View source for Biology:2016 in paleobotany

This article contains papers in paleobotany that were published in 2016.

==Bryophytes==
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''Bulbosphagnum''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Elena V. Maslova |author2=Igor A. Ignatiev |author3=Yuliya V. Mosseichik |author4=Michael S. Ignatov |year=2016 |title=''Bulbosphagnum'', a new form genus for brood bodies of mosses of the Palaeozoic order Protosphagnales |journal=Arctoa: A Journal of Bryology |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=314–331 |doi=10.15298/arctoa.25.25 |url=http://arctoa.ru/ru/Archive-ru/25_2/Arctoa25_314_331.pdf |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov
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Valid
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Maslova & Ignatov ''in'' Maslova ''et al.''
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Late [[Earth:Permian|Permian]]
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{{Flag|Russia}}
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A [[Biology:Moss|moss]] belonging to the order [[Biology:Protosphagnales|Protosphagnales]]. Genus includes new species ''B. polyrhizon'' and ''B. sublaeve''.
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''Cynodontium eocenicum''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Michael S. Ignatov |author2=Asyat S. Abakarova |author3=Pavel I. Alekseev |author4=Jan Kučera |year=2016 |title=''Cynodontium eocenicum'', a new moss from the Baltic Amber |journal=Arctoa: A Journal of Bryology |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=236–240 |doi=10.15298/arctoa.25.19 |url=http://arctoa.ru/ru/Archive-ru/25_2/Arctoa25_236_240.pdf |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Ignatov & Kučera ''in'' Ignatov ''et al.''
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Eocene
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[[Earth:Baltic amber|Baltic amber]]
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{{Flag|Russia}}<br>({{Flag|Kaliningrad Oblast}})
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A [[Biology:Moss|moss]].
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''Krassiloviella''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Glenn W. K. Shelton |author2=Ruth A. Stockey |author3=Gar W. Rothwell |author4=Alexandru M. F. Tomescu |year=2016 |title=''Krassiloviella limbelloides'' gen. et sp. nov.: Additional Diversity in the Hypnanaean Moss Family Tricostaceae (Valanginian, Vancouver Island, British Columbia) |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=177 |issue=9 |pages=792–808 |doi=10.1086/688707 |s2cid=89519779 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Shelton ''et al.''
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Early Cretaceous ([[Earth:Valanginian|Valanginian]])
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{{Flag|Canada}}<br>({{Flag|British Columbia}})
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A Tricostaceae [[Biology:Moss|moss]] belonging to the superorder [[Biology:Hypnanae|Hypnanae]].<br/> The type species is ''K. limbelloides''.
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''Pottiodicranum''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Michael S. Ignatov |author2=Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp |author3=Evgeny E. Perkovsky |author4=Jochen Heinrichs |year=2016 |title=Mosses from Rovno amber (Ukraine), 3. ''Pottiodicranum'', a new moss genus from the Late Eocene |journal=Arctoa: A Journal of Bryology |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=229–235 |doi=10.15298/arctoa.25.18 |url=http://arctoa.ru/ru/Archive-ru/25_2/Arctoa25_229_235.pdf |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Ignatov ''et al.''
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Late [[Earth:Eocene|Eocene]]
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Rovno amber
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{{Flag|Ukraine}}
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A [[Biology:Moss|moss]] belonging to the order [[Biology:Dicranales|Dicranales]]. Genus includes new species ''P. papillosum''.
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''Taimyrobryum''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Michael S. Ignatov |author2=Jochen Heinrichs |author3=Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp |author4=Evgeny E. Perkovsky |year=2016 |title=The first record of a bryophyte in Upper Cretaceous amber from Taimyr, northern Siberia: ''Taimyrobryum martynoviorum'' gen. et sp. nov. (Bryopsida) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=65 |pages=25–31 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.04.005 |bibcode=2016CrRes..65...25I }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Ignatov ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous ([[Earth:Santonian|Santonian]])
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Taimyr amber
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{{Flag|Russia}}<br>({{Flag|Krasnoyarsk Krai}})
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A [[Biology:Bryopsida|Bryopsida]] [[Biology:Moss|moss]].<br/> The type species is ''Taimyrobryum martynoviorum''.
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==Ferns and fern allies==
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''Asterophyllites tayloriorum''<ref name=SJP311sphenophyte>{{Cite journal|author1=Christopher J. Cleal |author2=Cedric H. Shute |year=2016 |title=A new late Carboniferous calamitacean sphenophyte from South Wales, United Kingdom |journal=Spanish Journal of Palaeontology |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=25–40 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Cleal & Shute
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Carboniferous (Westphalian)
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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
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A [[Biology:Calamitaceae|calamitacean]] sphenophyte.
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''Botryopteris sterzelii''<ref name=GS612>{{Cite journal|author =Manfred Barthel |year=2016 |title=The Lower Permian (Rotliegend) flora of the Döhlen Formation |journal=Geologica Saxonica |volume=61 |issue=2 |pages=105–238 |url=http://www.whose-tadpole.de/SNSD/Geologica-Saxonica/61-2/Geologica%20Saxonica%2061%282%29%202015.pdf }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Barthel
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Early Permian
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Döhlen Formation
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{{Flag|Germany}}
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A [[Biology:Fern|fern]] belonging to the group Coenopteridales, a species of ''Botryopteris''.
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''Bowmanites haussei''<ref name=GS612 />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Barthel
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Early Permian
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Döhlen Formation
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{{Flag|Germany}}
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A member of [[Biology:Sphenophyllales|Sphenophyllales]], a species of ''Bowmanites''.
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''Cyclosorus scutum''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Serge V. Naugolnykh |author2=Li Wang |author3=Meng Han |author4=Jian-Hua Jin |year=2016 |title=A new find of the fossil ''Cyclosorus'' from the Eocene of South China and its paleoclimatic implication |journal=Journal of Plant Research |volume=129 |issue=1 |pages=3–12 |doi=10.1007/s10265-015-0765-0 |pmid=26578191 |s2cid=2853380 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Naugolnykh ''et al.''
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Eocene
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Changchang Formation
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{{Flag|China}}
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A ''[[Biology:Cyclosorus|Cyclosorus]]'' species [[Biology:Thelypteridaceae|Thelypteridaceous]] fern.
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''Diodonopteris''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jing Ma |author2=Shi-Jun Wang |author3= Xue-Zhi He |author4=Xiao-Yuan He |author5=Shi-Min Ma |year=2016 |title=''Diodonopteris'', a new genus of the Paleozoic leptosporangiate fern family Botryopteridaceae, from the lower Permian of Shanxi Province, North China |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=234 |pages=11–24 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.07.002 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.234...11M }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Ma ''et al.''
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Permian ([[Earth:Cisuralian|Cisuralian]])
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{{Flag|China}}
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A fern belonging to the group Botryopteridaceae. The type specimen is ''D. gracilis''.
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''Drynaria lanpingensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Yong-Jiang Huang |author2=Tao Su |author3=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2016 |title=Late Pliocene diversity and distribution of ''Drynaria'' (Polypodiaceae) in western Yunnan explained by forest vegetation and humid climates |journal=Plant Diversity |volume=38 |issue=4 |pages=194–200 |doi=10.1016/j.pld.2016.06.003 |pmid=30159465 |pmc=6112196 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Huang, Su & Zhou
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Late Pliocene
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Sanying Formation
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Biology:Drynaria|basket fern]].
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''Ghoshispora bulbosa''<ref name=RPP232Ghoshispora>{{Cite journal|author1=David J. Batten |author2=Jianguo Li |author3=Jungang Peng |year=2016 |title=Megaspores attributable to ''Ghoshispora'' in Late Cretaceous deposits of the Songliao Basin, north-east China: taxonomic clarification and distribution |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=232 |pages=40–60 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.05.001 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.232...40B }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Batten, Li & Peng
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Late Cretaceous
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Nenjiang Formation
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{{Flag|China}}
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A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably a water fern, described on the basis of [[Biology:Megaspore|megaspore]]s.
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''Ghoshispora zhaoi''<ref name=RPP232Ghoshispora />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Batten, Li & Peng
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Late Cretaceous
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Yaojia Formation
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{{Flag|China}}
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A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably a water fern, described on the basis of [[Biology:Megaspore|megaspore]]s.
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''Millerocaulis zamunerae''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ana Julia Sagasti |author2=Juan García Massini |author3=Ignacio H. Escapa |author4=Diego M. Guido |author5=Alan Channing |year=2016 |title=''Millerocaulis zamunerae'' sp. nov. (Osmundaceae) from Jurassic, geothermally influenced, wetland environments of Patagonia, Argentina |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=40 |issue=4 |pages=456–474 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2016.1210851 |bibcode=2016Alch...40..456S |s2cid=132910877 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Sagasti ''et al.''
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Middle–Late Jurassic
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[[Earth:La Matilde Formation|La Matilde Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A member of [[Biology:Osmundaceae|Osmundaceae]].
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''Neolepisorus chingii''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Sanping Xie |author2=Binke Li |author3=Sihang Zhang |author4=Yang Shao |author5=Jingyu Wu |author6=Bainian Sun |year=2016 |title=First megafossil record of ''Neolepisorus'' (Polypodiaceae) from the late Miocene of Yunnan, Southwest China |journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift |volume=90 |issue=2 |pages=413–423 |doi=10.1007/s12542-016-0304-x |s2cid=130678692 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Xie ''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 member of [[Biology:Polypodiaceae|Polypodiaceae]], a species of ''[[Biology:Neolepisorus|Neolepisorus]]''.
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''Palaeostachya wagneri''<ref name=SJP311sphenophyte />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Cleal & Shute
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Carboniferous (Westphalian)
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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
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A [[Biology:Calamitaceae|calamitacean]] sphenophyte.
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''Paragiridia''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Daiana Rockenbach Boardman |author2=Roberto Iannuzzi |author3=Tânia Lindner Dutra |year=2016 |title=A new genus of Sphenopsida from the Lower Permian of the Paraná Basin, Southern Brazil |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=233 |pages=44–55 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.07.004 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.233...44B }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Boardman, Iannuzzi & Dutra
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Early Permian
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Rio Bonito Formation
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{{Flag|Brazil}}
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A member of Sphenopsida. The type species is ''P. taioensis''.
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''Krameropteris''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Harald Schneider |author2=Alexander R. Schmidt |author3=Jochen Heinrichs |year=2016 |title=Burmese amber fossils bridge the gap in the Cretaceous record of polypod ferns |journal=Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics |volume=18 |pages=70–78 |doi=10.1016/j.ppees.2016.01.003 |hdl=10141/610456 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Schneider, Schmidt & Heinrichs
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Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)
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{{Flag|Myanmar}}
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A member of [[Biology:Polypodiales|Polypodiales]] belonging to the group [[Biology:Dennstaedtiaceae|Dennstaedtiaceae]]. The type species is ''Krameropteris resinatus''.
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''Polymniopteris''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Michael Sundue |author2=George Poinar Jr. |year=2016 |title=An extinct grammitid fern genus from Dominican amber, with revision of ''Grammitis succinea'' |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=233 |pages=193–198 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.04.004 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.233..193S |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Sundue & Poinar
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Eocene or Miocene
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[[Earth:Dominican amber|Dominican amber]]
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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A [[Biology:Fern|fern]]; a new genus for ''"[[Biology:Grammitis|Grammitis]]" succinea'' Gómez (1982).
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''Tecaropteris''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Andrew C. Rozefelds |author2=Mary E. Dettmann |author3=H. Trevor Clifford |author4=Debra Lewis |year=2016 |title=Macrofossil evidence of early sporophyte stages of a new genus of water fern ''Tecaropteris'' (Ceratopteridoideae: Pteridaceae) from the Paleogene Redbank Plains Formation, southeast Queensland, Australia |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=1–11 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2015.1069460 |bibcode=2016Alch...40....1R |s2cid=128603281 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Rozefelds, Dettmann & Clifford ''in'' Rozefelds ''et al.''
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Paleogene
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Redbank Plains Formation
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{{Flag|Australia}}
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A member of [[Biology:Pteridaceae|Pteridaceae]] belonging to the subfamily [[Biology:Parkerioideae|Parkerioideae]] (syn. Ceratopteridoideae). The type species is ''Tecaropteris aquaincola''
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==Conifers==
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''Abies praefirma''<ref name=JJB915>{{Cite journal|author=Alexander B. Doweld |year=2016 |title=''Abies praefirma'' and ''Abiespollenites ananovae'' (Abietaceae), New Replacement Names |journal=The Journal of Japanese Botany |volume=91 |issue=5 |pages=321–323 |url=http://www.jjbotany.com/pdf/JJB_091_321_323_abstract.pdf }}</ref>
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Nom. nov
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Valid
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Doweld
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Pliocene
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{{Flag|Japan}}
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A [[Biology:Fir|fir]] cone scale species.<br/> A replacement name for ''Abies protofirma'' Tanai (1961).
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''Abiespollenites ananovae''<ref name=JJB915 />
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Nom. nov
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Valid
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Doweld
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Miocene ([[Earth:Serravallian|Serravallian]])
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{{Flag|Russia}}<br>({{Flag|Rostov Oblast}})
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A [[Biology:Fir|fir]] palynomorph<br/> a replacement name for ''Abies minor'' Ananova (1974).
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''[[Biology:Araucarioxylon|Araucarioxylon wagadensis]]''<ref name=Awagadensis>{{Cite journal|author1=Jyotsana Rai |author2=Mahesh Prasad |author3=Neeru Prakash |author4=Abha Singh |author5=Surabhi Garg |author6=Mridul Gupta |author7=D. K. Pandey |year=2016 |title=Gymnosperm fossil woods from Gangta Bet, Eastern Kachchh, Western India |journal=Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India |volume=61 |issue=1 |pages=111–122 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305655459 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Rai ''et al.''
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Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
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Gadhada Formation
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{{Flag|India}}
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An [[Biology:Araucariaceae|Araucariaceae]] [[Biology:Petrified wood|petrified wood]] species.
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''[[Biology:Araucarites|Araucarites alatisquamosus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Takeshi A. Ohsawa |author2=Atsushi Yabe |author3=Toshihiro Yamada |author4=Kazuhiko Uemura |author5=Kazuo Terada |author6=Marcelo Leppe |author7=Luis Felipe Hinojosa |author8=Harufumi Nishida |year=2016 |title=Araucarian leaves and cone scales from the Loreto Formation of Río de Las Minas, Magellan Region, Chile |journal=Botany |volume=94 |issue=9 |pages=805–815 |doi=10.1139/cjb-2016-0059 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Ohsawa & Nishida ''in'' Ohsawa ''et al.''
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Late Eocene – early Oligocene
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[[Earth:Loreto Formation|Loreto Formation]]
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{{Flag|Chile}}
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A member of [[Biology:Araucariaceae|Araucariaceae]].
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''Athrotaxites stockeyi''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ignacio H. Escapa |author2=Maria A. Gandolfo |author3=William L. Crepet |author4=Kevin C. Nixon |year=2016 |title=A new species of ''Athrotaxites'' (Athrotaxoideae, Cupressaceae) from the Upper Cretaceous Raritan Formation, New Jersey, USA |journal=Botany |volume=94 |issue=9 |pages=831–845 |doi=10.1139/cjb-2016-0061 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Escapa ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous
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[[Earth:Raritan Formation|Raritan Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}<br>({{Flag|New Jersey}})
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A member of [[Biology:Cupressaceae|Cupressaceae]] belonging to the subfamily Athrotaxoideae.
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''Circoporoxylon kotaense''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Chopparapu Chinnappa |author2=Annamraju Rajanikanth |year=2016 |title=A new species of ''Circoporoxylon'' from Kota Formation (Jurassic), Pranhita-Godavari Basin, India and palaeobiogeography of the genus |journal=Ameghiniana |volume=53 |issue=6 |pages=675–684 |doi=10.5710/AMGH.19.07.2016.2954 |s2cid=132877882 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Chinnappa & Rajanikanth
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Jurassic
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Kota Formation
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{{Flag|India}}
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A [[Biology:Pinales|pinalean]] petrified wood species 
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''Cunninghamia beardii''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Emma L. Buczkowski |author2=Ruth A. Stockey |author3=Brian A. Atkinson |author4=Gar W. Rothwell |year=2016 |title=''Cunninghamia beardii'' sp. nov. (Cupressaceae: Cunninghamioideae), Anatomically Preserved Pollen Cones from the Eocene of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=177 |issue=1 |pages=103–114 |doi=10.1086/684106 |s2cid=85741910 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Buczkowski ''et al.''
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Eocene
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{{Flag|Canada}}<br>({{Flag|British Columbia}})
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A species of ''[[Biology:Cunninghamia|Cunninghamia]]''.
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''Xenoxylon junggarensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Mingli Wan |author2=Weiming Zhou |author3=Peng Tang |author4=Lujun Liu |author5=Jun Wang |year=2016 |title=''Xenoxylon junggarensis'' sp. nov., a new gymnospermous fossil wood from the Norian (Triassic) Huangshanjie Formation in northwestern China, and its palaeoclimatic implications |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=441, Part 4 |pages=679–687 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.10.021 |bibcode=2016PPP...441..679W }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Wan ''et al.''
