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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.
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.
==Flowering plants==

===New taxa===
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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
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Moya & Brea
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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 [[Mimosoideae]]. The type species is ''Abaremaxylon hydrochorea''.
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|-
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''[[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>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Wang ''et al.''
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Miocene
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[[Bangmai Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
|
A [[maple]].
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|-
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''[[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>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
|
Singh ''et al.''
|
Early [[Eocene]]
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Cambay Shale Formation
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{{Flag|India}}
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A member of the family [[Rubiaceae]] described on the basis of leaf impressions. Genus includes new species ''A. vastanicum''.
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|-
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''[[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 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
|
Zhu, Huang & Zhou ''in'' Zhu ''et al.''
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Late Pliocene
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|
{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Araliaceae]], a species of ''[[Aralia]]''.
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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 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Jacques, Shi & Zhou ''in'' Jacques ''et al.''
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Miocene ([[Langhian]])
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|
{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Moraceae]], a species of ''[[Artocarpus]]''.
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|-
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''[[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 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Passalia, Llorens & Páez
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Late Cretaceous
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[[Puesto Manuel Arce Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is ''Bamfordphyllum crassivena''.
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''Bauhinia fotana''<ref name=RPP216Fujian />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Jacques, Shi & Zhou ''in'' Jacques ''et al.''
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Miocene ([[Langhian]])
|
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Leguminosae]], a species of ''[[Bauhinia]]''.
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|-
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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}}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Lin ''et al.''
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Miocene ([[Langhian]])
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Fotan Group
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Leguminosae]], a species of ''[[Bauhinia]]''.
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|-
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''Boehmeria fujianensis''<ref name=RPP216Fujian />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Jacques, Shi & Zhou ''in'' Jacques ''et al.''
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Miocene ([[Langhian]])
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Urticaceae]], a species of ''[[Boehmeria]]''.
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|-
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''[[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>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Hammouda & Weigend ''in'' Hammouda ''et al.''
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Eocene (Ypresian to Lutetian)
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[[Méridja Formation]]
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{{Flag|Algeria}}
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A member of [[Boraginaceae]] belonging to the tribe [[Echiochileae]], a species of ''[[Boraginocarpus]]''.
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|-
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''[[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>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
|
Lebreton Anberrée ''et al.''
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Late Miocene
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{{Flag|China}}
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A species of ''[[Burretiodendron]]''.
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|-
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''[[Burretiodendron parvifructum]]''<ref name=IJPSBurretiodendron />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Lebreton Anberrée ''et al.''
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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 }}</ref> to late Miocene
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{{Flag|China}}
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A species of ''[[Burretiodendron]]''.
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|-
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''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}}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
|
Ma & Sun ''in'' Ma ''et al.''
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Oligocene
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[[Nigming Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A species of ''[[Buxus]]''.
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|-
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''Buxus preaustro-yunnanensis''<ref name=AGSBuxus />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Ma & Sun ''in'' Ma ''et al.''
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Oligocene
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[[Nigming Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A species of ''[[Buxus]]''.
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|-
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''[[Calophyllaceophyllum]]''<ref name=Calophyllaceophyllum />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Singh ''et al.''
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Early [[Eocene]]
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Cambay Shale Formation
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{{Flag|India}}
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A member of the family [[Calophyllaceae]] described on the basis of leaf impressions. Genus includes new species ''C. eocenicum''.
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|-
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''Calophyllum striatum''<ref name=RPP216Fujian />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Jacques, Shi & Zhou ''in'' Jacques ''et al.''
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Miocene ([[Langhian]])
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Calophyllaceae]], a species of ''[[Calophyllum]]''.
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|-
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''[[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 }}</ref>
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Gen. et 3 sp. nov
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Valid
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Friis ''et al.''
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Early Cretaceous (late Barremian–early Albian)
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[[Almargem Formation]]<br>
[[Figueira da Foz Formation]]
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{{Flag|Portugal}}
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A member of [[Chloranthaceae]]. The type species is ''Canrightiopsis intermedia''; genus also contains ''Canrightiopsis crassitesta'' and ''Canrightiopsis dinisii''.
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|-
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''[[Carallioipollenites]]''<ref name=Calophyllaceophyllum />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Singh ''et al.''
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Early [[Eocene]]
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Cambay Shale Formation
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{{Flag|India}}
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An angiosperm [[pollen]] with a close affinity with the modern genus ''[[Carallia]]''. Genus includes new species ''C. integerrimoides''.
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|-
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''[[Carpolites pliocucurbitinus]]''<ref name=carpoflorasofItaly />
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Nom. nov
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Valid
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Martinetto
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Pliocene to Pleistocene ([[Zanclean]] to [[Gelasian]])
|
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{{Flag|Italy}}
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An angiosperm seed of uncertain affinity<br/> A replacement name for ''Carpolites cucurbitinus'' Martinetto (1995) (preoccupied).
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|-
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''[[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 }}</ref>
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Nom. nov
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Valid
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Smith ''et al.''
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Eocene<br/>[[Ypresian]]
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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
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An angiosperm seed of uncertain affinity.
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|-
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''[[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>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Li & Sun ''in'' Li ''et al.''
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Late Miocene
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[[Shengxian Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A species of ''[[Castanopsis]]''.
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|-
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''[[Castanopsis praeouonbiensis]]''<ref name=JPRCastanopsis />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Li & Sun ''in'' Li ''et al.''
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Late Miocene
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[[Shengxian Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A species of ''[[Castanopsis]]''.
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|-
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''[[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>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Jia, Huang & Zhou ''in'' Jia ''et al.''
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Late Miocene
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Ulmaceae]], a species of ''[[Cedrelospermum]]''.
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|-
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''[[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>
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Nom. nov
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Valid
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Lin & Wong
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Late Oligocene to middle Miocene
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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
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A member of [[Fabaceae]], a species of ''[[Cercis]]''; a replacement name for ''Cercis kryshtofovichii'' Usnadze (1971) (preoccupied).
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''[[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 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Wang ''et al.''
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Oligocene
|
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Coryphoideae|coryphoid]] [[Arecaceae|palm tree]], a species of ''[[Chuniophoenix]]''.
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|-
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''[[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 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
|
Khan, Bera & Spicer ''in'' Khan ''et al.''
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Middle to late Miocene
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[[Dafla Formation]]
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{{Flag|India}}
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A member of [[Combretaceae]], a species of ''[[Combretum]]''.
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|-
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''[[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>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Chambers & Poinar
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Eocene or Miocene
| [[El Mamey Formation]]
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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A member of [[Rhamnaceae]] found in [[Dominican amber]]. The type species is ''Comopellis presbya''.
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|-
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''[[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 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Martinetto
