nature of ''Munieria'' Deecke, 1883 |journal=Carnets de Géologie |volume=15 |issue=15 |pages=199–229 |url=http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/1515/index.html |doi=10.4267/2042/57947}}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Granier ''et al.''
|
Early Cretaceous (Barremian)
|
|
{{Flag|Lebanon}}
|
A [[Green algae|green alga]] belonging to the group [[Charophyta]]; a species of ''Charaxis''.
|
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''[[Chelinospora|Chelinospora prisca]]''<ref name=RPP212Wellmanetal>{{Cite journal|author1=Charles H. Wellman |author2=Philippe Steemans |author3=Merrell A. Miller |year=2015 |title=Spore assemblages from Upper Ordovician and lowermost Silurian sediments recovered from the Qusaiba-1 shallow core hole, Qasim region, central Saudi Arabia |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=212 |pages=111–126 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.09.003 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.212..111W |hdl=2268/117842 |url=http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/handle/2268/117842 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Wellman, Steemans & Miller
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Late Ordovician and [[Llandovery epoch|early Silurian]]
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[[Qasim Formation]]<br>
[[Sarah Formation]]
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{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
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An early land plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of ''Chelinospora''.
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''[[Cryptotetras]]''<ref name=RPP212Strotheretal>{{Cite journal|author1=Paul K. Strother |author2=Alfred Traverse |author3=Marco Vecoli |year=2015 |title=Cryptospores from the Hanadir Shale Member of the Qasim Formation, Ordovician (Darriwilian) of Saudi Arabia: taxonomy and systematics |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=212 |pages=97–110 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.08.018 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.212...97S }}</ref>
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov
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Valid
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Strother, Traverse & Vecoli
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Ordovician (Darriwilian to Late Ordovician<ref name=RPP244GhelliFm />)
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[[Ghelli Formation]]<ref name=RPP244GhelliFm /><br>
[[Qasim Formation]]
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{{Flag|Iran}}<ref name=RPP244GhelliFm>{{Cite journal|author=Mohammad Ghavidel-Syooki |year=2017 |title=Cryptospore and trilete spore assemblages from the Late Ordovician (Katian–Hirnantian) Ghelli Formation, Alborz Mountain Range, Northeastern Iran: Palaeophytogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=244 |pages=217–240 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2017.05.010 |bibcode=2017RPaPa.244..217G }}</ref><br>
{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
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An early land plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is ''Cryptotetras erugata''; genus also contains ''Cryptotetras mordacis''.
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''[[Didymospora]]''<ref name=RPP212Strotheretal />
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov
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Valid
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Strother, Traverse & Vecoli
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Ordovician (Darriwilian)
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[[Qasim Formation]]
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{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
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An early land plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is ''Didymospora luna''; genus also contains ''Didymospora fucosogranulata''.
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''[[Gymnocodium|Gymnocodium? bacillum]]''<ref name=PEVachardetal />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Vachard, Krainer & Lucas
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Permian ([[Kungurian]])
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[[Los Vallos Formation]]<br>
[[San Andres Formation, United States|San Andres Formation]]
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{{Flag|Guatemala}}<br>
{{Flag|United States}}
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A member of [[Gymnocodiaceae]].
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''[[Gymnocodium|Gymnocodium? johnsonii]]''<ref name=PEVachardetal />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Vachard, Krainer & Lucas
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Permian ([[Kungurian]])
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[[Los Vallos Formation]]<br>
[[San Andres Formation, United States|San Andres Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}<br>
{{Flag|China}}?<br>
{{Flag|Guatemala}}?
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A member of [[Gymnocodiaceae]].
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''[[Lepidodendron|Lepidodendron wingfieldense]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Barry A. Thomas |author2=Leyla J. Seyfullah |year=2015 |title=A new look at ''Lepidodendron ophiurus'' Brongniart and the recognition of ''L. wingfieldense'' sp. nov. (Flemingitaceae, Lepidodendrales) from the Langsettian (Bashkirian) of Derbyshire, East Midlands, UK |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung B |volume=292 |issue=1–3 |pages=23–32 |doi=10.1127/palb/292/2015/23 |bibcode=2015PalAB.292...23T }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Thomas & Seyfullah
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Carboniferous ([[Bashkirian]])
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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
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''[[Lobodendron]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Le Liu |author2=Deming Wang |author3=Jinzhuang Xue |author4=Meicen Meng |year=2015 |title=An anatomically preserved lycopsid from the Upper Devonian of South China |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=27 |issue=3–4 |pages=308–315 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2014.897344 |s2cid=140189546 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Liu ''et al.''