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Late Triassic (Norian)
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Huangshanjie Formation
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Biology:Gymnosperm|gymnosperm]], a species of ''Xenoxylon''.
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''Elatides sandaolingensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Zi-Xi Wang |author2=Xue-Lian Wang |author3=Jing-Wei Chen |author4=Deng Peng |author5=Tian-Zi Wang |author6=Rui-Yun Li |author7=Bai-Nian Sun |year=2016 |title=''Elatides sandaolingensis'' n. sp. (Cupressaceae ''sensu lato'') — a new fossil conifer with cones from the Middle Jurassic of Xinjiang, northwestern China |journal=Palaeoworld |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=239–250 |doi=10.1016/j.palwor.2015.11.010 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Wang & Sun ''in'' Wang ''et al.''
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Middle Jurassic
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Xishanyao Formation
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{{Flag|China}}
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An ''Elatides'' species [[Biology:Conifer|conifer]] belonging or related to the family [[Biology:Cupressaceae|Cupressaceae]].
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''Juniperoxylon schneiderianum''<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Martina Dolezych |year=2016 |title=A remarkable extinct wood from Lusatia (central Europe) – ''Juniperoxylon schneiderianum'' sp. nov. with affinity to ''Cupressospermum saxonicum'' Mai |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung B |volume=295 |issue=1–3 |pages=5–31 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312218815 |doi=10.1127/palb/295/2016/5 |bibcode=2016PalAB.295....5D }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Dolezych
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Miocene
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Brieske Formation
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{{Flag|Germany}}
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A member of [[Biology:Cupressaceae|Cupressaceae]].
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''Laricioxylon erkovetskiense''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=N. I. Blokhina |author2=O. V. Bondarenko |year=2016 |title=Fossil wood of ''Laricioxylon erkovetskiense'' sp. nov. (Pinaceae) from the Miocene of the Erkovetskii Brown Coal Field, Amur Region, Russia |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=50 |issue=4 |pages=418–426 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=26301610 |doi=10.1134/S0031030116040043 |s2cid=132729216 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Blokhina & Bondarenko
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Miocene
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Sazanka Formation
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{{Flag|Russia}}<br>({{Flag|Amur Oblast}})
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A member of [[Biology:Pinaceae|Pinaceae]].
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''Nidpuria falcatum''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Shabnam Parveen |author2=Nupur Bhowmik |year=2016 |title=''Nidpuria falcatum'' sp. nov. and associated vegetative shoots from the Triassic of Nidpur, Madhya Pradesh, India |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=224, Part 2 |pages=169–180 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.10.004 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.224..169P }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Parveen & Bhowmik
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Triassic
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{{Flag|India}}
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A member of Coniferopsida, possibly a member of [[Biology:Voltziales|Voltziales]]; a species of ''Nidpuria''.
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''Picea farjonii''<ref name=BotanyPinaceae>{{Cite journal|author1=Fabiany Herrera |author2=Andrew B. Leslie |author3=Gongle Shi |author4=Patrick Knopf |author5=Niiden Ichinnorov |author6=Masamichi Takahashi |author7=Peter R. Crane |author8=Patrick S. Herendeen |year=2016 |title=New fossil Pinaceae from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia |journal=Botany |volume=94 |issue=9 |pages=885–915 |doi=10.1139/cjb-2016-0042 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Herrera ''et al.''
|
Early Cretaceous
|
|
{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|
A [[Biology:Spruce|spruce]].
|
|-
|
''Pinus mundayi''<ref name=Pmundayi>{{Cite journal|author1=Howard J. Falcon-Lang |author2=Viola Mages |author3=Margaret Collinson |year=2016 |title=The oldest ''Pinus'' and its preservation by fire |journal=Geology |volume=44 |issue=4 |pages=303–306 |doi=10.1130/G37526.1 |bibcode=2016Geo....44..303F }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Falcon-Lang, Mages & Collinson
|
Early Cretaceous ([[Earth:Valanginian|Valanginian]])
|
Chaswood Formation
|
{{Flag|Canada}}<br>({{Flag|Nova Scotia}})
|
Falcon-Lang, Mages & Collinson (2016) considered it to be a species belonging to the genus ''[[Biology:Pine|Pinus]]'';<ref name=Pmundayi /><ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Howard J. Falcon-Lang |author2=Viola Mages |author3=Margaret Collinson |year=2016 |title=Reaffirming ''Pinus mundayi'' as the oldest known pine fossil: REPLY |journal=Geology |volume=44 |issue=8 |pages=e402 |doi=10.1130/G38240Y.1 |bibcode=2016Geo....44E.402F |doi-access=free }}</ref> Hilton, Riding & Rothwell (2016) considered it more likely to be a species belonging to the genus ''Protopinuxylon''.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jason Hilton |author2=James B. Riding |author3=Gar W. Rothwell |year=2016 |title=Age and identity of the oldest pine fossils: COMMENT |journal=Geology |volume=44 |issue=8 |pages=e400–e401 |doi=10.1130/G38050C.1 |bibcode=2016Geo....44E.400H |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
|-
|
''Pinus pitsidiensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Giannis Zidianakis |author2=George Iliopoulos |author3=Avraam Zelilidis |author4=Johanna Kovar-Eder |year=2016 |title=''Pinus'' remains from the Pitsidia plant assemblage document coastal pine forests in southern Crete during the late Miocene |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=235 |pages=11–30 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.09.003 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.235...11Z }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Zidianakis ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Greece}}
|
A [[Biology:Pine|pine]].
|
|-
|
''Pinus priamurensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=N. I. Blokhina |author2=O. V. Bondarenko |year=2016 |title=Fossil wood of ''Pinus priamurensis'' sp. nov. (Pinaceae) from the Miocene deposits of the Erkovetskii Brown Coal Field, Amur Region |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages=311–318 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=25922755 |doi=10.1134/S0031030116030023 |s2cid=131787028 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Blokhina & Bondarenko
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}<br>({{Flag|Amur Oblast}})
|
A [[Biology:Pine|pine]].
|
|-
|
''Pityostrobus stockeyae''<ref name=BotanyPinaceae />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Herrera ''et al.''
|
Early Cretaceous
|
|
{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Pinaceae|Pinaceae]], a species of ''Pityostrobus''.
|
|-
|
''Podocarpoxylon donghuaiense''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Long Li |author2=Jian-Hua Jin |author3=Cheng Quan |author4=Alexei A. Oskolski |year=2016 |title=First record of Podocarpoid fossil wood in South China |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=6 |pages=Article number 32294 |doi=10.1038/srep32294 |pmid=27571780 |pmc=5004120|bibcode=2016NatSR...632294L }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Li ''et al.''
|
Late Eocene
|
Nadu Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Podocarpaceae|Podocarpaceae]].
|
|-
|
''Podocarpoxylon gangtaensis''<ref name=Awagadensis />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Rai ''et al.''
|
Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
|
Gadhada Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Podocarpaceae|Podocarpaceae]].
|
|-
|
''Protaxodioxylon patagonicum''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Josefina Bodnar |author2=Ignacio Hernán Escapa |year=2016 |title=Towards a whole plant reconstruction for ''Austrohamia'' (Cupressaceae): new fossil wood from the Lower Jurassic of Argentina |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=234 |pages=186–197 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.09.005 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.234..186B }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Bodnar & Escapa
|
Early Jurassic
|
Cañadón Asfalto Basin
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Cupressaceae|Cupressaceae]] described on the basis of fossil [[Biology:Wood|wood]]s; might be part of the same plant as ''Austrohamia minuta''.
|
|-
|
''Protocedroxylon shengjinbeigouense''<ref name=CR6157>{{Cite journal|author1=Qiuhong Ding |author2=Ning Tian |author3=Yongdong Wang |author4=Zikun Jiang |author5=Shuwang Chen |author6=Dong Wang |author7=Wu Zhang |author8=Shaolin Zheng |author9=Aowei Xie |author10=Guoqiang Zhang |author11=Zhongjian Liu |year=2016 |title=Fossil coniferous wood from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota in western Liaoning, NE China: New material and palaeoclimate implications |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=61 |pages=57–70 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.12.011 |bibcode=2016CrRes..61...57D }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Ding ''et al.''
|
Early Cretaceous
|
[[Earth:Yixian Formation|Yixian Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A [[Biology:Conifer|conifer]], a species of ''Protocedroxylon''.
|
|-
|
''Protopiceoxylon yukonense''<ref>{{cite book |author1=Martina Dolezych |author2=Lutz Reinhardt |year=2016 |chapter=''Protopiceoxylon yukonense'' sp. nov. – A remarkable extinct conifer from the Mackenzie Delta area, northern Yukon |editor1=K.E. MacFarlane |editor2=M.G. Nordling |title=Yukon Exploration and Geology 2015 |publisher=Yukon Geological Survey |pages=99–110 |chapter-url=http://ygsftp.gov.yk.ca/publications/yeg/yeg15/7_Dolezych_Reinhardt.pdf }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Dolezych & Reinhardt
|
Paleocene
|
Moose Channel Formation
|
{{Flag|Canada}}<br>({{Flag|Yukon}})
|
A [[Biology:Conifer|conifer]] belonging to the group Protopinaceae.
|
|-
|
''Prototianshanoxylon''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Xinxiang Wei |author2=Xionghua Zhang |author3=G.R. Shi |author4=Xingmin Zhao |author5=Xing Huang |author6=Tengfei Luan |year=2016 |title=First report of a phytogeographically mixed (transitional) Middle–Late Permian fossil wood assemblage from the Hami area, northwest China, and implications for Permian phytogeographical, paleogeographical and paleoclimatic evolution in central Asia |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=448 |pages=125–140 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.05.004 |bibcode=2016PPP...448..125W }}</ref>
|
Gen. et 2 sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Wei & Zhang ''in'' Wei ''et al.''
|
Permian
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of Coniferopsida. The type species is ''Prototianshanoxylon erdaogouense''; genus also contains ''Prototianshanoxylon hamiense''.
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|-
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''Sequoiadendron tchucoticum''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=A. B. Sokolova |author2=M. G. Moiseeva |year=2016 |title=A New Species of the Genus ''Sequoiadendron'' Buchholz (Cupressaceae) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Enmyvaam River Basin, Central Chukotka |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=96–107 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=25069529 |doi=10.1134/S003103011601010X |s2cid=129990538 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Sokolova ''in'' Sokolova & Moiseeva
|
Late Cretaceous ([[Earth:Santonian|Santonian]]-early [[Earth:Campanian|Campanian]])
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}<br>({{Flag|Chukotka Autonomous Okrug}})
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Sequoiadendron|Sequoiadendron]]''.
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|-
|
''Stockeystrobus''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Gar W. Rothwell |author2=Tamiko Ohana |year=2016 |title=''Stockeystrobus'' gen. nov. (Cupressaceae), and the evolutionary diversification of sequoioid conifer seed cones |journal=Botany |volume=94 |issue=9 |pages=847–861 |doi=10.1139/cjb-2016-0025 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Rothwell & Ohana
|
Late Cretaceous (Conacian–[[Earth:Santonian|Santonian]])
|
Hoborogawa Formation
|
{{Flag|Japan}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Cupressaceae|Cupressaceae]] belonging to the subfamily [[Biology:Sequoioideae|Sequoioideae]]. Genus includes new species ''S. interdigitata''.
|
|-
|
''Taxodioxylon heichengziense''<ref name=CR6157 />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Ding ''et al.''
|
Early Cretaceous
|
[[Earth:Yixian Formation|Yixian Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A [[Biology:Conifer|conifer]], a species of ''Taxodioxylon''.
|
|-
|
''Thujoxylon beipiaoense''<ref name=CR6157 />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Ding ''et al.''
|
Early Cretaceous
|
[[Earth:Yixian Formation|Yixian Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A [[Biology:Conifer|conifer]], a species of ''Thujoxylon''.
|
|-
|
''Xenoxylon guangyuanensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ning Tian |author2=Yongdong Wang |author3=Marc Philippe |author4=Liqin Li |author5=Xiaoping Xie |author6=Zikun Jiang |year=2016 |title=New record of fossil wood ''Xenoxylon'' from the Late Triassic in the Sichuan Basin, southern China and its palaeoclimatic implications |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=464 |pages=65–75 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.02.006 |bibcode=2016PPP...464...65T }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Tian ''et al.''
|
Late Triassic
|
Xujiahe Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A Coniferales petrified wood species.
|
|-
|}

==Cycads==
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''Austrozamia''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Peter Wilf |author2=Dennis Wm. Stevenson |author3=N. Rubén Cúneo |year=2016 |title=The last Patagonian cycad, ''Austrozamia stockeyi'' gen. et sp. nov., early Eocene of Laguna del Hunco, Chubut, Argentina |journal=Botany |volume=94 |issue=9 |pages=817–829 |doi=10.1139/cjb-2016-0038 |doi-access=free |hdl=1807/73729 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Wilf, Stevenson & Cúneo
|
Early Eocene
|
[[Earth:Huitrera Formation|Huitrera Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
|
A [[Biology:Cycad|cycad]] belonging to the family [[Biology:Zamiaceae|Zamiaceae]] and the tribe Encephalarteae. Genus includes new species ''A. stockeyi''.
|
|-
|
''Becklesia maulnyi''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Matthieu Le Couls |author2=Jason Hilton |author3=François Guillocheau |author4=Nicolas Morel |author5=Philippe Courville |year=2016 |title=''Becklesia maulnyi'' sp. nov.: A new cycadean species from the Lower Oxfordian (Upper Jurassic) of Écommoy (Sarthe, NW France) |journal=Annales de Paléontologie |volume=102 |issue=2 |pages=95–101 |doi=10.1016/j.annpal.2016.05.005 |bibcode=2016AnPal.102...95L |s2cid=91047049 |url=http://pure-oai.bham.ac.uk/ws/files/28278297/Le_Couls_et_al_Becklesia_maulnyi_Annales_de_Pal_ontologie_2016.pdf }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Le Couls ''et al.''
|
Late Jurassic (early Oxfordian)
|
|
{{Flag|France}}
|
A [[Biology:Cycad|cycad]].
|
|-
|
''Encephalartites nipponensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Hideo Takimoto |author2=Tamiko Ohana |year=2016 |title=''Encephalartites nipponensis'' sp. nov., from the Jurassic Tochikubo Formation (Oxfordian), Somanakamura Group, Northeast Japan |journal=Paleontological Research |volume=20 |issue=3 |pages=261–267 |doi=10.2517/2015PR035 |s2cid=132529889 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Takimoto & Ohana
|
Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)
|
[[Earth:Tochikubo Formation|Tochikubo Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Japan}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Cycad|Cycad]]opsida.
|
|-
|}

==Gingkophytes==
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''Baiera aquilonia''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Christian Pott |author2=Johan van der Burgh |author3=Johanna H. A. van Konijnenburg-van Cittert |year=2016 |title=New Ginkgophytes from the Upper Triassic–Lower Cretaceous of Spitsbergen and Edgeøya (Svalbard, Arctic Norway): The History of Ginkgoales on Svalbard |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=177 |issue=2 |pages=175–197 |doi=10.1086/684194 |s2cid=43648846 |url=http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-1861 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Pott, van der Burgh & van Konijnenburg-van Cittert
|
Early Cretaceous ([[Earth:Barremian|Barremian]]–[[Earth:Aptian|Aptian]])
|
Helvetiafjellet Formation
|
{{Flag|Norway}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Ginkgoales|Ginkgoales]], a species of ''[[Biology:Baiera|Baiera]]''.
|
|-
|
''Baiera baishanensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Miao Zhao |author2=Chun-Lin Sun |author3=David L. Dilcher |author4=Yu-Ling Na |author5=De-He Xing |year=2016 |title=A new species of ''Baiera'' from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of southeastern Jilin, China |journal=Palaeoworld |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=251–262 |doi=10.1016/j.palwor.2015.01.001 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Zhao ''et al.''
|
Early Cretaceous
|
Yingzuilazi Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Ginkgoales|Ginkgoales]], a species of ''[[Biology:Baiera|Baiera]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Biology:Baiera|Baiera lebedevii]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author=L.B. Golovneva |year=2016 |title=Ginkgophytes of the Ul'ya flora (the Ul'ya Depression, the Okhotsk-Chukotka volcanogenic belt |journal=Paleobotanika |volume=7 |pages=80–95 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=27652597 |issn=2218-7235 |doi=10.31111/palaeobotany/2016.7.80 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Golovneva
|
[[Earth:Late Cretaceous|Late Cretaceous]] ([[Earth:Coniacian|Coniacian]])
|
Amka Formation
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
|
|
|-
|
''Ginkgoxylon amurense''<ref>{{Cite journal|author=M.A. Afonin |year=2016 |title=Fossil Wood ''Ginkgoxylon amurense'' sp. nov. (Ginkgoaceae) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Amur River Area, Russian Far East |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=50 |issue=5 |pages=533–540 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=26601039 |doi=10.1134/S0031030116050026 |s2cid=132208564 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Afonin
|
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}<br>({{Flag|Amur Oblast}})
|
A member of [[Biology:Ginkgoaceae|Ginkgoaceae]].