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Pliocene
|
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{{Flag|Italy}}
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A species of ''[[Cornus (genus)|Cornus]]''.
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|-
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''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>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Ramos, Brea & Kröhling
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Late Pleistocene
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[[El Palmar Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A member of [[Lauraceae]], a species of ''[[Cryptocaryoxylon]]''.
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|-
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''[[Cylicodiscuxylon]]''<ref name=AmeghinianaMimosoideae />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Moya & Brea
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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 [[Mimosoideae]]. The type species is ''Cylicodiscuxylon paragabunensis''.
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|-
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''[[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>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Poinar & Chambers
| Eocene or Miocene
|
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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A [[monocotyledon]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement found in [[Dominican amber]]. The type species is ''Dasylarynx anomalus''.
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|-
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''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|doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Chen & Manchester
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Oligocene
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[[Ningming Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Polygalaceae]], a species of ''[[Deviacer]]''.
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|-
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''[[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>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Myers & Erwin
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Late Eocene–Early Oligocene
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A member of [[Polygalaceae]], a species of ''[[Deviacer]]''.
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|-
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''[[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 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Halamski & Kvaček
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Late Cretaceous ([[Coniacian]])
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{{Flag|Poland}}
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A [[dicotyledon]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
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|-
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''[[Dicotylophyllum|Dicotylophyllum thaddaeiguniae]]''<ref name=Dicotylophyllum />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Halamski & Kvaček
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Late Cretaceous ([[Coniacian]])
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{{Flag|Poland}}
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A [[dicotyledon]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
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|-
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''[[Ebenoxylon|Ebenoxylon cambayense]]''<ref name=Calophyllaceophyllum />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Singh ''et al.''
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Early [[Eocene]]
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Cambay Shale Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A member of the family [[Ebenaceae]] described on the basis of [[fossil wood]].
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|-
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''[[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 |s2cid=128508064 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Huang ''et al.''
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Late Miocene
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Zhaotong Basin
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Nymphaeaceae]] related to ''[[Euryale ferox]]''.
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''[[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>
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Jud
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Early Cretaceous
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[[Potomac Group]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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An early [[Eudicots|eudicot]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for ''"[[Sphenopteris]]" thyrsopteroides'' Fontaine (1889).
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|-
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''Flacourtia serrulata''<ref name=RPP216Fujian />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Jacques, Shi & Zhou ''in'' Jacques ''et al.''
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Miocene ([[Langhian]])
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Salicaceae]], a species of ''[[Flacourtia]]''.
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|-
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''[[Gardeniophyllum]]''<ref name=Calophyllaceophyllum />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Singh ''et al.''
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Early [[Eocene]]
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Cambay Shale Formation
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{{Flag|India}}
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A member of the family [[Rubiaceae]] described on the basis of leaf impressions. Genus includes new species ''G. cambayum''.
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|-
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''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>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Allen, Stull & Manchester
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Eocene
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A member of [[Icacinaceae]], a species of ''[[Goweria]]''.
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|-
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''Icacinicaryites lottii''<ref name=AJBIcacinaceae />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Allen, Stull & Manchester
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Eocene
|
|
{{Flag|United States}}
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A member of [[Icacinaceae]], a species of ''[[Icacinicaryites]]''.
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|-
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''Iodes occidentalis''<ref name=AJBIcacinaceae />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Allen, Stull & Manchester
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Eocene
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A member of [[Icacinaceae]], a species of ''[[Iodes]]''.
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|-
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''[[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>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Poinar, Weigend & Henning
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Eocene or Miocene
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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A member of [[Loasaceae]] found in [[Dominican amber]]. The type species is ''Klaprothiopsis dyscrita''.
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|-
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''[[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 |s2cid=129685250 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Srivastava, Gaur & Mehrotra
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Miocene
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{{Flag|India}}
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A member of [[Lythraceae]], a species of ''[[Lagerstroemia]]''.
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|-
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''[[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>
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Coiffard & Mohr
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Late Cretaceous
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{{Flag|Sudan}}
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A member of [[Araceae]]; a new genus for ''"[[Proteaephyllum]]" sagenopteroides''.
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|-
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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
|
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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''[[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>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
|
Mu ''et al.''
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Miocene
|
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Fagaceae]], a species of ''[[Lithocarpus]]''.
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|-
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''[[Livistona roundifolia]]''<ref name=CRPcoryphoidpalms />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Wang ''et al.''
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Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Coryphoideae|coryphoid]] [[Arecaceae|palm tree]], a species of ''[[Livistona]]''.
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|-
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''[[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
|
Valid
|
Pavlyutkin
|
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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''Macaranga stellata''<ref name=RPP216Fujian />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Jacques, Shi & Zhou ''in'' Jacques ''et al.''
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Miocene ([[Langhian]])
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Euphorbiaceae]], a species of ''[[Macaranga]]''.
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|-
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''[[Melanorrhoeophyllum]]''<ref name=Calophyllaceophyllum />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
|
Singh ''et al.''
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Early [[Eocene]]
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Cambay Shale Formation
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{{Flag|India}}
|
A member of the family [[Anacardiaceae]] described on the basis of leaf impressions. Genus includes new species ''M. suratum''.
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|-
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''[[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>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Golovneva ''in'' Golovneva, Herman & Shczepetov
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Cretaceous (late Albian–early Turonian)
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[[Krivorechenskaya Formation]]
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{{Flag|Russia}}
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A species of ''[[Menispermites]]''.
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|-
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''[[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 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
|
Licht, Boura & De Franceschi ''in'' Licht ''et al.''
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Late middle Eocene
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|
{{Flag|Myanmar}}
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A member of [[Menispermaceae]], a species of ''[[Menispermoxylon]]''.
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|-
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''[[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>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
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[[Melanie L. DeVore|DeVore]], [[Witt Taylor|Taylor]], & [[Kathleen B. Pigg|Pigg]]
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Ypresian
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[[Klondike Mountain Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A [[Nymphaeaceae|water lily]]
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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
|
Valid
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Srivastava, Wheeler, Manchester & Baas ''ex'' Trivedi & Srivastava
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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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A member of [[Oleaceae]] described on the basis of fossil wood. Reported and named informally by Trivedi & Srivastava (1981), who did not provide a diagnosis and holotype number for the fossil; Srivastava ''et al.'' (2015) validated the name.
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|-
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''[[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 }}</ref>
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Kvaček & Smith
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Late Cretaceous (Turonian to early Campanian)
|
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{{Flag|Austria}}<br>
{{Flag|Germany}}
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A member of [[Araceae]]. A new genus for ''"[[Araciphyllites]]" austriacus'' Kvaček & Herman (2005); genus also contains ''"[[Zingiberopsis]]" riggauensis'' Knobloch (1979).
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|-
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''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 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Meng ''et al.''
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Late Miocene
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Juglandaceae]], a species of ''[[Palaeocarya]]''.