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Late Devonian ([[Famennian]])
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[[Wutong Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Lycopsida]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is ''Lobodendron fanwanense''.
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''Montenegrella? gracilis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Branko Sokač |author2=Tonći Grgasović |year=2015 |title=''Montenegrella? gracilis'' n. sp., a new calcareous alga (Dasycladales) from the Upper Barremian of Mt. Biokovo (Dinarides Mts., Croatia) |journal=Geologia Croatica |volume=68 |issue=3 |pages=173–178 |doi=10.4154/gc.2015.14 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Sokač & Grgasović
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Early Cretaceous (Barremian)
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{{Flag|Croatia}}
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A [[Green algae|green alga]] belonging to the group [[Dasycladales]], possibly a species of ''[[Montenegrella]]''.
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''[[Muscites gracilis]]''<ref name=GRChathamflora />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Mays & Cantrill ''in'' Mays ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
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[[Tupuangi Formation]]
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{{Flag|New Zealand}}
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A leafy [[moss]], a species of ''[[Muscites]]''.
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''[[Paurodendron|Paurodendron stellatum]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Stephen McLoughlin |author2=Andrew N. Drinnan |author3=Ben J. Slater |author4=Jason Hilton |year=2015 |title=''Paurodendron stellatum'': A new Permian permineralized herbaceous lycopsid from the Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=220 |pages=1–15 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.04.004 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.220....1M |s2cid=128611321 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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McLoughlin ''et al.''
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Permian (Guadalupian)
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[[Antarctica]]
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A member of [[Isoetales]], a species of ''[[Paurodendron]]''.
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''[[Reticuspinosporites]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Sam M. Slater |author2=Wilson A. Taylor |author3=David J. Batten |author4=Christopher R. Hill |author5=Charles H. Wellman |year=2015 |title=Morphology and wall ultrastructure of a new and highly distinctive megaspore from the Middle Jurassic of Yorkshire, UK |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=216 |pages=33–43 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.01.009 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.216...33S }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Slater ''et al.''
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Middle Jurassic (Bathonian)
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[[Scalby Formation]]
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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
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A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a member or a relative of [[lycopsid]]s. The type species is ''Reticuspinosporites whytei''.
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''[[Retitriletes|Retitriletes polygonatus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Firoozeh Hashemi-Yazdi |author2=Freshteh Sajjadi |author3=Afsaneh Dehbozorgi |year=2015 |title=A new lycophyte miospore species from the Middle Jurassic of Iran |journal=Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=251–260 |doi=10.4072/rbp.2015.2.06 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Hashemi-Yazdi, Sajjadi & Dehbozorgi
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Middle Jurassic
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[[Dalichai Formation]]
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{{Flag|Iran}}
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A [[lycophyte]] known from spores, a species of ''Retitriletes''.
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''[[Rimosotetras|Rimosotetras subsphaerica]]''<ref name=RPP212Strotheretal />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Strother, Traverse & Vecoli
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Ordovician (Darriwilian to Late Ordovician<ref name=RPP244GhelliFm />)
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[[Ghelli Formation]]<ref name=RPP244GhelliFm /><br>
[[Qasim Formation]]
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{{Flag|Iran}}<ref name=RPP244GhelliFm /><br>
{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
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An early land plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of ''Rimosotetras''.
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''[[Tetraplanarisporites]]''<ref name=RPP212Wellmanetal />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Wellman, Steemans & Miller
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Late Ordovician and early Silurian
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[[Ghelli Formation]]<ref name=RPP244GhelliFm /><br>
[[Qasim Formation]]<br>
[[Sarah Formation]]
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{{Flag|Iran}}<ref name=RPP244GhelliFm /><br>
{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
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An early land plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is ''Tetraplanarisporites laevigatus''.
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''[[Tricosta]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Glenn W.K. Shelton |author2=Ruth A. Stockey |author3=Gar W. Rothwell |author4=Alexandru M.F. Tomescu |year=2015 |title=Exploring the fossil history of pleurocarpous mosses: Tricostaceae fam. nov. from the Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, Canada |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=102 |issue=11 |pages=1883–1900 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1500360 |pmid=26542845}}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Shelton ''et al.''
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Early Cretaceous
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{{Flag|Canada}}
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A pleurocarpous [[moss]]. The type species is ''Tricosta plicata''.
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==References==
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