|
|-
|
''Ginkgoxylon liaoningense''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Zikun Jiang |author2=Yongdong Wang |author3=Marc Philippe |author4=Wu Zhang |author5=Ning Tian |author6=Shaolin Zheng |year=2016 |title=A Jurassic wood providing insights into the earliest step in ''Ginkgo'' wood evolution |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=6 |pages=Article number 38191 |doi=10.1038/srep38191 |pmid=27982113 |pmc=5159789|bibcode=2016NatSR...638191J }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Jiang, Wang, Philippe & Zhang ''in'' Jiang ''et al.''
|
Middle to Late Jurassic
|
[[Earth:Tiaojishan Formation|Tiaojishan Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Ginkgoales|Ginkgoales]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement described on the basis of fossil wood.
|
|-
|
''[[Biology:Sphenobaiera|Sphenobaiеra angarensis]]''<ref name=Ng113Sphenobaiera>{{Cite journal|author1=A.I. Kirichkova |author2=E.I. Kostina |author3=N.V. Nosova |year=2016 |title=''Sphenobaiera'' Florin (Ginkgoales) genus and its importance for Jurassic deposits stratigraphy of Irkutsk coal basin |journal=Neftegasovaâ Geologiâ. Teoriâ I Practika |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=1–34 |doi=10.17353/2070-5379/30_2016 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kirichkova, Kostina & Nosova
|
Middle Jurassic (Aalenian-Bajocian)
|
Prisayansk Formation
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Ginkgoales|Ginkgoales]].
|
|-
|
''[[Biology:Sphenobaiera|Sphenobaiеra irkutensis]]''<ref name=Ng113Sphenobaiera />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kirichkova, Kostina & Nosova
|
Early Jurassic (Toarcian?)
|
Cheremkhovo Formation
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Ginkgoales|Ginkgoales]].
|
|-
|}

=="Pteridospermatophytes"==
===Glossopteridales===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Biology:Glossopteris|Glossopteris pubescens]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Isabela Degani-Schmidt |author2=Margot Guerra-Sommer |year=2016 |title=Epidermal morphology and ecological significance of ''Glossopteris pubescens'' nom. nov. from the Brazilian Permian (Sakmarian) |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=232 |pages=119–139 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.06.002 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.232..119D }}</ref>
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Degani-Schmidt & Guerra-Sommer
|
Permian ([[Earth:Sakmarian|Sakmarian]])
|
Rio Bonito Formation
|
{{Flag|Brazil}}
|
A [[Biology:Glossopteridaceae|Glossopteridaceous]] species.<br/>A replacement name for ''Glossopteris papillosa'' (1992).
|
|-
|
''Karingbalia''<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Stephen McLoughlin |year=2016 |title=A new genus of glossopterid fructifications from the Artinskian to Changhsingian of eastern Australia |journal=Ameghiniana |volume=53 |issue=5 |pages=586–598 |doi=10.5710/AMGH.09.07.2016.3010 |s2cid=131914996 |url=http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-1908 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et comb. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
McLoughlin
|
Permian
|
|
{{Flag|Australia}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Glossopteridales|Glossopteridales]]. Genus includes ''K. inglisensis'' McLoughlin comb. nov.,<br/> as well as new species ''K. nychumensis''.
|
|-
|
''Ottokaria minor''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Juliane Marques-de-Souza |author2=Roberto Iannuzzi |year=2016 |title=New occurrences of the genus ''Ottokaria'' Zeiller (Cisuralian, Paraná Basin, Brazil) |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=234 |pages=1–10 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.08.001 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.234....1M }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Marques-de-Souza & Iannuzzi
|
[[Earth:Permian|Permian]] (Cisuralian)
|
Rio Bonito Formation
|
{{Flag|Brazil}}
|
A [[Biology:Glossopteridaceae|glossopteridalean]] species
|
|-
|}

===Medullosales===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''Cyrillopteris''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jean-Pierre Laveine |author2=Thierry Oudoire |year=2016 |title=Morphological analysis of the Grand'Eury 1890 large frond fragment attributed to ''Odontopteris reichiana'', from the Late Pennsylvanian (Stephanian) of the Gard coalfield (SE of Massif Central, France). Erection of ''Cyrillopteris'' gen. nov. |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung B |volume=294 |issue=1–4 |pages=1–83 |doi=10.1127/palb/294/2016/1 |bibcode=2016PalAB.294....1L }}</ref>
|
Gen. et comb. nov
|
Valid
|
Laveine & Oudoire
|
[[Earth:Carboniferous|Carboniferous]]
|
|
{{Flag|France}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Medullosales|Medullosales]]; a new genus for ''"Odontopteris" genuina''.
|
|-
|
''[[Biology:Neuropteris|Neuropteris riazanensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Yu.V. Mosseichik |author2=M.G. Paramonov |year=2016 |title=To the knowledge of the Middle Carboniferous flora of Moscow Syneclise |journal=Lethaea Rossica. The Russian Journal of Palaeobotany |volume=13 |pages=47–64 |url=http://paleobot.ru/pdf/02_2016_13.pdf }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Mosseichik ''in'' Mosseichik & Paramonov
|
[[Earth:Carboniferous|Carboniferous]] (late Bashkirian – early Moscovian)
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}<br>({{Flag|Ryazan Oblast}})
|
A [[Biology:Medullosales|medullosalean]] species
|
|-
|
''Wagneropteris''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Carmen Álvarez-Vázquez |author2=Christopher J. Cleal |year=2016 |title=''Wagneropteris minima'', a new medullosalean pteridosperm from the middle Westphalian (Middle Pennsylvanian) of the Peñarroya-Belmez-Espiel Coalfield (Córdoba province, SW Spain) |journal=Spanish Journal of Palaeontology |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=5–24 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304989105 |doi=10.7203/sjp.31.1.17119|doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Álvarez-Vázquez & Cleal 
|
Carboniferous (Westphalian)
|
|
{{Flag|Spain}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Medullosales|Medullosales]], possibly a member of the family [[Biology:Cyclopteridaceae|Cyclopteridaceae]]. Genus includes new species ''W. minima''.
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|-
|}

===Other pteridospermatophytes===
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! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
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''Parkvillia''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Rudolph Serbet |author2=Scott Hageman |author3=Brian L. Hoffman |author4=Thomas N. Taylor |author5=Edith L. Taylor |year=2016 |title=A new Pennsylvanian pollen organ from northwestern Missouri with affinities in the Lyginopteridales |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=234 |pages=136–146 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.06.003 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.234..136S }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Serbet ''et al.''
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Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)
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Bonner Springs Shale, Kansas City Group
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{{Flag|United States}}<br>({{Flag|Missouri}})
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A member of [[Biology:Lyginopteridaceae|Lyginopteridaceae]]. Genus includes new species ''P. northcuttii''.
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''Xylopteris rotundipinnulia''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ronaldo Barboni |author2=Tânia Lindner Dutra |author3=Ubiratan F. Faccini |year=2016 |title=''Xylopteris'' (Frenguelli) Stipanicic & Bonetti in the Middle-Upper Triassic (Santa Maria Formation) of Brazil |journal=Ameghiniana |volume=53 |issue=5 |pages=599–622 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305276274 |doi=10.5710/AMGH.11.07.2016.2897 |s2cid=132638475 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Barboni, Dutra & Faccini
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Triassic
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Santa Maria Formation
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{{Flag|Brazil}}
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A member of [[Biology:Corystospermaceae|Corystospermaceae]].
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''Ptilozamites tibeticus''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Xiao-Ju Yang |author2=Jian-guo Li |year=2016 |title=A new species of pteridosperm from the upper Mesozoic of Xizang (Tibet) |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Sinica |volume=55 |issue=4 |pages=467–472 |url=http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=13&CurRec=7&filename=GSWX201604007&dbname=CJFDTEMP }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Yang ''in'' Yang & Li
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Early Cretaceous
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Linbuzong Formation
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Biology:Pteridospermatophyta|seed fern]].
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==Other seed plants==
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
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! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
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''Buckya''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Rafael Herbst |author2=Alexandra Crisafulli |year=2016 |title=''Buckya austroamericana'' nov. gen. et sp. (Bennettitales) from the Upper Triassic Laguna Colorada Formation (El Tranquilo Group), Santa Cruz province, Argentina |journal=Serie Correlación Geológica |volume=32 |issue=1–2 |pages=85–100 |url=http://www.insugeo.org.ar/publicaciones/docs/scg-32-0-06.pdf }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Herbst & Crisafulli
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[[Earth:Triassic|Triassic]] to [[Earth:Cretaceous|Cretaceous]]
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[[Earth:Laguna Colorada Formation|Laguna Colorada Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A [[Biology:Williamsoniaceae|williamsoniaceous]] [[Biology:Bennettitales|bennettitale]].<br/> The type species is ''B. austroamericana''.<br/> Other species are ''"Bucklandia" indica'' (1917), ''"Bucklandia" sahnii'' (1953), ''"Bucklandia" guptai'' (1967), ''"Bucklandia" dichotoma'' (1969), ''"Bucklandia" choschiensis'' (1969), ''"Bucklandia" kerae'' (1999) and ''"Bucklandia" tsuruokae'' (1983).
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''Cordaianthus yongchangensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Zixi Wang |author2=Bainian Sun |author3=Xuelian Wang |author4=Yingquan Chen |author5=Fankai Sun |author6=Conghui Xiong |year=2016 |title=A new Cordaitean pollen cone and pollen grains ''in situ'' from the Early Permian of Hexi Corridor and its geotectonic significance |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=463 |pages=261–274 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.10.014 |bibcode=2016PPP...463..261W }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Wang & Sun ''in'' Wang ''et al.''
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Early Permian
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Biology:Cordaitales|Cordaitopsida]].
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''Euanthus''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Zhong-Jian Liu |author2=Xin Wang |year=2016 |title=A perfect flower from the Jurassic of China |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=28 |issue=5 |pages=707–719 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2015.1020423 |pmid=27134345 |pmc=4841032 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Liu & Wang
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Jurassic (probably Callovian or Oxfordian)
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Jiulongshan Formation
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{{Flag|China}}
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A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally described as an early flowering plant; Herendeen ''et al.'' (2017) considered the holotype specimen to be more probably a fragment of slightly disintegrated conifer cone.<ref name=NaturePlants2017>{{Cite journal|author1=Patrick S. Herendeen |author2=Else Marie Friis |author3=Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen |author4=Peter R. Crane |year=2017 |title=Palaeobotanical redux: revisiting the age of the angiosperms |journal=Nature Plants |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=Article number 17015 |doi=10.1038/nplants.2017.15 |url=http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-2274 |pmid=28260783|s2cid=205458714 }}</ref> The type species is ''Euanthus panii''.
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''Galeacornea guayaguensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Mercedes Beatriz Prámparo |author2=Paula Liliana Narváez |author3=Natalia Mego |year=2016 |title=''Galeacornea guayaguensis'' sp. nov., a new elaterate pollen species from the Cretaceous of central-western Argentina |journal=Grana |volume=55 |issue=1 |pages=5–16 |doi=10.1080/00173134.2015.1049547 |s2cid=83330175 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Prámparo, Narváez & Mego
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Early Cretaceous (probably Albian)
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[[Earth:Lagarcito Formation|Lagarcito Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a member or a relative of [[Biology:Gnetophyta|Gnetophyta]]; a species of ''Galeacornea''.
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''Harrisiophyllum lanceolatus''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=C.H. Chinnappa |author2=A. Rajanikanth |author3=Y.V. Rao |year=2016 |title=Early Cretaceous floral diversity and ecology in the Pranhita-Godavari Basin, east coast of India |journal=Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India |volume=61 |issue=2 |pages=189–214 |url=http://palaeontologicalsociety.in/2016/2016_61_2/3.%20Gangapur-%20Chinnappa.pdf }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Chinnappa, Rajanikanth & Rao
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Early Cretaceous ([[Earth:Berriasian|Berriasian]]-[[Earth:Aptian|Aptian]])
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Gangapur Formation
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{{Flag|India}}
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A [[Biology:Gymnosperm|gymnosperm]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement described on the basis of a fossil leaf.
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''Juraherba''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Gang Han |author2=Zhongjian Liu |author3=Xueling Liu |author4=Limi Mao |author5=Frédéric M.B. Jacques |author6=Xin Wang |year=2016 |title=A whole plant herbaceous angiosperm from the Middle Jurassic of China |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) |volume=90 |issue=1 |pages=19–29 |doi=10.1111/1755-6724.12592 |url=http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201601003&flag=1 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Han & Wang ''in'' Han ''et al.''
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Middle Jurassic
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Jiulongshan Formation
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{{Flag|China}}
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Originally described as an early flowering plant, resembling members of [[Biology:Hydatellaceae|Hydatellaceae]] in general morphology and habit; Herendeen ''et al.'' (2017) considered the holotype specimen to be inadequately preserved for critical assessment of the relationships of the taxon.<ref name=NaturePlants2017 /> The type species is ''Juraherba bodae''.
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''Lesleya iberiensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Pedro Correia |author2=Artur A. Sá |author3=J. Brendan Murphy |author4=Zbynĕk Šimůnek |author5=Deolinda Flores |year=2016 |title=''Lesleya'' Lesquereux from the Pennsylvanian of the Iberian Massif: part of a dryland megaflora from the Variscan orogen, northwestern Portugal |journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |volume=53 |issue=9 |pages=883–895 |doi=10.1139/cjes-2015-0213 |bibcode=2016CaJES..53..883C |hdl=1807/73277 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Correia ''et al.''
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Carboniferous (early Gzhelian)
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Douro Carboniferous Basin
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{{Flag|Portugal}}
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A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement (a member of [[Biology:Pteridospermatophyta|Pteridospermopsida]] or a [[Biology:Cycad|cycad]]).
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|-
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''Phoenicopsis (Windwardia) daohugouensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Wei Huang |author2=Chun-Lin Sun |author3=Hong-Shan Wang |author4=Yu-Ling Na |author5=Yun-Feng Li |author6=Tao Li |year=2016 |title=New ''Phoenicopsis'' leaves (Czekanowskiales) from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou Biota, China and their roles in phytogeographic and paleoclimatic reconstruction |journal=Palaeoworld |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=388–398 |doi=10.1016/j.palwor.2015.09.004 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Huang ''et al.''
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Middle Jurassic
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Jiulongshan Formation
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Biology:Czekanowskiales|Czekanowskiales]], a species of ''Phoenicopsis''.
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|-
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''Pseudoephedra''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Zhong-Jian Liu |author2=Xin Wang |year=2016 |title=An enigmatic ''Ephedra''-like fossil lacking micropylar tube from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China |journal=Palaeoworld |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=67–75 |doi=10.1016/j.palwor.2015.07.005 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Liu & Wang
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Early Cretaceous (Barremian–Aptian)
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[[Earth:Yixian Formation|Yixian Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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An ''[[Biology:Ephedra (plant)|Ephedra]]''-like seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is ''Pseudoephedra paradoxa''.
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''Umkomasia mongolica''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Gongle Shi |author2=Andrew B. Leslie |author3=Patrick S. Herendeen |author4=Fabiany Herrera |author5=Niiden Ichinnorov |author6=Masamichi Takahashi |author7=Patrick Knopf |author8=Peter R. Crane |year=2016 |title=Early Cretaceous ''Umkomasia'' from Mongolia: implications for homology of corystosperm cupules |journal=New Phytologist |volume=210 |issue=4 |pages=1418–1429 |doi=10.1111/nph.13871 |pmid=26840646|doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Shi ''et al.''
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Early Cretaceous ([[Earth:Aptian|Aptian]]-[[Earth:Albian|Albian]])
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Tevshiin Govi Formation
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{{Flag|Mongolia}}
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First proposed as a member of Umkomasiales (also known as Corystospermales) and a species of ''[[Biology:Umkomasia|Umkomasia]]'';<br/> Moved to ''Doylea mongolica'' in (paleobotany), an incertae sedis genus.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Gar W. Rothwell |author2=Ruth A. Stockey |year=2016 |title=Phylogenetic diversification of Early Cretaceous seed plants: The compound seed cone of ''Doylea tetrahedrasperma'' |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=103 |issue=5 |pages=923–937 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1600030 |pmid=27208360|doi-access=free }}</ref>
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''Welsbergia''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Christian Pott |author2=Stefan Schmeißner |author3=Günter Dütsch |author4=Johanna H.A. Van Konijnenburg-van Cittert |year=2016 |title=Bennettitales in the Rhaetian flora of Wüstenwelsberg, Bavaria, Germany |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=232 |pages=98–118 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.04.010 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.232...98P |url=http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-1862 }}</ref>
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Pott ''et al.''
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Late Triassic (Rhaetian)
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{{Flag|Germany}}
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A member of [[Biology:Bennettitales|Bennettitales]]. The type species is ''Welsbergia bursigera'' (Harris).
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==Flowering plants==
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! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
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''Afrocasia''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Clément Coiffard |author2=Barbara A.R. Mohr |year=2016 |title=''Afrocasia kahlertiana'' gen. et sp. nov., a new tropical member of Araceae from Late Cretaceous strata of northern Gondwana (Baris, Egypt) |journal=Taxon |volume=65 |issue=6 |pages=1374–1384 |doi=10.12705/656.9 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Coiffard & Mohr
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Late Cretaceous ([[Earth:Campanian|Campanian]])
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{{Flag|Egypt}}
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A member of the family [[Biology:Araceae|Araceae]]. Genus includes new species ''A. kahlertiana''.