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|-
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''[[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>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Ickert-Bond, Pigg & DeVore
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Late Paleocene
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A member of [[Ochnaceae]]. The type species is ''Paleoochna tiffneyi''.
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|-
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''[[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>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Sainz-Resendiz ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
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[[Olmos Formation]]
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{{Flag|Mexico}}
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A [[Arecaceae|palm tree]], a species of ''Palmoxylon''.
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|-
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''[[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 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
|
Franco ''et al.''
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Cretaceous
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[[Puerto Yeruá Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A member of [[Lauraceae]], a species of ''[[Paraperseoxylon]]''.
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|-
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''[[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>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
|
Allen
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Eocene
|
|
{{Flag|United States}}
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A member of [[Arecaceae]], a species of ''[[Phoenix (plant)|Phoenix]]''.
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|-
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''[[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>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
|
Martínez ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous
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[[Guaduas Formation]]
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{{Flag|Colombia}}
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A member of [[Piperaceae]], a species of ''[[Piper (genus)|Piper]]''.
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|-
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''[[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 |s2cid=128910436 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
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Rozefelds, Dettmann & Clifford ''in'' Rozefelds ''et al.''
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Probably Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|Australia}}
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A species of ''[[Pleiogynium]]''.
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|-
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''[[Pleiogynium wannanii]]''<ref name=AlcheringaPleiogynium />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Rozefelds, Dettmann & Clifford ''in'' Rozefelds ''et al.''
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Latest Oligocene or early Miocene
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[[Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh)|Riversleigh]]
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{{Flag|Australia}}
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A species of ''[[Pleiogynium]]''.
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|-
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''[[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>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Xu & Jin ''in'' Xu ''et al.''
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Eocene
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[[Changchang Formation]]<br>
[[Youganwo Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Caesalpinioideae]], a species of ''[[Podocarpium]]''.
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|-
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''[[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>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Poinar & Chambers
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Eocene or Miocene
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|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A member of [[Fabaceae]] belonging to the subfamily [[Caesalpinioideae]] found in [[Dominican amber]], a species of ''[[Prioria]]''.
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|-
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''[[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}}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Su, Wilf & Zhou ''in'' Su ''et al.''
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Late Pliocene
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[[Ciying Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A species of ''[[Prunus]]'' related to the [[peach]].
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|-
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''[[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>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Poinar & Chambers
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Eocene or Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A member of [[Commelinaceae]] found in [[Dominican amber]]. The type species is ''Pseudhaplocricus hexandrus''.
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|-
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''[[Pterospermoxylon|Pterospermoxylon suratensis]]''<ref name=Calophyllaceophyllum />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
|
Singh ''et al.''
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Early [[Eocene]]
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Cambay Shale Formation
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{{Flag|India}}
|
A member of the family [[Malvaceae]] belonging to the subfamily [[Dombeyoideae]], described on the basis of [[fossil wood]].
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|-
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''[[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>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Moya & Brea
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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 [[Vochysiaceae]], a species of ''[[Qualeoxylon]]''.
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|-
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''[[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>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Pavlyutkin
|
Early Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
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An [[oak]].
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|-
|
''[[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 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Jia ''et al.''
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Late Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
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An [[oak]].
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|-
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''[[Quercus kraskinensis]]''<ref name=PJ496Quercus />
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Pavlyutkin
|
Early Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
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An [[oak]].
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|-
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''[[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 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder ''in'' Kovar-Eder, Kern & Sun
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Late Pliocene
|
Ma’anshancun Formation
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{{Flag|China}}
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An [[oak]].
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|-
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''[[Quercus paraglauca]]''<ref name=Qparaglauca />
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Jia ''et al.''
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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>
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Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
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An [[oak]]; a replacement name for ''Quercus lavrovii'' Rajushkina (1987) (preoccupied).
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|-
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''[[Quercus waltheri]]''<ref name=PAB293Quercus />
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
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Kovar-Eder ''in'' Kovar-Eder, Kern & Sun
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Late Pliocene
|
Ma’anshancun Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
An [[oak]].
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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 |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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''[[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}}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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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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''[[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 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Huang ''et al.''
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Pliocene ([[Piacenzian]])
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Rosaceae]], a species of ''[[Rubus]]''.
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''[[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 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Marmi ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian)
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{{Flag|Spain}}
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A willow-like [[Eudicots|eudicot]], a species of ''[[Saliciphyllum]]''.
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''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>
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Nom. nov
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Valid
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Denk ''et al.''
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Miocene
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{{Flag|Austria}}<br>
{{Flag|Greece}}<br>
{{Flag|Turkey}}
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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]]'').
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''[[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>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Huang ''et al.''
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Latest Miocene to earliest Pliocene
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[[Gray Fossil Site]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A member of [[Staphyleaceae]], a species of ''[[Staphylea]]''.
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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 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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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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''[[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>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Atkinson ''et al.''
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Eocene
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{{Flag|Canada}}
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A member of [[Lauraceae]]. The type species is ''Tinaflora beardiae''.
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''[[Trachycarpus formosa]]''<ref name=CRPcoryphoidpalms />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Wang ''et al.''
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Oligocene
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Coryphoideae|coryphoid]] [[Arecaceae|palm tree]], a species of ''[[Trachycarpus]]''.
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''[[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>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Liu & Xie ''in'' Liu ''et al.''
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Late Miocene
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[[Bangmai Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A species of ''[[Ventilago]]''.
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''[[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>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Li & Oskolski ''in'' Li ''et al.''
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Miocene
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[[Dajie Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Malvaceae]], a species of ''[[Wataria]]''.
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''[[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>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Boonchai, Manchester & Wheeler
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Eocene
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[[Green River Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A member of [[Moraceae]]. The type species is ''Welkoetoxylon multiseriatum''.
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''[[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>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Kloster & Gnaedinger ''in'' Kloster ''et al.''
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Miocene
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[[Solimões Formation]]
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{{Flag|Brazil}}
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A member of [[Fabaceae]] belonging to the subfamily [[Mimosoideae]]. The type species is ''Zygiaxylon amazonicum''.
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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| doi-access = free }}</ref>