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''Alatonucula''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Elizabeth J. Hermsen |author2=María A. Gandolfo |year=2016 |title=Fruits of Juglandaceae from the Eocene of South America |journal=Systematic Botany |volume=41 |issue=2 |pages=316–328 |doi=10.1600/036364416X691830 |s2cid=88877590 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Hermsen & Gandolfo
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Early Eocene
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A member of [[Biology:Juglandaceae|Juglandaceae]]. The type specimen is ''A. ignis''.
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''Andiroxylon thanobolensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Shabab Ali Khan |author2=Basir Ahmed |author3=Muhammad Tahir Rajput |author4=Syeda Saleha Tahir |year=2016 |title=''Andiroxylon thanobolensis'' sp. nov. A new species of fossil wood of family Fabaceae from Manchar Formation exposed near Thanobola Khan, district Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan |journal=Pakistan Journal of Botany |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=249–523 |url=http://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/abstracts/48%281%29/30.html }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Khan ''et al.''
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Miocene
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Manchar Formation
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{{Flag|Pakistan}}
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A member of [[Biology:Fabaceae|Fabaceae]], a species of ''Andiroxylon''.
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''Annulites''<ref name=Annulites>{{Cite journal|author=George Poinar Jr. |year=2016 |title=Beetles with orchid pollinaria in Dominican and Mexican amber |journal=American Entomologist |volume=62 |issue=3 |pages=172–177 |doi=10.1093/ae/tmw055 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Poinar
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Late Oligocene-early Miocene
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{{Flag|Mexico}}
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A member of [[Biology:Orchidaceae|Orchidaceae]] belonging to the tribe [[Biology:Cranichideae|Cranichideae]] and the subtribe [[Biology:Cranichidinae|Cranichidinae]]. Genus includes ''A. mexicana''.
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''Antiquifloris''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=George O. Poinar Jr. |author2=Ron Buckley |author3=Huarong Chen |year=2016 |title=A primitive Mid-Cretaceous angiosperm flower, ''Antiquifloris latifibris'' gen. & sp. nov., in Myanmar amber |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=155–162 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Poinar & Buckley ''in'' Poinar, Buckley & Chen
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Early Cretaceous (late [[Earth:Albian|Albian]])
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[[Earth:Burmese amber|Burmese amber]]
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{{Flag|Myanmar}}
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A [[Biology:Magnoliids|eumagnoliid]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type specimen is ''A. latifibris''.
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''Aporosa ecocenicus''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Anumeha Shukla |author2=Rakesh C. Mehrotra |author3=Robert A. Spicer |author4=Teresa E.V. Spicer |year=2016 |title=''Aporosa'' Blume from the paleoequatorial rainforest of Bikaner, India: Its evolution and diversification in deep time |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=232 |pages=14–21 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.05.006 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.232...14S |url=http://oro.open.ac.uk/53834/1/53834.pdf }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Shukla ''et al.''
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Early Eocene
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Palana Formation
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{{Flag|India}}
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A species of ''[[Biology:Aporosa|Aporosa]]''.
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''Archeampelos yellowstonica''<ref name=Mciveriella>{{Cite journal|author=Alexander B. Doweld |year=2016 |title=Nomenclatural novelties for the Palaeocene plants of North America |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=273 |issue=3 |pages=191–199 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.273.3.6 }}</ref>
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Nom. nov
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Valid
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Doweld
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Paleocene
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{{Flag|United States}}<br>({{Flag|Montana}})
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A replacement name for ''[[Biology:Populus|Populus]] cordata'' Newberry (1868).
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|-
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''Banksia cooksoniae''<ref name=Banksieaefolia>{{Cite journal|author1=Raymond Carpenter |author2=Gregory Jordan |author3=Bob Hill |year=2016 |title=Fossil leaves of ''Banksia'', Banksieae and pretenders: resolving the fossil genus ''Banksieaephyllum'' |journal=Australian Systematic Botany |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=126–141 |doi=10.1071/SB16005 |s2cid=89568423 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/22945982 }}</ref>
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Nom. nov
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Valid
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Carpenter, Jordan & Hill
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Cenozoic
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{{Flag|Australia}}
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A species of ''[[Biology:Banksia|Banksia]]''; a replacement name for ''[[Biology:Banksieaephyllum|Banksieaephyllum]] acuminatum'' Cookson & Duigan (1950).
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|-
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''Banksieaefolia''<ref name=Banksieaefolia />
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Gen. et comb. nov
|
Valid
|
Carpenter, Jordan & Hill
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Cenozoic
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{{Flag|Australia}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Banksieae|Banksieae]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement, described on the basis of fossil leaves not assignable to any extant genus of Banksieae. Genus includes ''"[[Biology:Banksieaephyllum|Banksieaephyllum]]" incisum'' Blackburn (1981) and ''"Banksieaephyllum" cuneatum'' Hill & Christophel (1988).
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|-
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''? Berchemia altorhenana''<ref name=AP562Graben />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Kovar-Eder
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Early [[Earth:Oligocene|Oligocene]]
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Bodenheim Formation
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{{Flag|Germany}}
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Possibly a member of the family [[Biology:Rhamnaceae|Rhamnaceae]].
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|-
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''Boreocarya''<ref name=Boreocarya>{{Cite journal|author=Alexander B. Doweld |year=2016 |title=''Boreocarya'' and ''Globocarya'', new names in the extinct Juglandaceae of Northern Eurasia |journal=Acta Palaeobotanica |volume=56 |issue=2 |pages=519–521 |doi=10.1515/acpa-2016-0010 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Doweld
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Miocene
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{{Flag|Russia}}<br>({{Flag|Sverdlovsk Oblast}})
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A member of the family [[Biology:Juglandaceae|Juglandaceae]]; a new genus for ''"Sphaerocarya" uralensis'' Dorofeev (1970).
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''Brevitrimaris''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Kenton L. Chambers |author2=George O. Poinar Jr. |year=2016 |title=''Brevitrimaris arcuatus'' gen. & sp. nov., a monocotyledonous fossil flower from Mid-Tertiary amber deposits in the Dominican Republic |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=141–146 }}</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
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[[Earth:Dominican amber|Dominican amber]]
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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A [[Biology:Monocotyledon|monocotyledon]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a relative of the family [[Biology:Haemodoraceae|Haemodoraceae]]. The type specimen is ''B. arcuatus''.
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''Caliciflora''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Else Marie Friis |author2=Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen |author3=Peter R. Crane |year=2016 |title=The emergence of core eudicots: new floral evidence from the earliest Late Cretaceous |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=283 |issue=1845 |pages=20161325 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2016.1325 |pmid=28003443 |pmc=5204160 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Friis, Pedersen & Crane
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Late Cretaceous (early [[Earth:Cenomanian|Cenomanian]])
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Potomac Group (Elk Neck Beds)
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{{Flag|United States}}<br>({{Flag|Maryland}})
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A [[Biology:Eudicots|eudicot]], probably a member or a relative of [[Biology:Rosids|rosids]]. Genus includes new species is ''C. mauldiniensis''
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''Camellia nanningensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Lu-Liang Huang |author2=Jian-Hua Jin |author3=Cheng Quan |author4=Alexei A. Oskolski |year=2016 |title=''Camellia nanningensis'' sp. nov.: the earliest fossil wood record of the genus ''Camellia'' (Theaceae) from East Asia |journal=Journal of Plant Research |volume=129 |issue=5 |pages=823–831 |doi=10.1007/s10265-016-0846-8 |pmid=27379410 |s2cid=89102567 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Huang ''et al.''
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Late Oligocene
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Yongning Formation
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{{Flag|China}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Camellia|Camellia]]''.
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''Campopetala''<ref name=Campopetala>{{Cite journal|author1=George O. Poinar Jr. |author2=Kenton L. Chambers |year=2016 |title=Mimosoideae (Fabaceae) diversity and associates in Mid-Tertiary Dominican amber |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=121–136 }}</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
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[[Earth:Dominican amber|Dominican amber]]
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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A member of [[Biology:Mimosoideae|Mimosoideae]]. The type specimen is ''C. dominicana''.
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|-
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''Carpolithus boldensis''<ref name=Dbovayensis />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Blanchard, Wang & Dilcher
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Early Eocene
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Tallahatta Formation
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{{Flag|United States}}<br>({{Flag|Mississippi}})
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A fossil fruit, probably a [[Biology:Monocotyledon|monocot]] (grass) fruit.
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''Catalpa hispaniolae''<ref>{{Cite journal|author=George O. Poinar Jr. |year=2016 |title=The First Fossil Flowers of Bignoniaceae (Lamiales): ''Catalpa hispaniolae'' sp. nov. in Dominican Republic Amber |journal=Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=57–63 |doi=10.3417/2015043 |s2cid=89562523 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Poinar
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Eocene to Miocene
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[[Earth:Dominican amber|Dominican amber]]
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Catalpa|Catalpa]]''.
|
|-
|
''Cecilanthus''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Patrick S. Herendeen |author2=James A. Doyle |author3=Peter K. Endress |author4=Masamichi Takahashi |year=2016 |title=''Cecilanthus polymerus'', a novel multiparted flower from the mid-Cretaceous Rocky Point locality, Maryland |journal=Botany |volume=94 |issue=9 |pages=787–803 |doi=10.1139/cjb-2016-0039 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Herendeen ''et al.''
|
Late Cretaceous (early [[Earth:Cenomanian|Cenomanian]])
|
Potomac Group
|
{{Flag|United States}}<br>({{Flag|Maryland}})
|
A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species ''C. polymerus''.
|
|-
|
''Celastrus caducidentatus''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Xiao-Qing Liang |author2=David K. Ferguson |author3=Frédéric M.B. Jacques |author4=Tao Su |author5=Li Wang |author6=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2016 |title=A new ''Celastrus'' species from the middle Miocene of Yunnan, China and its palaeoclimatic and palaeobiogeographic implications |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=225 |pages=43–52 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.11.005 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.225...43L }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Liang & Zhou ''in'' Liang ''et al.''
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Celastrus|Celastrus]]''.
|
|-
|
''Cinnamomophyllum vicente-castellum''<ref name=Treballs22>{{Cite journal|author=Josep Marmi |year=2016 |title=Taxonomic revision of the J. Vicente collection dicotyledon leaves from the lower Maastrichtian of Isona (northeastern Iberia) |journal=Treballs del Museu de Geologia de Barcelona |volume=22 |pages=57–100 |url=http://www.raco.cat/index.php/TreballsMGB/article/view/321305 |doi=10.32800/tmgb.2016.22.0057 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Marmi
|
[[Earth:Late Cretaceous|Late Cretaceous]] (early [[Earth:Maastrichtian|Maastrichtian]])
|
[[Earth:Tremp Formation|Tremp Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Spain}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Laurales|Laurales]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
|
|-
|
''Cissus andrewsii''<ref name=AJBCissus>{{Cite journal|author1=Neil F. Adams |author2=Margaret E. Collinson |author3=Selena Y. Smith |author4=Marion K. Bamford |author5=Félix Forest |author6=Panagiota Malakasi |author7=Federica Marone |author8=Dan Sykes |year=2016 |title=X-rays and virtual taphonomy resolve the first ''Cissus'' (Vitaceae) macrofossils from Africa as early-diverging members of the genus |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=103 |issue=9 |pages=1657–1677 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1600177 |pmid=27647420|doi-access=free |hdl=2027.42/141865 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Adams, Collinson, Smith & Bamford ''in'' Adams ''et al.''
|
Early Miocene
|
Hiwegi Formation
|
{{Flag|Kenya}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Cissus|Cissus]]''.
|
|-
|
''Cissus psilata''<ref name=AJBCissus />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Adams, Collinson, Smith & Bamford ''in'' Adams ''et al.''
|
Early Miocene
|
Hiwegi Formation
|
{{Flag|Kenya}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Cissus|Cissus]]''.
|
|-
|
''Cissus rusingensis''<ref name=AJBCissus />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Adams, Collinson, Smith & Bamford ''in'' Adams ''et al.''
|
Early Miocene
|
Hiwegi Formation
|
{{Flag|Kenya}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Cissus|Cissus]]''.
|
|-
|
''Cladites vesiculaeferens''<ref name=AP562Graben />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
|
Early [[Earth:Oligocene|Oligocene]]
|
Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
|
|-
|
''Cobbania hickeyi''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ruth A. Stockey |author2=Gar W. Rothwell |author3=Kirk R. Johnson |year=2016 |title=Evaluating Relationships among Floating Aquatic Monocots: A New Species of ''Cobbania'' (Araceae) from the Upper Maastrichtian of South Dakota |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=177 |issue=8 |pages=706–725 |doi=10.1086/688285 |s2cid=89477112 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Stockey, Rothwell & Johnson
|
Late Cretaceous (late [[Earth:Maastrichtian|Maastrichtian]])
|
[[Earth:Hell Creek Formation|Hell Creek Formation]]
|
{{Flag|United States}}<br>({{Flag|South Dakota}})
|
A member of [[Biology:Araceae|Araceae]].
|
|-
|
''Cylindrocites''<ref name=Annulites />
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar
|
Eocene-Miocene
|
[[Earth:El Mamey Formation|El Mamey Formation]]<br>([[Earth:Dominican amber|Dominican amber]])
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Orchidaceae|Orchidaceae]] belonging to the tribe [[Biology:Cranichideae|Cranichideae]] and the subtribe [[Biology:Spiranthinae|Spiranthinae]]. Genus includes ''C. browni''.
|
|-
|
''Dalembia argentea''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=D.A. Yudova |author2=L.B. Golovneva |author3=P.I. Alekseev |year=2016 |title=The distribution of the genus ''Dalembia'' E. Lebedev et Herman (Magnoliophyta) in Late Cretaceous floras of Northern Pacific Region |journal=Paleobotanika |volume=7 |pages=66–79 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=27652596 |issn=2218-7235 |doi=10.31111/palaeobotany/2016.7.66 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Yudova & Golovneva ''in'' Yudova, Golovneva & Alekseev
|
[[Earth:Late Cretaceous|Late Cretaceous]] ([[Earth:Turonian|Turonian]]-[[Earth:Coniacian|Coniacian]])
|
Chingandzha Formation
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
|
|
|-
|
''Dalembia jiayinensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ge Sun |author2=Lina Golovneva |author3=P. Alekseev |author4=Fei Liang |author5=Tao Yang |year=2016 |title=New species ''Dalembia jiayinensis'' (Magnoliopsida) from the Upper Cretaceous Yong'ancun Formation, Heilongjiang, northern China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=67 |pages=8–15 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.06.011 |bibcode=2016CrRes..67....8S }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Sun ''et al.''
|
Late Cretaceous ([[Earth:Santonian|Santonian]])
|
Yong'ancun Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Magnoliopsida|Magnoliopsida]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
|
|-
|
''Dicotylophyllum badense''<ref name=AP562Graben />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
|
Early [[Earth:Oligocene|Oligocene]]
|
Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A [[Biology:Dicotyledon|dicotyledon]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
|
|-
|
''Dicotylophyllum bohemicum''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Adam T. Halamski |author2=Jiří Kvaček |year=2016 |title=The Coniacian leaf flora from the northeastern part of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin |journal=Bulletin of Geosciences |volume=91 |issue=2 |pages=297–318 |doi=10.3140/bull.geosci.1591 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Halamski & Kvaček
|
Late Cretaceous ([[Earth:Coniacian|Coniacian]])
|
|
{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|
A [[Biology:Dicotyledon|dicotyledon]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a replacement name for ''Rhus cretacea'' Velenovský (1885).
|
|-
|
''Dicotylophyllum oechsleri''<ref name=AP562Graben />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
|
Early [[Earth:Oligocene|Oligocene]]
|
Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A [[Biology:Dicotyledon|dicotyledon]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
|
|-
|
''Dicotylophyllum vesiculaeferens''<ref name=AP562Graben />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
|
Early [[Earth:Oligocene|Oligocene]]
|
Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A [[Biology:Dicotyledon|dicotyledon]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
|
|-
|
''Dicotylophyllum ziegleri''<ref name=AP562Graben />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
|
Early [[Earth:Oligocene|Oligocene]]
|
Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A [[Biology:Dicotyledon|dicotyledon]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
|
|-
|
''Dipelta bovayensis''<ref name=Dbovayensis>{{Cite journal|author1=Jane Blanchard |author2=Hongshan Wang |author3=David L. Dilcher |year=2016 |title=Fruits, seeds and flowers from the Bovay and Bolden clay pits (early Eocene Tallahatta Formation, Claiborne Group), northern Mississippi, USA |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=19 |issue=3 |pages=Article number 19.3.51A |doi=10.26879/579 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Blanchard, Wang & Dilcher
|
Early Eocene
|
Tallahatta Formation
|
{{Flag|United States}}<br>({{Flag|Mississippi}})
|
A species of ''Dipelta''.
|
|-
|
''Dipterocarpus churiensis''<ref name=Dipterocarpus>{{Cite journal|author1=M. Prasad |author2=S. Gautam |year=2016 |title=Dipterocarpaceous macrofossils from Churia Group of Arjun Khola area, Western Nepal and their phytogeographical and palaeoclimatical implications |journal=The Palaeobotanist |volume=65 |issue=2 |pages=247–270 |doi=10.54991/jop.2016.313 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad & Gautam
|
Late Miocene
|
Middle Churia Formation
|
{{Flag|Nepal}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Dipterocarpus|Dipterocarpus]]''.
|
|-
|
''Dipterocarpus miocenicus''<ref name=Dipterocarpus />
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad & Gautam
|
Late Miocene
|
Middle Churia Formation
|
{{Flag|Nepal}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Dipterocarpus|Dipterocarpus]]''.
|
|-
|
''Dipterocarpus nepalensis''<ref name=Dipterocarpus />
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad & Gautam
|
Late Miocene
|
Middle Churia Formation
|
{{Flag|Nepal}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Dipterocarpus|Dipterocarpus]]''.
|
|-
|
''Distylium metzleri''<ref name=AP562Graben />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
|
Early [[Earth:Oligocene|Oligocene]]
|
Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Distylium|Distylium]]''
|
|-
|
''Dryobalanoxylon neyveliensis''{{cn|date=January 2021}}
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kumarasamy & Elayaraja
|
Miocene
|
Neyveli Lignite Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Dipterocarpaceae|Dipterocarpaceae]].
|
|-
|
''Ekrixanthera''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=George Poinar Jr. |author2=Peter G. Kevan |author3=Betsy R. Jackes |s2cid=88947802 |year=2016 |title=Fossil species in Boehmerieae (Urticaceae) in Dominican and Mexican amber: a new genus (''Ekrixanthera'') and two new species with anemophilous pollination by explosive pollen release, and possible lepidopteran herbivory |journal=Botany |volume=94 |issue=8 |pages=599–606 |doi=10.1139/cjb-2016-0006 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et 2 sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar, Kevan & Jackes
|
Eocene to Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}<br>
{{Flag|Mexico}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Urticaceae|Urticaceae]]. Genus includes ''[[Biology:Ekrixanthera hispaniolae|E. hispaniolae]]'' and ''[[Biology:Ekrixanthera ehecatli|E. ehecatli]]''.
|
|-
|
''Elodeophyllum''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=V.D. Nagrale |author2=S.U. Borkar |author3=S.M. Meshram |author4=A.N. Korpenwar |year=2016 |title=A petrified fossil leaf of Hydrocharitaceae from Deccan Intertrappean exposures of central India |journal=The Palaeobotanist |volume=65 |issue=2 |pages=279–284 |doi=10.54991/jop.2016.315 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Nagrale ''et al.''
|
[[Earth:Late Cretaceous|Late Cretaceous]] ([[Earth:Maastrichtian|Maastrichtian]])
|
[[Earth:Deccan Traps|Deccan]] [[Earth:Intertrappean Beds|Intertrappean Beds]]
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A member of the family [[Biology:Hydrocharitaceae|Hydrocharitaceae]] described on the basis of a fossil leaf. Genus includes new species ''E. deccanii''.
|
|-
|
''Entada hispaniolae''<ref name=Campopetala />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Chambers
|
Eocene or Miocene
|
[[Earth:Dominican amber|Dominican amber]]
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Mimosoideae|Mimosoideae]] belonging to the genus ''[[Biology:Entada|Entada]]''.
|
|-
|
''Ettingshausenia vetviensis''<ref name=CR59KholokhovchanFlora>{{Cite journal|author1=Alexei B. Herman |author2=Alexandra B. Sokolova |year=2016 |title=Late Cretaceous Kholokhovchan Flora of Northeastern Asia: Composition, age and fossil plant descriptions |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=59 |pages=249–271 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.11.008 |bibcode=2016CrRes..59..249H }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Herman ''in'' Herman & Sokolova
|
Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Coniacian)
|
Vetvinskaya Member (Chalbugchan Group)
|
{{Flag|Russia}}<br>({{Flag|Kamchatka Krai}})
|
A member of Platanofolia, a species of ''Ettingshausenia''.
|
|-
|
''Eydeia''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ruth A. Stockey |author2=Harufumi Nishida |author3=Brian A. Atkinson |year=2016 |title=Anatomically preserved fossil cornalean fruits from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido: ''Eydeia hokkaidoensis'' gen. et sp. nov. |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=103 |issue=9 |pages=1642–1656 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1600151 |pmid=27589935|doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Stockey, Nishida & Atkinson
|
Late Cretaceous  ([[Earth:Coniacian|Coniacian]]-[[Earth:Santonian|Santonian]])
|
Haborogawa Formation
|
{{Flag|Japan}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Cornales|Cornales]]. Genus includes new species ''E. hokkaidoensis''.
|
|-
|
''Ficus obtusatoides''<ref name=KBFicus>{{Cite journal|author=Alexander B. Doweld |year=2016 |title=''Ficus changii'', ''Ficus fengkaiensis'', ''Ficus obtusatoides'' and ''Ficus tethyca'' (Moraceae), new replacement names |journal=Kew Bulletin |volume=71 |issue=2 |pages=29 |doi=10.1007/s12225-016-9641-x |s2cid=27174547 }}</ref>
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Oligocene ([[Earth:Chattian|Chattian]])
|
|
{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Ficus|Ficus]]''; a replacement name for ''Ficus obtusata'' Heer (1856) (preoccupied).
|
|-
|
''Ficus tethyca''<ref name=KBFicus />
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Eocene
|
|
{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Ficus|Ficus]]''; a replacement name for ''Ficus lucida'' Chandler (1962) (preoccupied).
|
|-
|
''Globocarya''<ref name=Boreocarya />
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}<br>({{Flag|Tomsk Oblast}})
|
A member of the family [[Biology:Juglandaceae|Juglandaceae]]; a replacement name for ''Sphaerocarya'' Dorofeev (1970).
|
|-
|
''Globosites''<ref name=Globosites>{{Cite journal|author =George Poinar |year=2016 |title=Orchid pollinaria (Orchidaceae) attached to stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Dominican amber |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=279 |issue=3 |pages=287–293 |doi=10.1127/njgpa/2016/0556 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar
|
Eocene or Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Orchidaceae|Orchidaceae]] known from [[Earth:Dominican amber|Dominican amber]]. The type species is ''Globosites apicola''.
|
|-
|
''Hedycarya pluvisilva''<ref name=AJBHedycarya>{{Cite journal|author1=John G. Conran |author2=Jennifer M. Bannister |author3=Dallas C. Mildenhall |author4=Daphne E. Lee |year=2016 |title=''Hedycarya'' macrofossils and associated ''Planarpollenites'' pollen from the early Miocene of New Zealand |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=103 |issue=5 |pages=938–956 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1600047 |pmid=27208361|doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Bannister, Conran, Mildenhall & Lee ''in'' Conran ''et al.''
|
Early Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Hedycarya|Hedycarya]]''.
|
|-
|
''Hedycaryoxylon burmeisteri''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Victoria M. Egerton |author2=Christopher J. Williams |author3=Kenneth J. Lacovara |year=2016 |title=A new Late Cretaceous (late Campanian to early Maastrichtian) wood flora from southern Patagonia |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=441, Part 2 |pages=305–316 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.07.011 |bibcode=2016PPP...441..305E |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Egerton, Williams & Lacovara
|
Late Cretaceous (late Campanian to early Maastrichtian)
|
[[Earth:Cerro Fortaleza Formation|Cerro Fortaleza Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Monimiaceae|Monimiaceae]], a species of ''Hedycaryoxylon''.
|
|-
|
''Humulago''<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Alexander B. Doweld |year=2016 |title=''Humulago'', a Replacement Name for Fossil ''Humularia'' Dorofeev (Cannabaceae) ''non'' Extant ''Humularia'' Duvigneaud (Fabaceae) |journal=Annales Botanici Fennici |volume=53 |issue=5–6 |pages=403–404 |doi=10.5735/085.053.0612 |s2cid=88886911 }}</ref>
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Cannabaceae|Cannabaceae]]; a replacement name for ''Humularia'' Dorofeev (1982).
|
|-
|
''Itaquixylon''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jose Rafael Wanderley Benicio |author2=Etiene Fabbrin Pires |author3=Átila Augusto Stock Da Rosa |author4=Rafael Spiekermann |author5=Dieter Uhl |author6=Andre Jasper |year=2016 |title=A new fossil Fabaceae wood from the Pleistocene Touro Passo Formation of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |journal=Fossil Imprint |volume=72 |issue=3–4 |pages=251–264 |doi=10.14446/FI.2016.251 |s2cid=30069159 |url=http://fi.nm.cz/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NM_IF_c3_4_16_clanek11_Benicio.pdf }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Benicio ''et al.''
|
Late Pleistocene
|
Touro Passo Formation
|
{{Flag|Brazil}}
|
A member of the family [[Biology:Fabaceae|Fabaceae]] belonging to the subfamily [[Biology:Mimosoideae|Mimosoideae]]. Genus includes new species ''I. heterogenum''.
|
|-
|
''Jamesrosea''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=William L. Crepet |author2=Kevin C. Nixon |author3=David Grimaldi |author4=Mark Riccio |year=2016 |title=A mosaic Lauralean flower from the Early Cretaceous of Myanmar |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=103 |issue=2 |pages=290–297 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1500393 |pmid=26865118|doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Crepet ''et al.''
|
Cretaceous ([[Earth:Albian|Albian]] or [[Earth:Cenomanian|Cenomanian]])
|
|
{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Laurales|Laurales]], probably related to [[Biology:Atherospermataceae|Atherospermataceae]] and [[Biology:Gomortega|Gomortega]]ceae. The type species is ''Jamesrosea burmensis''.
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|-
|
''Jusinghipollis ticoensis''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Magdalena Llorens |author2=Valeria S. Perez Loinaze |year=2016 |title=Late Aptian angiosperm pollen grains from Patagonia: Earliest steps in flowering plant evolution at middle latitudes in southern South America |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=57 |pages=66–78 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.07.019 |bibcode=2016CrRes..57...66L |hdl=11336/16135 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Llorens & Perez Loinaze
|
Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
|
[[Earth:Anfiteatro de Ticó Formation|Anfiteatro de Ticó Formation]]
|
{{flag|Argentina}}
|
A flowering plant known from pollen grains, a species of ''Jusinghipollis''.
|
|-
|
''Koelreuteria quasipaniculata''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Xiangchuan Li |author2=Liang Xiao |author3=Zhicheng Lin |author4=Wenlong He |author5=Qiang Yang |author6=Yunzhi Yao |author7=Dong Ren |author8=Junfeng Guo |author9=Shuangxing Guo |year=2016 |title=Fossil fruits of ''Koelreuteria'' (Sapindaceae) from the Miocene of northeastern Tibetan Plateau and their palaeoenvironmental, phytogeographic and phylogenetic implications |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=234 |pages=125–135 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.09.002 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.234..125L }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Li, Xiao & He ''in'' Li ''et al.''
|
Miocene
|
Garang Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Koelreuteria|Koelreuteria]]''.
|
|-
|
''Laurinoxylon chalatenangensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Sergio R.S. Cevallos-Ferriz |author2=Gabriel Cerón López |author3=Luis A. Flores Rocha |year=2016 |title=''Laurinoxylon chalatenangensis'' sp. nov. from the Miocene Chalatenango Formation, El Salvador |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=233 |pages=186–192 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.04.003 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.233..186C }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Cevallos-Ferriz, Cerón López & Flores Rocha
|
Miocene
|
Chalatenango Formation
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{{Flag|El Salvador}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Lauraceae|Lauraceae]], a species of ''Laurinoxylon''.
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|-
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''Laurophyllum rauenbergense''<ref name=AP562Graben>{{Cite journal|author=Johanna Kovar-Eder |year=2016 |title=Early Oligocene plant diversity along the Upper Rhine Graben: The fossil flora of Rauenberg, Germany |journal=Acta Palaeobotanica |volume=56 |issue=2 |pages=329–440 |doi=10.1515/acpa-2016-0011 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
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Early [[Earth:Oligocene|Oligocene]]
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Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A member of the family [[Biology:Lauraceae|Lauraceae]] described on the basis of fossil leaves.
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|-
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''Lobocyclas''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Kenton L. Chambers |author2=George O. Poinar Jr. |year=2016 |title=''Lobocyclas anomala'', a new genus and species of Celastraceae subfamily Hippocrateoideae in Dominican amber |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=137–140 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Chambers & Poinar
|
Eocene or Miocene
|
[[Earth:Dominican amber|Dominican amber]]
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Celastraceae|Celastraceae]] belonging to the subfamily Hippocrateoideae. The type specimen is ''L. anomala''.
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|-
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''Lonchocarpus miocenicus''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ana Lilia Hernández-Damián |author2=Laura Calvillo-Canadell |author3=Sergio R.S. Cevallos-Ferriz |author4=Mario Sousa |year=2016 |title=Miocene ''Lonchocarpus'' (Papilionoideae) in San Esteban Tizatlán, Tlaxcala, Mexico |journal=Journal of South American Earth Sciences |volume=66 |pages=73–81 |doi=10.1016/j.jsames.2015.12.004 |bibcode=2016JSAES..66...73H }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Hernández-Damián ''et al.''
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Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Mexico}}
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A species of ''[[Biology:Lonchocarpus|Lonchocarpus]]''.
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|-
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''Lunania floresi''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ana L. Hernández-Damián |author2=Laura Calvillo-Canadell |author3=Sergio R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz |year=2016 |title=Flor de una nueva especie de ''Lunania'' Hook. (Salicaceae ''sensu lato''- Samydeae) incluida en ámbar del Mioceno de Simojovel de Allende, Chiapas, México |journal=Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana |volume=68 |issue=1 |pages=29–36 |url=http://boletinsgm.igeolcu.unam.mx/bsgm/index.php/component/content/article/292-sitio/articulos/cuarta-epoca/6801/1427-6801-5-hernandez |doi=10.18268/BSGM2016v68n1a5 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Hernández-Damián, Calvillo-Canadell & Cevallos-Ferriz
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Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Mexico}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Lunania|Lunania]]''.
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|-
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''Machilus maomingensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Biao Tang |author2=Meng Han |author3=Qingqing Xu |author4=Jianhua Jin |year=2016 |title=Leaf Cuticle Microstructure of ''Machilus maomingensis'' sp. nov. (Lauraceae) from the Eocene of the Maoming Basin, South China |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) |volume=90 |issue=5 |pages=1561–1571 |doi=10.1111/1755-6724.12802 |s2cid=132645585 |url=http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201605003&flag=1 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Jin & Tang ''in'' Tang ''et al.''
|
Eocene
|
Youganwo Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Machilus|Machilus]]''.
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|-
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''Mahonia mioasiatica''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jian Huang |author2=Tao Su |author3=Julie Lebereton-Anberrée |author4=Shi-Tao Zhang |author5=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2016 |title=The oldest ''Mahonia'' (Berberidaceae) fossil from East Asia and its biogeographic implications |journal=Journal of Plant Research |volume=129 |issue=2 |pages=209–223 |doi=10.1007/s10265-015-0775-y |pmid=26691316 |s2cid=18942404 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Huang ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Xiaolongtan Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Mahonia|Mahonia]]''.
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|-
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''Maladenodiscus''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=George O. Poinar Jr. |author2=Kenton L. Chambers |author3=Alex E. Brown |year=2016 |title=''Maladenodiscus acanthinus'', a new genus and species of fossil flower in Baltic amber |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=443–447 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar, Chambers & Brown
|
Eocene
|
[[Earth:Baltic amber|Baltic amber]]
|
{{Flag|Russia}}<br>({{Flag|Kaliningrad Oblast}})
|
A [[Biology:Dicotyledon|dicotyledon]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species ''M. acanthinus''.
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|-
|
''Malloranga dentata''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=John G. Conran |author2=Daphne E. Lee |author3=Tammo Reichgelt |year=2016 |title=''Malloranga dentata'' (Euphorbiaceae: Acalyphoideae): a new fossil species from the Miocene of New Zealand |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=226 |pages=58–64 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.12.007 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.226...58C }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Conran, Lee & Reichgelt
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Euphorbiaceae|Euphorbiaceae]] belonging to the subfamily [[Biology:Acalyphoideae|Acalyphoideae]], a species of ''Malloranga''.