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List of years in paleobotany
In paleontology
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
In arthropod paleontology
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
In paleoentomology
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
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In paleomalacology
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
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In reptile paleontology
2012
2013
2014
2015
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In archosaur paleontology
2012
2013
2014
2015
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In mammal paleontology
2012
2013
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2015
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In paleoichthyology
2012
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This article records new taxa of fossil plants that are scheduled to be 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.

Bennettitales

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Anomozamites sanjiaocunensis[1]

Sp. nov

Valid

Zhao et al.

Middle Jurassic

Haifanggou Formation

 China

A member of Bennettitales, a species of Anomozamites.

Ptilophyllum cariae[2]

Sp. nov

Valid

Scanu, Kustatscher & Pittau

Middle Jurassic (Bajocian–Bathonian)

Genna Selole Formation

 Italy

A member of Bennettitales, a species of Ptilophyllum.

Williamsonia carolinensis[3]

Sp. nov

Valid

Pott & Axsmith

Late Triassic

Pekin Formation

 United States

A williamsoniaceous bennettitale.

Czekanowskiales

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Czekanowskia (Harrisella) ordosensis[4]

Sp. nov

Valid

Sun et al.

Middle Jurassic

Yan'an Formation

 China

A member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Czekanowskia.

Phoenicopsis neimengguensis[5]

Sp. nov

Valid

Sun, Na, Dilcher, Wang & Li in Sun et al.

Middle Jurassic

Zhaogou Formation

 China

A member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Phoenicopsis.

Phoenicopsis (Phoenicopsis) odorsensis[6]

Sp. nov

Valid

Li & Sun in Li et al.

Middle Jurassic

Yan'an Formation

 China

A Phoenicopsis species Czekanowskiales.
The name is spelled Phoenicopsis ordosensis on some pages; which is preoccupied by Phoenicopsis (Culgoweria) ordosensis (2014).

Solenites baishanensis[7]

Sp. nov

Valid

Li et al.

Early Cretaceous

Yingzuilazi Formation

 China

A member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Solenites.

Solenites gracilis[7]

Sp. nov

Valid

Li et al.

Early Cretaceous

Yingzuilazi Formation

 China

A member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Solenites.

Ginkgophytes

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Allicospermum budantsevii[8]

Sp. nov

Valid

Gordenko

Middle Jurassic

 Uzbekistan

A possible ginkgoalean gymnosperm seed.

Ginkgo badamgaravii[9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kostina & Herman in Kostina, Herman & Kodrul

Middle Jurassic (possibly Aalenian)

Bakhar Formation

 Mongolia

A relative of the ginkgo.

Ginkgoidium nundichii[10]

Sp. nov

Valid

Velasco-de León et al.

Middle Jurassic

 Mexico

A member of Ginkgoales, a species of Ginkgoidium.