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|-
|
''Mciveriella''<ref name=Mciveriella />
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Paleocene
|
[[Earth:Paskapoo Formation|Paskapoo Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Canada}}<br>({{Flag|Alberta}})
|
A replacement name for ''Harmsia'' McIver & Basinger (1993).
|
|-
|
''Menispermophyllum isonensis''<ref name=Treballs22 />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Marmi
|
[[Earth:Late Cretaceous|Late Cretaceous]] (early [[Earth:Maastrichtian|Maastrichtian]])
|
[[Earth:Tremp Formation|Tremp Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Spain}}
|
A [[Biology:Eudicots|eudicot]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
|
|-
|
''[[Biology:Metrosideros leunigii|Metrosideros leunigii]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Myall Tarran |author2=Peter G. Wilson |author3=Robert S. Hill |year=2016 |title=Oldest record of ''Metrosideros'' (Myrtaceae): Fossil flowers, fruits, and leaves from Australia |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=103 |issue=4 |pages=754–768 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1500469 |pmid=27056926|doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Tarran, Wilson & Hill
|
Eocene-Early Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|Australia}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Metrosideros|Metrosideros]]''.
|
|-
|
''Myrica obliquifolia''<ref name=AP562Graben />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
|
Early [[Earth:Oligocene|Oligocene]]
|
Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Myrica|Myrica]]''.
|
|-
|
''Nymphaea elisabethae''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Carole T. Gee |author2=David Winship Taylor |year=2016 |title=Aquatic macrophytes from the upper Oligocene fossillagerstätte of Rott (Rhineland, Germany). Part II: A new fossil leaf species of ''Nymphaea'' (subgenus ''Lotos''), ''N. elisabethae'' Gee et David W. Taylor sp. nov. |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung B |volume=295 |issue=1–3 |pages=33–43 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311930521 |doi=10.1127/palb/295/2016/33 |bibcode=2016PalAB.295...33G }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Gee & Taylor
|
Late Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Nymphaea|Nymphaea]]''.
|
|-
|
''Ochnaceoxylon''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=D.D. Ramteke |author2=D.K. Kapgate |year=2016 |title=A fossil dicotyledonous wood of Ochnaceae from the Deccan Intertrappean sediments of Mahurzari, Nagpur District, Maharashtra, India |journal=The Palaeobotanist |volume=65 |issue=2 |pages=297–303 |doi=10.54991/jop.2016.317  |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Ramteke & Kapgate
|
[[Earth:Late Cretaceous|Late Cretaceous]] ([[Earth:Maastrichtian|Maastrichtian]])–[[Earth:Paleogene|Paleogene]]
|
[[Earth:Deccan Traps|Deccan]] [[Earth:Intertrappean Beds|Intertrappean Beds]]
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A member of the family [[Biology:Ochnaceae|Ochnaceae]] described on the basis of [[Biology:Fossil wood|fossil wood]]. Genus includes new species ''O. tertiera''.
|
|-
|
''Oleinites altorhenana''<ref name=AP562Graben />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
|
Early [[Earth:Oligocene|Oligocene]]
|
Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A member of the family [[Biology:Oleaceae|Oleaceae]].
|
|-
|
''Oleinites rauenbergensis''<ref name=AP562Graben />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
|
Early [[Earth:Oligocene|Oligocene]]
|
Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A member of the family [[Biology:Oleaceae|Oleaceae]].
|
|-
|
''Ormosioxylon chinjiensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Noor-ul-Ain Soomro |author2=Basir Ahmed Arain |author3=Muhammad Tahir M. Rajput |author4=Syeda Saleha Tahir |year=2016 |title=''Ormosioxylon chinjiensis'' sp. nov., a new fossil wood of family Fabaceae from the Chinji formation Salt Range Punjab, Pakistan |journal=Pakistan Journal of Botany |volume=48 |issue=2 |pages=595–599 |url=http://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/abstracts/48(2)/23.html }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Soomro ''et al.''
|
Miocene
|
Chinji Formation
|
{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Fabaceae|Fabaceae]], a species of ''Ormosioxylon''.
|
|-
|
''Palaeocarya lincangensis''<ref>{{Cite journal |author1=Yang Shao |author2=Bin-ke Li |author3=Si-hang Zhang |author4=Tian-yu Chen |author5=San-ping Xie |year=2016 |title=''Palaeocarya'' from the late Miocene of Lincang, Yunnan province and the discussion on the genus' palaeobiogeography |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Sinica |volume=55 |issue=4 |pages=482–494 |url=http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=13&CurRec=9&filename=GSWX201604009&dbname=CJFDTEMP |access-date=2017-03-10 |archive-date=2017-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312055230/http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=13&CurRec=9&filename=GSWX201604009&dbname=CJFDTEMP |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Shao & Xie ''in'' Shao ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Bangmai Basin
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
|
|-
|
''Palaeocarya longipedicelata''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jun-Ling Dong |author2=Wen-Jia Wang |author3=Peng Deng |author4=Jin Wang |author5=Fu-Jun Ma |author6=Qiu-Jun Wang |author7=Yi Yang |author8=Bai-Nian Sun |year=2016 |title=New material of ''Palaeocarya'' from the Oligocene of Ningming, Guangxi, South China |journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift |volume=90 |issue=2 |pages=399–412 |doi=10.1007/s12542-016-0302-z |s2cid=133520479 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Dong & Sun ''in'' Dong ''et al.''
|
Oligocene
|
Ningming Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Juglandaceae|Juglandaceae]], a species of ''Palaeocarya''.
|
|-
|
''[[Biology:Paleopanax|Paleopanax boldensis]]''<ref name=Dbovayensis />
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Blanchard, Wang & Dilcher
|
Early Eocene
|
Tallahatta Formation
|
{{Flag|United States}}<br>({{Flag|Mississippi}})
|
A member of [[Biology:Araliaceae|Araliaceae]].
|
|-
|
''Paraquercus''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Friðgeir Grímsson |author2=Guido W. Grimm |author3=Reinhard Zetter |author4=Thomas Denk |year=2016 |title=Cretaceous and Paleogene Fagaceae from North America and Greenland: evidence for a Late Cretaceous split between Fagus and the remaining Fagaceae |journal=Acta Palaeobotanica |volume=56 |issue=2 |pages=247–305 |doi=10.1515/acpa-2016-0016 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et 2 sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Grímsson ''et al.''
|
[[Earth:Late Cretaceous|Late Cretaceous]] ([[Earth:Campanian|Campanian]])-[[Earth:Eocene|Eocene]]
|
[[Earth:Allenby Formation|Allenby Formation]]<br>
Eagle Formation
|
{{Flag|Canada}}<br>({{Flag|British Columbia}})<br>
{{Flag|Greenland}}<br>
{{Flag|United States}}<br>({{Flag|Wyoming}})
|
A member of the family [[Biology:Fagaceae|Fagaceae]] described on the basis of pollen. Genus includes new species ''P. campania'' and ''P. eocaena''.
|
|-
|
''Parinari panamensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Nathan A. Jud |author2=Chris W. Nelson |author3=Fabiany Herrera |year=2016 |title=Fruits and wood of ''Parinari'' from the early Miocene of Panama and the fossil record of Chrysobalanaceae |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=103 |issue=2 |pages=277–289 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1500425 |pmid=26865122|doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Jud, Nelson & Herrera
|
Early Miocene
| [[Earth:Culebra Formation|Culebra Formation]]<br>[[Earth:Cucaracha Formation|Cucaracha Formation]]<br>La Boca Formation
|
{{Flag|Panama}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Parinari|Parinari]]''.
|
|-
|
''Parvileguminophyllum penzhinense''<ref name=CR59KholokhovchanFlora />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Herman ''in'' Herman & Sokolova
|
Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Coniacian)
|
Vetvinskaya Member (Chalbugchan Group)
|
{{Flag|Russia}}<br>({{Flag|Kamchatka Krai}})
|
A member of Legumifolia, a species of ''Parvileguminophyllum''.
|
|-
|
''Patocarpus''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Sergio R.S. Cevallos-Ferriz |author2=Mar-Allesha Vázquez-Rueda |year=2016 |title=Permineralized infructescence from the Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Coahuila, Mexico |journal=Botany |volume=94 |issue=9 |pages=773–785 |doi=10.1139/cjb-2016-0058 |doi-access=free |hdl=1807/73731 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Cevallos-Ferriz & Vázquez-Rueda
|
Late Cretaceous
|
[[Earth:Cerro del Pueblo Formation|Cerro del Pueblo Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Mexico}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Proteales|Proteales]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species ''P. coahuilensis''.
|
|-
|
''Perforatocarpum''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Gregory W. Stull |author2=Neil F. Adams |author3=Steven R. Manchester |author4=Dan Sykes |author5=Margaret E. Collinson |year=2016 |title=Revision of Icacinaceae from the Early Eocene London Clay flora based on X-ray micro-CT |journal=Botany |volume=94 |issue=9 |pages=713–745 |doi=10.1139/cjb-2016-0063 |doi-access=free |hdl=1807/73733 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et comb. nov
|
Valid
|
Stull, Adams, Manchester & Collinson ''in'' Stull ''et al.''
|
Eocene
|
|
{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Icacinaceae|Icacinaceae]] related to members of the tribe Phytocreneae. Genus includes ''"Icacinicarya" echinata'' Chandler (1961).
|
|-
|
''Persea miogamblei''<ref name=KhanBeraPersea>{{Cite journal|author1=Mahasin Ali Khan |author2=Subir Bera |year=2016 |title=Occurrence of ''Persea'' Mill. from the Siwalik forest of Darjeeling, eastern Himalaya: Paleoclimatic and paleogeographic implications |journal=Journal of Earth Science |volume=27 |issue=5 |pages=883–890 |doi=10.1007/s12583-016-0902-2 |s2cid=133203618 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Khan & Bera
|
Middle Miocene
|
Gish Clay Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Persea|Persea]]''.
|
|-
|
''Persea neovillosa''<ref name=KhanBeraPersea />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Khan & Bera
|
Middle Miocene
|
Gish Clay Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Persea|Persea]]''.
|
|-
|
''Phyrtandrus''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Kenton L. Chambers |author2=George O. Poinar Jr. |year=2016 |title=''Phyrtandrus pentalepidus'' gen. et sp. nov., a unique fossil flower of unknown affinity found in Mid-Tertiary Dominican amber |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=449–453 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Chambers & Poinar
|
Uncertain (Eocene to Miocene)
|
[[Earth:Dominican amber|Dominican amber]]
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species ''P. pentalepidus''.
|
|-
|
''Planarpollenites''<ref name=AJBHedycarya />
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Mildenhall ''in'' Conran ''et al.''
|
Early Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|
A pollen of a member of the family [[Biology:Monimiaceae|Monimiaceae]]. Genus includes new species ''P. fragilis''.
|
|-
|
''Populus zhenyuanensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Xiao-Qing Liang |author2=David K. Ferguson |author3=Tao Su |author4=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2016 |title=Fossil leaves of ''Populus'' from the Middle Miocene of Yunnan, SW China |journal=Journal of Systematics and Evolution |volume=54 |issue=3 |pages=264–271 |doi=10.1111/jse.12193 |s2cid=87791067 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Liang & Zhou ''in'' Liang ''et al.''
|
Miocene
|
Dajie Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Populus|Populus]]''.
|
|-
|
''Portulacaceocarpon''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=S.U. Borkar |author2=V.D. Nagrale |author3= S.M. Meshram |author4=A.N. Korpenwar |author5=D.D. Ramteke |year=2016 |title=Taxonomical identification of a new petrified multiseeded capsular fruit from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Bhutera, India |journal=The Palaeobotanist |volume=65 |issue=2 |pages=271–276 |doi=10.54991/jop.2016.314 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Borkar ''et al.''
|
Late Cretaceous-Paleogene
|
Deccan Intertrappean beds
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
Fossil fruit with similarities to fruits of members of the family [[Biology:Portulacaceae|Portulacaceae]]. Genus includes new species ''P. bhuterensis''.
|
|-
|
''Potamogeton baluevae''<ref name=PT2532>{{Cite journal|author =Alexander B. Doweld |year=2016 |title=On the nomenclature of fossil ''Potamogeton'' (Potamogetonaceae) |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=253 |issue=2 |pages=166–170 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.253.2.7 }}</ref>
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Miocene ([[Earth:Burdigalian|Burdigalian]])
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}<br>({{Flag|Tomsk Oblast}})
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Potamogeton|Potamogeton]]''; a replacement name for ''Potamogeton decipiens'' Nikitin (preoccupied).
|
|-
|
''Potamogeton borsukiae''<ref name=PT2532 />
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Miocene ([[Earth:Burdigalian|Burdigalian]])
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}<br>({{Flag|Tomsk Oblast}})
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Potamogeton|Potamogeton]]''; a replacement name for ''Potamogeton carinatus'' Nikitin (preoccupied).
|
|-
|
''Potamogeton gorbunovii''<ref name=PT2532 />
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Middle Pleistocene
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}<br>({{Flag|Voronezh Oblast}})
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Potamogeton|Potamogeton]]''; a replacement name for ''Potamogeton pseudofriesii'' Dorofeev (preoccupied).
|
|-
|
''Potamogeton jakubovskajae''<ref name=PT2532 />
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Pliocene (Piacenzian)
|
|
{{Flag|Belarus}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Potamogeton|Potamogeton]]''; a replacement name for ''Potamogeton praenatans'' Dorofeev (preoccupied).
|
|-
|
''Potamogeton kasakorum''<ref name=PT2532 />
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Pliocene (Piacenzian)
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}<br>({{Flag|Rostov Oblast}})
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Potamogeton|Potamogeton]]''; a replacement name for ''Potamogeton pliocenicus'' Dorofeev (preoccupied).
|
|-
|
''Potamogeton kolesnikovae''<ref name=PT2532 />
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Pliocene (Piacenzian)
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}<br>({{Flag|Bashkortostan}})
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Potamogeton|Potamogeton]]''; a replacement name for ''Potamogeton stylatus'' Dorofeev & Wieliczkiewicz ''in'' Dorofeev (preoccupied).
|
|-
|
''Potamogeton kondinskajae''<ref name=PT2532 />
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Pleistocene (Gelasian)
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}<br>({{Flag|Tambov Oblast}})
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Potamogeton|Potamogeton]]''; a replacement name for ''Potamogeton obtusus'' Dorofeev (preoccupied).
|
|-
|
''Potamogeton novorossicus''<ref name=PT2532 />
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Miocene ([[Biology:Messinian|Messinian]])
|
|
{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Potamogeton|Potamogeton]]''; a replacement name for ''Potamogeton corniculatus'' Negru (preoccupied).
|
|-
|
''Potamogeton pashkovii''<ref name=PT2532 />
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Pleistocene (Gelasian)
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}<br>({{Flag|Lipetsk Oblast}})
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Potamogeton|Potamogeton]]''; a replacement name for ''Potamogeton striatus'' Dorofeev (preoccupied).
|
|-
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''Potamogeton rutiloides''<ref name=PT2532 />
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Pleistocene (Gelasian)
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}<br>({{Flag|Tambov Oblast}})
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Potamogeton|Potamogeton]]''; a replacement name for ''Potamogeton palaeorutilus'' Dorofeev (preoccupied).
|
|-
|
''Potamogeton snigirevskajae''<ref name=PT2532 />
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Pliocene (Piacenzian)
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}<br>({{Flag|Rostov Oblast}})
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Potamogeton|Potamogeton]]''; a replacement name for ''Potamogeton microcarpus'' Dorofeev (preoccupied).
|
|-
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''Potamogeton volgensis''<ref name=PT2532 />
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Pliocene (Piacenzian)
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}<br>({{Flag|Tatarstan}})
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Potamogeton|Potamogeton]]''; a replacement name for ''Potamogeton tataricus'' Dorofeev & Wieliczkiewicz ''in'' Dorofeev (preoccupied).
|
|-
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''Pseudobanksia''<ref name=Banksieaefolia />
|
Gen. et comb. nov
|
Valid
|
Carpenter, Jordan & Hill
|
Cenozoic
|
|
{{Flag|Australia}}
|
A plant described on the basis of fossil leaves, sharing convergent traits with members of the genus ''[[Biology:Banksia|Banksia]]''. Genus includes ''"Banksia" fastigata'' Deane (1925), ''"Banksieaephyllum" attenuatum'' Hill & Christophel (1988), ''"Banksieaephyllum" longifolium'' Hill & Merrifield (1993), ''"Banksieaephyllum" pinnatum'' Cookson & Duigan (1950), ''"Banksieaephyllum" praefastigatum'' Vadala & Drinnan (1998), ''"Banksieaephyllum" regularis'' Hill & Christophel (1988), ''"Banksieaephyllum" westdaliense'' Hill & Merrifield (1993) and ''"Phyllites" yallournensis'' Cookson & Duigan (1950).
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|-
|
''Pterocarya rhoifolioides''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Alexander B. Doweld |year=2016 |title=''Pterocarya rhoifolioides'', a new name for the fossil ''Pterocarya japonica'' (Juglandaceae) |journal=The Journal of Japanese Botany |volume=91 |issue=2 |pages=129–130 |url=http://www.jjbotany.com/pdf/JJB_091_129_130.pdf }}</ref>
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Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Japan}}<br>
{{Flag|Russia}}<br>
({{Flag|Primorsky Krai}}<br>
{{Flag|Sakhalin Oblast}})
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Pterocarya|Pterocarya]]''; a replacement name for ''[[Biology:Juglans|Juglans]] japonica'' Tanai (1961).
|
|-
|
''Quercus tibetensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=He Xu |author2=Tao Su |author3=Shi-Tao Zhang |author4=Min Deng |author5=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2016 |title=The first fossil record of ring-cupped oak (''Quercus'' L. subgenus ''Cyclobalanopsis'' (Oersted) Schneider) in Tibet and its paleoenvironmental implications |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=442 |pages=61–71 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.11.014 |bibcode=2016PPP...442...61X }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Xu, Su & Zhou ''in'' Xu ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
Lawula Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
An [[Biology:Oak|oak]].
|
|-
|
''Rariglanda''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Camila Martínez |author2=Thereis Y.S. Choo |author3=Daniella Allevato |author4=Kevin C. Nixon |author5=William L. Crepet |author6=Robert S. Harbert |author7=Charles P. Daghlian |year=2016 |title=''Rariglanda jerseyensis'', a new ericalean fossil flower from the Late Cretaceous of New Jersey |journal=Botany |volume=94 |issue=9 |pages=747–758 |doi=10.1139/cjb-2016-0062 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Martínez & Choo ''in'' Martínez ''et al.''
|
Late Cretaceous ([[Earth:Turonian|Turonian]]–[[Earth:Coniacian|Coniacian]])
|
[[Earth:Raritan Formation|Raritan Formation]]
|
{{Flag|United States}}<br>({{Flag|New Jersey}})
|
A member of [[Biology:Ericales|Ericales]] related to the family [[Biology:Clethraceae|Clethraceae]]. Genus includes new species ''R. jerseyensis''.
|
|-
|
''Rhamnica''<ref name=Mciveriella />
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Paleocene
|
Denver Formation
|
{{Flag|United States}}<br>({{Flag|Colorado}})
|
A member of [[Biology:Rhamnaceae|Rhamnaceae]]; a replacement name for ''Rhamnites'' Forbes ''ex'' McIver & Basinger (1993).
|
|-
|
''Rourea miocaudata''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Mahasin Ali Khan |author2=Subir Bera |year=2016 |title=First fossil evidence of Connaraceae R. Br. from Indian Cenozoic and its phytogeographical significance |journal=Journal of Earth System Science |volume=125 |issue=5 |pages=1079–1087 |doi=10.1007/s12040-016-0711-0 |bibcode=2016JESS..125.1079K |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Khan & Bera
|
Miocene
|
Dafla Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Connaraceae|Connaraceae]], a species of ''[[Biology:Rourea|Rourea]]''.
|
|-
|
''Rosa fortuita''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Tao Su |author2=Yong-Jiang Huang |author3=Jing Meng |author4=Shi-Tao Zhang |author5=Jian Huang |author6=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2016 |title=A Miocene leaf fossil record of ''Rosa'' (''R. fortuita'' n. sp.) from its modern diversity center in SW China |journal=Palaeoworld |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=104–115 |doi=10.1016/j.palwor.2015.05.010 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Su & Zhou ''in'' Su ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A species of [[Biology:Rose|rose]].
|
|-
|
''Rudiculites''<ref name=Globosites />
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar
|
Eocene or Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Orchidaceae|Orchidaceae]] known from [[Earth:Dominican amber|Dominican amber]]. The type species is ''Rudiculites dominicana''.
|
|-
|
''Saliciphyllum serratum''<ref name=Treballs22 />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Marmi
|
[[Earth:Late Cretaceous|Late Cretaceous]] (early [[Earth:Maastrichtian|Maastrichtian]])
|
[[Earth:Tremp Formation|Tremp Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Spain}}
|
A possible member of the family [[Biology:Salicaceae|Salicaceae]].
|
|-
|
''[[Biology:Sapindopsis|Sapindopsis turolensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Luis M. Sender |author2=James A. Doyle |author3=Uxue Villanueva-Amadoz |author4=Denise Pons |author5=José B. Diez |author6=Javier Ferrer |year=2016 |title=First records of the angiosperm genus ''Sapindopsis'' Fontaine (Platanaceae) in western Eurasia from middle to latest Albian deposits of Spain |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=230 |pages=10–21 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.03.003 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.230...10S }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Sender ''et al.''
|
Early Cretaceous ([[Earth:Albian|Albian]])
|
|
{{Flag|Spain}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Platanaceae|Platanaceae]], a species of ''Sapindopsis''.
|
|-
|
''Shorea bhalukpongensis''<ref name=RPPShorea>{{Cite journal|author1=Mahasin Ali Khan |author2=Robert A. Spicer |author3=Teresa E.V. Spicer |author4=Subir Bera |year=2016 |title=Occurrence of ''Shorea'' Roxburgh ex C. F. Gaertner (Dipterocarpaceae) in the Neogene Siwalik forests of eastern Himalaya and its biogeography during the Cenozoic of Southeast Asia |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=233 |pages=236–254 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.07.011 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.233..236K |url=http://oro.open.ac.uk/53860/1/53860.pdf }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Khan, Spicer & Bera ''in'' Khan ''et al.''
|
Pliocene
|
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Shorea|Shorea]]''.
|
|-
|
''Shorea chandernagarensis''<ref name=RPPShorea />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Khan, Spicer & Bera ''in'' Khan ''et al.''
|
Late Pliocene-early Pleistocene
|
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Shorea|Shorea]]''.
|
|-
|
''Shorea mioobtusa''<ref name=RPPShorea />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Khan, Spicer & Bera ''in'' Khan ''et al.''
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Shorea|Shorea]]''.
|
|-
|
''Shorea pinjoliensis''<ref name=RPPShorea />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Khan, Spicer & Bera ''in'' Khan ''et al.''
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Shorea|Shorea]]''.
|
|-
|
''Shorea pliotumbuggaia''<ref name=RPPShorea />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Khan, Spicer & Bera ''in'' Khan ''et al.''
|
Pliocene
|
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Shorea|Shorea]]''.
|
|-
|
''Silene novorossica''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Alexander B. Doweld |year=2016 |title=''Silene novorossica'', a new name for fossil ''Silene mirabilis'' (Caryophyllaceae) |journal=Annales Botanici Fennici |volume=53 |issue=1–2 |pages=113–114 |doi=10.5735/085.053.0221 |s2cid=87872503 }}</ref>
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Miocene ([[Biology:Tortonian|Tortonian]])
|
|
{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Silene|Silene]]''; a replacement name for ''Silene mirabilis'' Negru (1986).
|
|-
|
''Strychnos electri''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=George O. Poinar Jr |author2=Lena Struwe |year=2016 |title=An asterid flower from neotropical mid-Tertiary amber |journal=Nature Plants |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=Article number 16005 |doi=10.1038/nplants.2016.5 |pmid=27249345 |s2cid=205458561 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Struwe
|
Eocene or Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Loganiaceae|Loganiaceae]] found in [[Earth:Dominican amber|Dominican amber]], a species of ''[[Biology:Strychnos|Strychnos]]''.
|
|-
|
''Styrax mikii''<ref name=JJB913Styrax>{{Cite journal|author=Alexander B. Doweld |year=2016 |title=''Styrax mikii'' and ''Styrax plionipponicus'' (Styracaceae), New Names of Pliocene Plants from Japanese Archipelago |journal=The Journal of Japanese Botany |volume=91 |issue=3 |pages=191–192 |url=http://www.jjbotany.com/pdf/JJB_091_191_192.pdf }}</ref>
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Pliocene
|
|
{{Flag|Japan}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Styrax|Styrax]]''; a replacement name for ''Styrax laevigatus'' Miki (1941).
|
|-
|
''Styrax plionipponicus''<ref name=JJB913Styrax />
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Pliocene
|
|
{{Flag|Japan}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Styrax|Styrax]]''; a replacement name for ''Styrax rugosus'' Miki (1941).
|
|-
|
''[[Biology:Suciacarpa|Suciacarpa]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Brian A. Atkinson |year=2016 |title=Early diverging asterids of the Late Cretaceous: ''Suciacarpa starrii'' gen. et sp. nov. and the initial radiation of Cornales |journal=Botany |volume=94 |issue=9 |pages=759–771 |doi=10.1139/cjb-2016-0035 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Atkinson
|
Late Cretaceous ([[Earth:Campanian|Campanian]])
|
Cedar District Formation
|
{{Flag|United States}}<br>
({{Flag|Washington}})
|
A member of [[Biology:Cornales|Cornales]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes ''S. starrii''.
|
|-
|
''? Ternstroemites maritiae''<ref name=AP562Graben />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
|
Early [[Earth:Oligocene|Oligocene]]
|
Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Ericales|Ericales]], possibly a member of the family Pentaphyllaceae.
|
|-
|
''Trachelospermum kelleri''<ref name=AP562Graben />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
|
Early [[Earth:Oligocene|Oligocene]]
|
Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A species of ''[[Biology:Trachelospermum|Trachelospermum]]''.
|
|-
|
''Trapa duensis''<ref name=PT2523 />
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Tertiary
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}<br>({{Flag|Sakhalin Oblast}})
|
A [[Biology:Water caltrop|water caltrop]]; a replacement name for ''Trapa sachalinensis'' Vassiljev ''in'' Baranov (1954) (preoccupied).
|
|-
|
''Trapa minor''<ref name=PT2523 />
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Pleistocene
|
|
{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|
A [[Biology:Water caltrop|water caltrop]]; a replacement name for ''Trapa minuta'' Opravil (1966) (preoccupied).
|
|-
|
''Trapa mionipponica''<ref name=PT2523>{{Cite journal|author =Alexander B. Doweld |year=2016 |title=New names of fossil ''Hemitrapa'' and ''Trapa'' (Lythraceae) |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=252 |issue=3 |pages=228–230 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.252.3.5 }}</ref>
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Japan}}
|
A [[Biology:Water caltrop|water caltrop]]; a replacement name for ''Trapa mikii'' Suzuki (1961) (preoccupied).
|
|-
|
''Trapa plioincisa''<ref name=PT2523 />
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Pliocene
|
|
{{Flag|Japan}}
|
A [[Biology:Water caltrop|water caltrop]]; a replacement name for ''Trapa pseudoincisa'' Vassiljev ''in'' Baranov (1954) (preoccupied).
|
|-
|
''Tricolpites tortuous''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Vera A. Korasidis |author2=Barbara E. Wagstaff |author3=Stephen J. Gallagher |author4=Ian R. Duddy |author5=Anne–Marie P. Tosolini |author6=David J. Cantrill |author7=Martin S. Norvick |year=2016 |title=Early angiosperm diversification in the Albian of southeast Australia: implications for flowering plant radiation across eastern Gondwana |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=232 |pages=61–80 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.04.005 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.232...61K }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Korasidis ''et al.''
|
Early Cretaceous ([[Earth:Albian|Albian]])
|
[[Earth:Eumeralla Formation|Eumeralla Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Australia}}
|
|
|-
|
''Tricorniger''<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Alexander B. Doweld |year=2016 |title=''Tricorniger'', a replacement name for ''Schenkiella'' Wójcicki & Kvaček (Lythrales) |journal=Annales Botanici Fennici |volume=53 |issue=3–4 |pages=191–192 |doi=10.5735/085.053.0406 |s2cid=88604974 }}</ref>
|
Nom. nov
|
|
Doweld
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Czech Republic}}<br>
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a replacement name for ''Schenkiella'' Wójcicki & Kvaček (2002) (considered by Doweld to be a [[Biology:Homonym#Parahomonyms|parahomonym]] of ''[[Biology:Schenckiella|Schenckiella]]'' Hennings, 1893). The type species is ''"[[Biology:Water caltrop|Trapa]]" credneri'' Schenk (1877).
|
|-
|
''Verneda''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jean-David Moreau |author2=Bernard Gomez |author3=Clément Coiffard |author4=Véronique Daviero-Gomez |author5=Paul Tafforeau |author6=Didier Néraudeau |year=2016 |title=''Verneda hermaphroditica'' gen. & sp. nov.: A new flower head from the early Late Cretaceous (middle Cenomanian) of southeastern France |journal=Taxon |volume=65 |issue=4 |pages=823–838 |doi=10.12705/654.9 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Moreau ''et al.''
|
Late Cretaceous ([[Earth:Cenomanian|Cenomanian]])
|
|
{{Flag|France}}
|
A relative of members of the family [[Biology:Platanaceae|Platanaceae]]. Genus includes ''V. hermaphroditica''.
|
|-
|
''Vernifolium''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Nathan A. Jud |author2=Jae-Cheon Sohn |year=2016 |title=Evidence for an ancient association between leaf mining flies and herbaceous eudicot angiosperms |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=63 |pages=113–121 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.02.019 |bibcode=2016CrRes..63..113J |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Jud & Sohn
|
Early Cretaceous
|
Potomac Group
|
{{Flag|United States}}<br>({{Flag|Virginia}})
|
A herbaceous [[Biology:Eudicots|eudicot]], possibly related to [[Biology:Ranunculales|Ranunculales]]. The type species is ''Vernifolium tenuiloba''.
|
|-
|
''? Viscophyllum hendriksiae''<ref name=AP562Graben />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
|
Early [[Earth:Oligocene|Oligocene]]
|
Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
Possibly a member of the family [[Biology:Loranthaceae|Loranthaceae]].
|
|-
|
''Zanthoxylum trachyspermum''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Hai Zhu |author2=Yong-Jiang Huang |author3=Xue-Ping Ji |author4=Tao Su |author5=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2016 |title=Continuous existence of ''Zanthoxylum'' (Rutaceae) in Southwest China since the Miocene |journal=Quaternary International |volume=392 |pages=224–232 |doi=10.1016/j.quaint.2015.05.020 |bibcode=2016QuInt.392..224Z }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Zhu & Zhou ''in'' Zhu ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Rutaceae|Rutaceae]], a species of ''[[Biology:Zanthoxylum|Zanthoxylum]]''.
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|-
|}

==Other plants==
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''Adinosporus''<ref name=RPPcryptosporesTennessee>{{Cite journal|author =Paul K. Strother |year=2016 |title=Systematics and evolutionary significance of some new cryptospores from the Cambrian of eastern Tennessee, USA |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=227 |pages=28–41 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.10.006 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.227...28S |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et 3 sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Strother
|
Cambrian
|
|
{{Flag|United States}}<br>({{Flag|Tennessee}})
|
A [[Biology:Green algae|green alga]] belonging to the group [[Biology:Charophyta|Charophyta]]. The type species is ''Adinosporus voluminosus''; genus also contains ''Adinosporus bullatus'' and ''Adinosporus geminus''.
|
|-
|
''Anatolipora macroporelloidea''<ref name=Neoradiosphaeroporella>{{Cite journal|author1=Daniel Vachard |author2=Pedro Cózar |author3=Markus Aretz |author4=Alain Izart |year=2016 |title=Late Viséan-early Serpukhovian cyanobacteria and algae from the Montagne Noire (France); taxonomy and biostratigraphy |journal=Bulletin of Geosciences |volume=91 |issue=3 |pages=433–466 |doi=10.3140/bull.geosci.1613 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Vachard & Cózar ''in'' Vachard ''et al.''
|
Carboniferous (Mississippian)
|
|
{{Flag|France}}
|
A [[Biology:Green algae|green alga]], possibly a member of [[Biology:Ulotrichales|Ulotrichales]].
|
|-
|
''Brabantophyton''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Nicolas Momont |author2=Philippe Gerrienne |author3=Cyrille Prestianni |year=2016 |title=''Brabantophyton'', a new genus with stenokolealean affinities from a Middle to earliest Upper Devonian locality from Belgium |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=227 |pages=77–96 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.10.009 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.227...77M }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Nicolas Momont |author2=Anne-Laure Decombeix |author3=Philippe Gerrienne |author4=Cyrille Prestianni |year=2016 |title=New information, including anatomy of the secondary xylem, on the genus ''Brabantophyton'' (Stenokoleales) from Ronquières (middle Devonian, Belgium) |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=234 |pages=44–60 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.08.009 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.234...44M }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Momont, Gerrienne & Prestianni
|
Devonian (mid [[Earth:Givetian|Givetian]] to earliest [[Earth:Frasnian|Frasnian]])
|
|
{{Flag|Belgium}}
|
A member of Stenokoleales (a group of plants of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly related to the seed plants). The type species is ''Brabantophyton runcariense''.
|
|-
|
''Charites badamica''<ref>{{Cite journal|author=L. Gereltsetseg |year=2016 |title=A new charophyte species from the Upper Oligocene of western Mongolia (Shine Us locality) |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=50 |issue=12 |pages=1470–1472 |doi=10.1134/S003103011612008X |s2cid=90729129 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Gereltsetseg
|
Late Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|
A [[Biology:Green algae|green alga]] belonging to the group [[Biology:Charophyta|Charophyta]].
|
|-
|
''Dyadospora asymmetrica''<ref name=RPPcryptosporesGhelliFm>{{Cite journal|author =Mohammad Ghavidel-Syooki |year=2016 |title=Cryptospore and trilete spore assemblages from the Late Ordovician (Katian-Hirnantian) Ghelli Formation, Alborz Mountain Range, Northeastern Iran: Palaeophytogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=231 |pages=48–71 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.04.006 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.231...48G }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
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Ghavidel-Syooki
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Ordovician ([[Earth:Katian|Katian]]-[[Earth:Hirnantian|Hirnantian]])
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Ghelli Formation
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{{Flag|Iran}}
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An early land plant described on the basis of cryptospores.
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|-
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''Dyadospora verrucata''<ref name=RPPcryptosporesGhelliFm />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Ghavidel-Syooki
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Ordovician ([[Earth:Katian|Katian]]-[[Earth:Hirnantian|Hirnantian]])
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Ghelli Formation
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{{Flag|Iran}}
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An early land plant described on the basis of cryptospores.
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|-
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''[[Biology:Guangnania|Guangnania minor]]''<ref name=Yanmenia>{{Cite journal|author1=Dianne Edwards |author2=Bao-Yin Geng |author3=Cheng-Sen Li |year=2016 |title=New Plants from the Lower Devonian Pingyipu Group, Jiangyou County, Sichuan Province, China |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=11 |issue=11 |pages=e0163549 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0163549 |pmid=27851760 |pmc=5113065|bibcode=2016PLoSO..1163549E |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Edwards, Geng & Li
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Early Devonian
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Pingyipu Group
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Biology:Zosterophyllopsida|Zosterophyllopsida]].