Pseudotorellia gobiense[9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kostina & Herman in Kostina, Herman & Kodrul

Middle Jurassic (possibly Aalenian)

Bakhar Formation

 Mongolia

A member of Ginkgoales, a species of Pseudotorellia.

Pseudotorellia mongolica[9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kostina & Herman in Kostina, Herman & Kodrul

Middle Jurassic (possibly Aalenian)

Bakhar Formation

 Mongolia

A member of Ginkgoales, a species of Pseudotorellia.

Sphenobaiera mixteca[10]

Sp. nov

Valid

Velasco-de León et al.

Middle Jurassic

 Mexico

A member of Ginkgoales, a species of Sphenobaiera.

Conifers

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Acanthostrobus[11]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Klymiuk, Stockey & Rothwell

Cretaceous
Coniacian

Comox Formation
Dunsmuir Member

 Canada
 British Columbia

A basal cupressaceous genus.
The type species is Acanthostrobus edenensis.

Araucariacites mildenhallii[12]

Sp. nov

Valid

Mays

Late Cretaceous
Cenomanian to Turonian

Tupuangi Formation

 New Zealand

An araucariaceous pollen.

Araucarites raghavapurensis[13]

Sp. nov

Valid

Chinnappa, Rajanikanth & Rao

Early Cretaceous

Raghavapuram Formation

 India

An araucariaceous conifer.

Balmeiopsis disca[12]

Sp. nov

Valid

Mays

Late Cretaceous
Cenomanian to Early Turonian

Tupuangi Formation

 New Zealand

An araucariaceous pollen.

Brachyoxylon baqueroensis[14]

Sp. nov

Valid

Vera & Césari

Early Cretaceous

Baqueró Group

 Argentina

A cheirolepidiaceous conifer wood.

Cordaites principaloides[15]

Sp. nov

Valid

Šimůnek

Carboniferous
(Pennsylvanian)

Saale Basin

 Germany

A Cordaitaceous conifer.

Cordaites theodorii[16]

Sp. nov

Valid

Šimunek & Haldovský

Carboniferous
(Pennsylvanian)

Kladno-Rakovník Basin

 Czech Republic

A Cordaitaceous conifer.

Cordaites yongchangensis[17]

Sp. nov

Valid

Wang et al.

Early Permian

 China

A Cordaitaceous conifer.

Cordaixylon andresii[18]

Sp. nov

Valid

Césari et al.

Carboniferous (Stephanian)

 Spain

A Cordaitaceous conifer wood

Cupressinoxylon zamunerae[19]

Sp. nov

jr synonym

Bodnar et al.

Middle Triassic

Cortaderita Formation

 Argentina

A Cupressaceae sensu lato wood.
First described in Cupressinoxylon
Moved to Juniperoxylon zamunerae (2019).[20]

Elatocladus velenovskyi[21]

Nom. nov

Valid

Kvaček

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Peruc-Korycany Formation

 Czech Republic

A conifer; a replacement name for "Sequoia" heterophylla Velenovský (1885). The species was transferred to the genus Elatocladus by Kvaček (2015); this, however, made this species a junior homonym of Elatocladus heterophylla Halle (1913), making the name change necessary.[21]

Estellencsia[22]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Ruiz & Wachtler

Middle Triassic (Anisian)

 Spain

A member of Coniferales. The type species is Estellencsia saezii.

Glenrosa carentonensis[23]

Sp. nov

Valid

Moreau et al.

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

 France

A member of Coniferales of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Glenrosa.

Junggaropitys[24]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Shi et al.

Middle-Late Triassic

Karamay Formation

 China

A conifer. The type species is Junggaropitys dalongkouensis.

Krassilovia[25]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Herrera et al.

Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian)

Tevshiin Govi Formation

 Mongolia

A member of Voltziales. The type species is Krassilovia mongolica.

Megasylvella[26]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Naugolnykh

Middle Permian (Kazanian)

 Russia

A member of Pinophyta belonging to the group Vojnovskyales. The type species is M. ivagorica.

Mirovia pethiorica[27]

Sp. nov

Valid

Nosova & Kiritchkova

Middle Jurassic (Aalenian–Bathonian)

Sysola Formation

 Russia

A conifer, a species of Mirovia.

Nageia maomingensis[28]

Sp. nov

Valid

Liu, Gao & Jin

Late Eocene

Maoming Basin

 China

A species of Nageia.

Ortiseia collii[22]

Sp. nov

Valid

Ruiz & Wachtler

Middle Triassic (Anisian)

 Spain

A member of Coniferales belonging to the family Ortiseiaceae, a species of Ortiseia.

Pinus maomingensis[29]

Sp. nov

Valid

Xu et al.

Late Eocene

Huangniuling Formation

 China

A Pinus subgenus Strobus pine.

Pinus mikii[30]

Sp. nov

Valid

Yamada, Yamada & Tsukagoshi

Late Miocene

Tokiguchi Formation

 Japan

A pine.

Pinus preyunnanensis[31]

Sp. nov

Valid

Xu & Sun in Xu et al.

Late Miocene

Shengxian Formation

 China

A pine.

Pityospermum godavarianum[13]

Sp. nov

Valid

Chinnappa, Rajanikanth & Rao

Early Cretaceous

Raghavapuram Formation

 India

A member of Coniferales, a species of Pityospermum.

Podocarpidites microradiatus[12]

Sp. nov

Valid

Mays

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to early Turonian)

Tupuangi Formation

 New Zealand

A conifer.

Podocarpoxylon atuelensis[32]

Sp. nov

Valid

Gnaedinger et al.

Early Jurassic

El Freno Formation

 Argentina

A member of Podocarpaceae, a species of Podocarpoxylon.

Protaxodioxylon jianchangense[33]

Sp. nov

Valid

Tian & Wang in Tian et al.

Late Middle Jurassic to early Late Jurassic

Tiaojishan Formation

 China

A member of Cupressaceae, a species of Protaxodioxylon.

Prumnopityoxylon[34]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Franco & Brea

Late Cenozoic

Ituzaingó Formation

 Argentina

A member of Podocarpaceae. The type species is Prumnopityoxylon gnaedingerae.

Pseudofrenelopsis capillata[35]

Sp. nov

Valid

Sucerquia, Bernardes-de-Oliveira & Mohr

Early Cretaceous

Crato Formation

 Brazil

A member of Cheirolepidiaceae, a species of Pseudofrenelopsis.

Scitistrobus[36]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Spencer, Mapes, Hilton & Rothwell in Spencer et al.

Middle Jurassic (Aalenian)

Bearreraig Sandstone

 United Kingdom

A member of Cupressaceae. The type species is Scitistrobus duncaanensis.

Sequoia maguanensis[37]

Sp. nov

Valid

Zhang & Zhou in Zhang et al.

Late Miocene

Xiaolongtan Formation

 China

A relative of the coast redwood.

Sequoia ochotica[38]

Sp. nov

Valid

Yudova & Golovneva

Late Cretaceous (Turonian-Coniacian)

Arman Formation
Chingandzha Formation

 Russia

A species of Sequoia.

Taxus guyangensis[39]

Sp. nov

Valid

Xu et al.

Early Cretaceous

Guyang Formation

 China

A species of Taxus.

Tsuga nanfengensis[40]

Sp. nov

Valid

Bondarenko, Wang & Zhou in Wang et al.

Late Miocene

Xiaolongtan Formation

 China

A species of Tsuga.

Xenoxylon yunnanensis[41]

Sp. nov

Valid

Feng in Feng et al.

Middle Jurassic

Shaximiao Formation

 China

Apossible Miroviaceous pinophyte.

Conifer research

Other seed plants

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Carpolithes phoenixnordensis[43]

Sp. nov

Valid

Smith et al.

Late Eocene

 Germany

A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic affinity.

Ctenis clarnoensis[44]

Sp. nov

Valid

Edrei & Manchester

Eocene

Clarno Formation

 United States

A cycad, a species of Ctenis.

Ephedra multinervia[45]

Sp. nov

Valid

Yang & Lin in Yang, Lin & Ferguson

Early Cretaceous

Yixian Formation

 China

A species of Ephedra.

Golondrinia[46]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Cariglino

Permian (Guadalupian?-Lopingian)

La Golondrina Formation

 Argentina

A member of Glossopteridales belonging to the family Arberiaceae. The type species is Golondrinia archangelskyi.

Latisemenia[47]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Wang et al.

Devonian (Famennian)

Wutong (Wutung) Formation

 China

An early seed plant. The type species is Latisemenia longshania.

Nanshanopteris[48]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Wan & Wang

Late Permian (Changhsingian)

Sunan Formation

 China

A seed fern belonging to the group Peltaspermales. The type species is Nanshanopteris nervosa.

Peltaspermopsis nebritovii[49]

Sp. nov

Valid

Bukhman, Bukhman & Gomankov

Late Permian

 Russia

A seed fern.

Placotheca[50]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Wang et al.

Devonian (Famennian)

Wutong Formation

 China

A member of Lagenospermopsida (a group of plants of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably spermatophytes). The type species is Placotheca minuta.

Radicites trimorphus[26]

Sp. nov

Valid

Naugolnykh

Middle Permian (Kazanian)

 Russia

A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement described on the basis of isolated roots.

Sagenopteris nadalii[22]

Sp. nov

Valid

Ruiz & Wachtler

Middle Triassic (Anisian)

 Spain

A member of Caytoniales, a species of Sagenopteris.

Taeniopteris novomundensis[51]

Sp. nov

Valid

Prestianni et al.

Late Triassic (Carnian)

 Norway
  Switzerland

A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably a member of Cycadophyta; a species of Taeniopteris.

Thorezia[52]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Prestianni & Gerrienne

Late Devonian

 Belgium

A spermatophyte of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Thorezia vezerensis.

Thinnfeldia vemavaramensis[13]

Sp. nov

Valid

Chinnappa, Rajanikanth & Rao

Early Cretaceous

Vemavaram Formation

 India

A seed fern belonging to the group Corystospermales, a species of Thinnfeldia.

Warsteinia sancheziae[53]

Sp. nov

Valid

Prestianni et al.

Carboniferous (Tournaisian)

 Argentina

An early seed plant, a species of Warsteinia.

Yiduxylon[54]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Wang & Liu

Devonian (Famennian)

Tizikou Formation

 China

A plant of uncertain phylogenetic affinity,
an early seed plant or a taxon closely related to seed plants.
The type species is Yiduxylon trilobum.

Marchantiophyta

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Anastrophyllum rovnoi[55]

Sp. nov

Valid

Mamontov et al.

Late Eocene

 Ukraine

A liverwort found in Rovno amber, a species of Anastrophyllum.

Cephalozia veltenii[56]

Sp. nov

Valid

Katagiri

Eocene

Baltic amber

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

A liverwort belonging to the family Cephaloziaceae found in Baltic amber; a species of Cephalozia.

Cephaloziella nadezhdae[57]

Sp. nov

Valid

Mamontov, Heinrichs & Váňa in Mamontov et al.

Late Eocene

Rovno amber

 Ukraine

A liverwort found in Rovno amber, a species of Cephaloziella.

Ceratolejeunea sublaetefusca[58]

Sp. nov

Valid

Heinrichs et al.

Miocene

Mexican Amber

 Mexico

A liverwort belonging to the family Lejeuneaceae, a species of Ceratolejeunea.

Frullania riclefgrollei[59]

Sp. nov

Valid

Mamontov et al.

Late Eocene

 Ukraine

A liverwort found in Rovno amber, a species of Frullania.

Mastigolejeunea extincta[58]

Sp. nov

Valid

Heinrichs et al.

Miocene

 Mexico

A liverwort belonging to the family Lejeuneaceae, a species of Mastigolejeunea.

Microlejeunea miocenica[60]

Sp. nov

Valid

Lee et al.

Miocene

 Dominican Republic

A liverwort belonging to the family Lejeuneaceae found in Dominican amber, a species of Microlejeunea.

Notoscyphus balticus[61]

Sp. nov

Valid

Heinrichs et al.

Eocene

Baltic amber

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

A Jungermannial liverwort.

Notoscyphus grollei[62]

Sp. nov

Valid

Váňa et al.

Paleogene

 Germany

A Jungermannial liverwort found in Bitterfeld amber, a species of Notoscyphus.

Tetralophozia groehnii[63]

Sp. nov

Valid

Heinrichs, Váňa & Schäfer-Verwimp in Heinrichs et al.

Eocene

Baltic amber

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

A liverwort, a species of Tetralophozia.

Other plants

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Adiantitophyllum[64]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Nagalingum & Cantrill

Early Cretaceous

Triton Point Formation

Antarctica (Alexander Island)
 Australia?

A leptosporangiate fern of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Adiantitophyllum serratum; genus might also include "Adiantites" lindsayoides Seward from the Koonwarra flora in Australia.

Arthropitys iannuzzii[65]

Sp. nov

Valid

Neregato, Rößler & Noll in Neregato et al.

Permian

Motuca Formation

 Brazil

A member of Calamitaceae, a species of Arthropitys.

Arthropitys isoramis[65]

Sp. nov

Valid

Neregato, Rößler & Noll in Neregato et al.

Permian

Motuca Formation

 Brazil

A member of Calamitaceae, a species of Arthropitys.

Boueina? crassundia[66]

Sp. nov

Valid

Vachard, Krainer & Lucas

Permian (Kungurian)

Los Vallos Formation
San Andres Formation

 United States

A member of Codiaceae.

Boueina? tubulata[66]

Sp. nov

Valid

Vachard, Krainer & Lucas

Permian (Kungurian)

San Andres Formation

 United States

A member of Codiaceae.

Chara nikolskae[67]

Nom. nov

Valid

Doweld

Holocene

 Kazakhstan

A green alga belonging to the group Charophyta and the family Characeae; a species of Chara. A replacement name for Chara elliptica Nikolskaja (1984) (preoccupied).

Charaxis martinclosasi[68]

Sp. nov

Valid

Granier et al.

Early Cretaceous (Barremian)

 Lebanon

A green alga belonging to the group Charophyta; a species of Charaxis.

Chelinospora prisca[69]

Sp. nov

Valid

Wellman, Steemans & Miller

Late Ordovician and early Silurian

Qasim Formation
Sarah Formation

 Saudi Arabia

An early land plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Chelinospora.

Cladophlebis auriculipilosus[70]

Sp. nov

Valid

Mays & Tosolini in Mays et al.

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Tupuangi Formation

 New Zealand

A fern of probable osmundalean affinity, a species of Cladophlebis.

Cladophlebis dissecta[64]

Sp. nov

Valid

Nagalingum & Cantrill

Early Cretaceous (Albian)

Triton Point Formation

Antarctica (Alexander Island)

A leptosporangiate fern of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Cladophlebis.

Cladophlebis drinnanii[64]

Sp. nov

Valid

Nagalingum & Cantrill

Early Cretaceous (Albian)

Triton Point Formation

Antarctica (Alexander Island)

A leptosporangiate fern of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Cladophlebis.

Cladophlebis macloughlinii[64]

Sp. nov

Valid

Nagalingum & Cantrill

Early Cretaceous (Albian)

Triton Point Formation

Antarctica (Alexander Island)

A leptosporangiate fern of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Cladophlebis.

Crenulopteris[71]

Gen. et comb. nov.

Valid

Wittry et al.

Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)

 Austria
 Bulgaria
 Canada
 France
 Germany
 Poland
 Spain
  Switzerland
 Turkey
 United Kingdom
 United States

A member of Marattiales belonging to the family Psaroniaceae. A new genus for "Pecopteris" acadica Bell (1962); genus also contains "Pecopteris" micromiltoni Bertrand ex Corsin (1951) and "Pecopteris" lamuriana Heer (1865).

Cryptotetras[72]

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

Valid

Strother, Traverse & Vecoli

Ordovician (Darriwilian to Late Ordovician[73])

Ghelli Formation[73]
Qasim Formation

 Iran[73]
 Saudi Arabia

An early land plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Cryptotetras erugata; genus also contains Cryptotetras mordacis.

Didymospora[72]

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

Valid

Strother, Traverse & Vecoli

Ordovician (Darriwilian)

Qasim Formation

 Saudi Arabia

An early land plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Didymospora luna; genus also contains Didymospora fucosogranulata.

Equisetocaulis[74]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Rothwell & Ash

Late Triassic (Norian)

 United States

A horsetail. The type species is Equisetocaulis muirii.

Equisetum dimorphum[75]

Sp. nov

Valid

Elgorriaga et al.

Early Jurassic

 Argentina

A species of Equisetum.

Gymnocodium? bacillum[66]

Sp. nov

Valid

Vachard, Krainer & Lucas

Permian (Kungurian)

Los Vallos Formation
San Andres Formation

 Guatemala
 United States

A member of Gymnocodiaceae.

Gymnocodium? johnsonii[66]

Sp. nov

Valid

Vachard, Krainer & Lucas

Permian (Kungurian)

Los Vallos Formation
San Andres Formation

 United States
 China?
 Guatemala?

A member of Gymnocodiaceae.

Kwazulupteris[76]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Vera & Herbst

Cretaceous (probably Albian–Turonian)

Probably Mzinene Formation

 South Africa

A tree fern. The type species is Kwazulupteris schaarschmidtii.

Lepidodendron wingfieldense[77]

Sp. nov

Valid

Thomas & Seyfullah

Carboniferous (Bashkirian)

 United Kingdom

Lobifolia nana[78]

Sp. nov

Valid

Frolov & Mashchuk

Early Jurassic

Cheremkhovskaya Formation

 Russia

A fern, a species of Lobifolia.

Lobodendron[79]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Liu et al.

Late Devonian (Famennian)

Wutong Formation

 China

A member of Lycopsida of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Lobodendron fanwanense.

Marattiopsis patagonica[80]

Sp. nov

Valid

Escapa et al.

Early Jurassic

 Argentina

A member of Marattiaceae, a species of Marattiopsis.

Mendozaphyllum[81]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Puebla, Prámparo & Gandolfo

Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian)

Loncoche Formation

 Argentina

A member of Marsileaceae. The type species is Mendozaphyllum loncochense.

Montenegrella? gracilis[82]

Sp. nov

Valid

Sokač & Grgasović

Early Cretaceous (Barremian)

 Croatia

A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales, possibly a species of Montenegrella.

Muscites gracilis[70]

Sp. nov

Valid

Mays & Cantrill in Mays et al.

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Tupuangi Formation

 New Zealand

A leafy moss, a species of Muscites.

Natalipteris[76]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Vera & Herbst

Cretaceous (probably Albian–Turonian)

Probably Mzinene Formation

 South Africa

A tree fern. The type species is Natalipteris wildei.

Neocalamites grojecensis[83]

Sp. nov

Valid

Jarzynka & Pacyna

Middle Jurassic (Bathonian)

 Poland

A member of Equisetopsida of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Neocalamites.

Nunatakia[64]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Nagalingum & Cantrill

Early Cretaceous

Triton Point Formation

Antarctica (Alexander Island)
 India?

A leptosporangiate fern of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Nunatakia alexanderensis.

Osmunda pulchella[84]

Sp. nov

Valid

Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin

Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian)

Djupadal Formation

 Sweden

A member of Osmundaceae. Originally described as a species of Osmunda; transferred to the genus Osmundastrum by Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin (2017).[85]

Osmundacaulis bamfordae[86]

Sp. nov

Valid

Herbst

Cretaceous (Albian-Turonian interval)

Probably Mzinene Formation

 South Africa

A member of Osmundaceae, a species of Osmundacaulis.

Osmundacaulis tidwellii[86]

Sp. nov

Valid

Herbst

Cretaceous (Albian-Turonian interval)

Probably Mzinene Formation

 South Africa

A member of Osmundaceae, a species of Osmundacaulis.

Osmundacaulis whittlesii[87]

Sp. nov

Valid

Smith, Rothwell & Stockey

Early Cretaceous

 Canada

A member of Osmundaceae, a species of Osmundacaulis.

Paurodendron stellatum[88]

Sp. nov

Valid

McLoughlin et al.

Permian (Guadalupian)

Antarctica

A member of Isoetales, a species of Paurodendron.

Phlebopteris hazarensis[89]

Sp. nov

Valid

Naugolnykh & Pronin

Late Triassic (Rhaetian)

 Kazakhstan

A member of Matoniaceae, a species of Phlebopteris.

Pleopeltis dominicensis[90]

Sp. nov

Valid

Schneider, Heinrichs & Schmidt in Schneider et al.

Miocene

 Dominican Republic

A fern found in Dominican amber, a species of Pleopeltis.

Reticuspinosporites[91]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Slater et al.

Middle Jurassic (Bathonian)

Scalby Formation

 United Kingdom

A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a member or a relative of lycopsids. The type species is Reticuspinosporites whytei.

Retitriletes polygonatus[92]

Sp. nov

Valid

Hashemi-Yazdi, Sajjadi & Dehbozorgi

Middle Jurassic

Dalichai Formation

 Iran

A lycophyte known from spores, a species of Retitriletes.

Rimosotetras subsphaerica[72]

Sp. nov

Valid

Strother, Traverse & Vecoli

Ordovician (Darriwilian to Late Ordovician[73])

Ghelli Formation[73]
Qasim Formation

 Iran[73]
 Saudi Arabia

An early land plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Rimosotetras.

Shougangia[93]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Wang et al.

Devonian (Famennian)

Wutong Formation

 China

A fern-like plant, a euphyllophyte of uncertain phylogenetic placement.[94] Genus includes new species Shougangia bella.

Sphenopteris sinuosa[64]

Sp. nov

Valid

Nagalingum & Cantrill

Early Cretaceous (Albian)

Triton Point Formation

Antarctica (Alexander Island)

A leptosporangiate fern of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Sphenopteris.

Tetraplanarisporites[69]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Wellman, Steemans & Miller

Late Ordovician and early Silurian

Ghelli Formation[73]
Qasim Formation
Sarah Formation

 Iran[73]
 Saudi Arabia

An early land plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Tetraplanarisporites laevigatus.

Tricosta[95]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Shelton et al.

Early Cretaceous

 Canada

A pleurocarpous moss. The type species is Tricosta plicata.

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