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|-
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''Imperfectotriletes persianense''<ref name=RPPcryptosporesGhelliFm />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Ghavidel-Syooki
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Ordovician ([[Earth:Katian|Katian]]-[[Earth:Hirnantian|Hirnantian]])
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Ghelli Formation
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{{Flag|Iran}}
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An early land plant described on the basis of cryptospores.
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|-
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''Lundbladispora punctata''<ref name=PPPIschigualasto>{{Cite journal|author1=Silvia N. Césari |author2=Carina Colombi |year=2016 |title=Palynology of the Late Triassic Ischigualasto Formation, Argentina: Paleoecological and paleogeographic implications |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=449 |pages=365–384 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.02.023 |bibcode=2016PPP...449..365C }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Césari & Colombi
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Late Triassic
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[[Earth:Ischigualasto Formation|Ischigualasto Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A [[Biology:Lycophyte|lycophyte]] described on the basis of [[Biology:Spore|spore]]s.
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|-
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''Melvillipteris''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jin-Zhuang Xue |author2=James F. Basinger |year=2016 |title=''Melvillipteris quadriseriata'' gen. et sp. nov., a new plant assigned to Rhacophytales from the Upper Devonian (Famennian) of Arctic Canada |journal=Geological Magazine |volume=153 |issue=4 |pages=601–617 |doi=10.1017/S0016756815000746 |bibcode=2016GeoM..153..601X |s2cid=131377076 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Xue & Basinger
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Devonian ([[Earth:Famennian|Famennian]])
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{{Flag|Canada}}<br>({{Flag|Nunavut}})
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A member of [[Biology:Rhacophytales|Rhacophytales]]. The type species is ''Melvillipteris quadriseriata''.
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|-
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''Mesochara magna''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Khaled Trabelsi |author2=Mohamed Soussi |author3=Jamel Touir |author4=Yessin Houla |author5=Chedly Abbes |author6=Carles Martín-Closas |year=2016 |title=Charophyte biostratigraphy of the non-marine Lower Cretaceous in the Central Tunisian Atlas (North Africa): Palaeobiogeographic implications |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=67 |pages=66–83 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.07.004 |bibcode=2016CrRes..67...66T }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Trabelsi & Martín-Closas ''in'' Trabelsi ''et al.''
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Early Cretaceous
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Kebar Formation
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{{Flag|Tunisia}}
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A [[Biology:Green algae|green alga]] belonging to the group [[Biology:Charophyta|Charophyta]].
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|-
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''Microlejeunea nyiahae''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jochen Heinrichs |author2=Armin Scheben |author3=Julia Bechteler |author4=Gaik Ee Lee |author5=Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp |author6=Lars Hedenäs |author7=Hukam Singh |author8=Tamás Pócs |author9=Paul C. Nascimbene |author10=Denilson F. Peralta |author11=Matt Renner |author12=Alexander R. Schmidt |display-authors=3 |year=2016 |title=Crown Group Lejeuneaceae and Pleurocarpous Mosses in Early Eocene (Ypresian) Indian Amber |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=11 |issue=5 |pages=e0156301 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0156301 |pmid=27244582 |pmc=4887038|bibcode=2016PLoSO..1156301H |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Heinrichs, Lee, Schäfer-Verwimp & Schmidt ''in'' Heinrichs ''et al.''
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Eocene ([[Earth:Ypresian|Ypresian]])
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Cambay amber
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{{Flag|India}}
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A [[Biology:Marchantiophyta|liverwort]] belonging to the family [[Biology:Lejeuneaceae|Lejeuneaceae]]; a species of ''Microlejeunea''.
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|-
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''Neoradiosphaeroporella''<ref name=Neoradiosphaeroporella />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Cózar & Vachard ''in'' Vachard ''et al.''
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Carboniferous (Mississippian)
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{{Flag|France}}<br>
{{Flag|Spain}}
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A [[Biology:Green algae|green alga]] belonging to the group [[Biology:Dasycladales|Dasycladales]], possibly a member of the family [[Biology:Polyphysaceae|Polyphysaceae]]. The type specimen is ''N. aprica''.
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|-
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''[[Biology:Pallaviciniites|Pallaviciniites sandaolingensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Rui-Yun Li |author2=Xue-lian Wang |author3=Jing-Wei Chen |author4=Sheng-Hui Deng |author5=Zi-Xi Wang |author6=Jun-Ling Dong |author7=Bai-Nian Sun |year=2016 |title=A new thalloid liverwort: ''Pallaviciniites sandaolingensis'' sp. nov. from the Middle Jurassic of Turpan–Hami Basin, NW China |journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift |volume=90 |issue=2 |pages=389–397 |doi=10.1007/s12542-016-0299-3 |s2cid=131295547 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Li ''et al.''
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Middle Jurassic
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Xishanyao Formation
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{{Flag|China}}
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A thalloid liverwort, a species of ''Pallaviciniites''.
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|-
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''Paraepimastopora somervillei''<ref name=Neoradiosphaeroporella />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Vachard & Cózar ''in'' Vachard ''et al.''
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Carboniferous (Mississippian)
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{{Flag|Algeria}}<br>
{{Flag|France}}<br>
{{Flag|Ireland}}<br>
{{Flag|Morocco}}<br>
{{Flag|Slovakia}}<br>
{{Flag|Spain}}<br>
{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
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A [[Biology:Green algae|green alga]] belonging to the group [[Biology:Dasycladales|Dasycladales]] and the family Seletonellaceae.
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|-
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''Radicites gobiensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author=S. V. Naugolnykh |year=2016 |title=Upper Cretaceous paleosols of the Bain-Dzak section, southern Mongolia |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=50 |issue=12 |pages=1451–1469 |doi=10.1134/S0031030116120133 |s2cid=133243515 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Naugolnykh
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Late Cretaceous
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[[Earth:Djadochta Formation|Djadochta Formation]]
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{{Flag|Mongolia}}
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A [[Biology:Vascular plant|vascular plant]] described on the basis of isolated [[Biology:Root|root]]s.
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|-
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''Radix''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Alexander J. Hetherington |author2=Joseph G. Dubrovsky |author3=Liam Dolan |year=2016 |title=Unique Cellular Organization in the Oldest Root Meristem |journal=Current Biology |volume=26 |issue=12 |pages=1629–1633 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2016.04.072 |pmid=27265396 |pmc=4920953}}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Hetherington, Dubrovsky & Dolan
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Carboniferous (Bashkirian)
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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
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A [[Biology:Vascular plant|vascular plant]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is ''R. carbonica''.
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|-
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''Radula baltica''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jochen Heinrichs |author2=Alexander R. Schmidt |author3=Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp |author4=Lisa Bauerschmidt |author5=Christian Neumann |author6=Carsten Gröhn |author7=Michael Krings |author8=Matthew A.M. Renner |year=2016 |title=Revision of the leafy liverwort genus ''Radula'' (Porellales, Jungermanniopsida) in Baltic and Bitterfeld amber |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=235 |pages=157–164 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.09.004 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.235..157H }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Heinrichs ''et al.''
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Eocene
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[[Earth:Baltic amber|Baltic amber]]
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Europe ([[Place:Baltic Sea|Baltic Sea]] coast)
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A liverwort, a species of ''[[Biology:Radula (plant)|Radula]]''.
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|-
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''Rebouliothallus''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ruiyun Li |author2=Xuelian Wang |author3=Peihong Jin |author4=Fujun Ma |author5=Defei Yan |author6=Zhicheng Lin |author7=Bainian Sun |year=2016 |title=Fossil Liverworts from the Lower Cretaceous Huolinhe Formation in Inner Mongolia, China |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) |volume=90 |issue=3 |pages=838–846 |doi=10.1111/1755-6724.12727 |s2cid=133577999 |url=http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201603009&flag=1 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Li & Sun ''in'' Li ''et al.''
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Early Cretaceous
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Huolinhe Formation
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Biology:Marchantiophyta|liverwort]] belonging to the family [[Biology:Aytoniaceae|Aytoniaceae]]. The type specimen is ''R. huolinhensis''.
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|-
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''Reticella''<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Heda Agić |year=2016 |title=A new species of small acritarch with a porous wall structure from the early Cambrian of Estonia and implications for the fossil record of eukaryotic picoplankton |journal=Palynology |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=343–356 |doi=10.1080/01916122.2015.1068879 |bibcode=2016Paly...40..343A |s2cid=130641381 |url=https://osf.io/9r2ef/ }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Agić
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Early Cambrian
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Lükati Formation
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{{Flag|Estonia}}
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A member of [[Biology:Chlorophyta|Chlorophyta]] belonging to the group [[Biology:Prasinophyceae|Prasinophyceae]]. Genus includes new species ''R. corrugata''.
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|-
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''Retusotriletes herbstii''<ref name=PPPIschigualasto />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Césari & Colombi
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Late Triassic
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[[Earth:Ischigualasto Formation|Ischigualasto Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A [[Biology:Lycophyte|lycophyte]] described on the basis of [[Biology:Spore|spore]]s.
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|-
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''Rimosotetras granulata''<ref name=RPPcryptosporesGhelliFm />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Ghavidel-Syooki
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Ordovician ([[Earth:Katian|Katian]]-[[Earth:Hirnantian|Hirnantian]])
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Ghelli Formation
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{{Flag|Iran}}
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An early land plant described on the basis of cryptospores.
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|-
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''Rimosotetras punctata''<ref name=RPPcryptosporesGhelliFm />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Ghavidel-Syooki
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Ordovician ([[Earth:Katian|Katian]]-[[Earth:Hirnantian|Hirnantian]])
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Ghelli Formation
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{{Flag|Iran}}
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An early land plant described on the basis of cryptospores.
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|-
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''Segestrespora iranense''<ref name=RPPcryptosporesGhelliFm />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Ghavidel-Syooki
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Ordovician ([[Earth:Katian|Katian]]-[[Earth:Hirnantian|Hirnantian]])
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Ghelli Formation
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{{Flag|Iran}}
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An early land plant described on the basis of cryptospores.
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|-
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''Sigillariostrobus barkeri''<ref name=FR191Sigillariostrobus>{{Cite journal|author1=B. A. Thomas |author2=L. J. Seyfullah |year=2016 |title=Two new species of megasporangiate ''Sigillariostrobus'' Schimper (Sigillariostrobaceae) fructifications from the British Coal Measures |journal=Fossil Record |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=1–9 |doi= 10.5194/fr-19-1-2016|doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Thomas & Seyfullah
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Carboniferous (Bolsovian)
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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
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A [[Biology:Lycophyte|lycophyte]] belonging to the group Sigillariostrobaceae, a species of ''Sigillariostrobus''.
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|-
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''Sigillariostrobus saltwellensis''<ref name=FR191Sigillariostrobus />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Thomas & Seyfullah
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Carboniferous (Langsettian–Duckmantian)
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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
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A [[Biology:Lycophyte|lycophyte]] belonging to the group Sigillariostrobaceae, a species of ''Sigillariostrobus''.
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|-
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''Spissuspora''<ref name=RPPcryptosporesTennessee />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Strother
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Cambrian
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|
{{Flag|United States}}<br>({{Flag|Tennessee}})
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A [[Biology:Green algae|green alga]] belonging to the group [[Biology:Charophyta|Charophyta]]. The type species is ''Spissuspora laevigata''.
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|-
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''Vidalgea''<ref name=RPPcryptosporesTennessee />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Strother
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Cambrian
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|
{{Flag|United States}}<br>({{Flag|Tennessee}})
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A [[Biology:Green algae|green alga]] belonging to the group [[Biology:Charophyta|Charophyta]]. The type species is ''Vidalgea maculata''.
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|-
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''Vittella''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Paweł Filipiak |author2=Michał Zatoń |year=2016 |title=Non-calcified macroalgae from the lower Famennian (Upper Devonian) of the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland |journal=Geobios |volume=49 |issue=3 |pages=191–200 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2016.01.019 |bibcode=2016Geobi..49..191F }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
|
Filipiak & Zatoń
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Devonian (early [[Earth:Famennian|Famennian]])
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|
{{Flag|Poland}}
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A possible member of [[Biology:Bryopsidales|Bryopsidales]]. The type species is ''V. dixii''.
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|-
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''[[Biology:Walcottophycus|Walcottophycus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Mengyin Wu |author2=Steven T. LoDuca |author3=Yuanlong Zhao |author4=Shuhai Xiao |year=2016 |title=The macroalga ''Bosworthia'' from the Cambrian Burgess Shale and Kaili biotas of North America and China |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=230 |pages=47–55 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.04.001 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.230...47W |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
|
Wu & LoDuca ''in'' Wu ''et al.''
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Cambrian
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[[Earth:Burgess Shale|Burgess Shale]]<br>
[[Earth:Kaili Formation|Kaili Formation]]
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{{Flag|Canada}}<br>
{{Flag|China}}
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A possible member of [[Biology:Chlorophyta|Chlorophyta]]. The type species is ''"[[Biology:Bosworthia|Bosworthia]]" gyges'' Walcott (1919).
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|-
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''Yanmenia''<ref name=Yanmenia />
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Edwards, Geng & Li
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Early Devonian
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Pingyipu Group
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{{Flag|China}}
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A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a [[Biology:Lycophyte|lycophyte]]; a new genus for ''"[[Biology:Zosterophyllum|Zosterophyllum]]" longa'' Wang (2007).
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==Research==
* Extensive plant traces preserved in fossil soils are described from Early [[Earth:Devonian|Devonian]] deposits of Xujiachong Formation in Yunnan ({{wipe|China}}) by Xue ''et al.'' (2016), who interpret the traces as belowground [[Biology:Rhizome|rhizome]]s of the [[Biology:Basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] [[Biology:Lycopsid|lycopsid]] ''[[Biology:Drepanophycus|Drepanophycus]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jinzhuang Xue |author2=Zhenzhen Deng |author3=Pu Huang |author4=Kangjun Huang |author5=Michael J. Benton |author6=Ying Cui |author7=Deming Wang |author8=Jianbo Liu |author9=Bing Shen |author10=James F. Basinger |author11=Shougang Hao |year=2016 |title=Belowground rhizomes in paleosols: The hidden half of an Early Devonian vascular plant |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=113 |issue=34 |pages=9451–9456 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1605051113 |pmid=27503883 |pmc=5003246|bibcode=2016PNAS..113.9451X |url=http://research-information.bristol.ac.uk/files/83442268/Belowground_rhizomes_in_Early_Devonian_paleosols_MJB.pdf |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* A description of the rooting system preserved in basal [[Biology:Lycophyte|lycophyte]] fossils from the [[Earth:Devonian|Devonian]] [[Earth:Beartooth Butte Formation|Beartooth Butte Formation]] (Wyoming, {{wipe|United States}}) is published by Matsunaga & Tomescu (2016).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Kelly K. S. Matsunaga |author2=Alexandru M. F. Tomescu |year=2016 |title=Root evolution at the base of the lycophyte clade: insights from an Early Devonian lycophyte |journal=Annals of Botany |volume=117 |issue=4 |pages=585–598 |doi=10.1093/aob/mcw006 |pmid=26921730 |pmc=4817433 }}</ref>
* Fossils of the fern ''[[Biology:Acrostichum|Acrostichum]] lanzaeanum'' are described from the [[Earth:Oligocene|Oligocene]] La Val fossil site (Huesca Province, {{wipe|Spain}}) by Moreno-Domínguez ''et al.'' (2016), who interpret the fossils as indicating that in Oligocene ''Acrostichum'' grew and developed as a [[Earth:Pioneer species|pioneering]] plant in disturbed environments, such as [[Earth:Floodplain|floodplain]] areas.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Rafael Moreno-Domínguez |author2=Borja Cascales-Miñana |author3=Javier Ferrer |author4=José B. Diez |year=2016 |title=''Acrostichum'', a Pioneering Fern of Floodplain Areas from the Late Oligocene Sariñena Formation of the Iberian Peninsula |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=11 |issue=9 |pages=e0162334 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0162334 |pmid=27631099 |pmc=5024994|bibcode=2016PLoSO..1162334M |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* A study on the phylogenetic relationships of ''Pseudoasterophyllites cretaceus'' is published by Kvaček ''et al.'' (2018).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jiří Kvaček |author2=James A. Doyle |author3=Peter K. Endress |author4=Véronique Daviero-Gomez |author5=Bernard Gomez |author6=Maria Tekleva |year=2016 |title=''Pseudoasterophyllites cretaceus'' from the Cenomanian (Cretaceous) of the Czech Republic: A possible link between Chloranthaceae and ''Ceratophyllum'' |journal=Taxon |volume=65 |issue=6 |pages=1345–1373 |doi=10.12705/656.8 |s2cid=90573593 |url=https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/129166/1/Taxon_2016_epub-ahead-of-print.pdf }}</ref>
* Fossil fruit of a member of the genus ''[[Biology:Cornus|Cornus]]'' related to ''[[Biology:Cornus piggae|Cornus piggae]]'' is described from the [[Earth:Late Cretaceous|Late Cretaceous]] (late [[Earth:Campanian|Campanian]]) Spray Formation (British Columbia, {{wipe|Canada}}) by Atkinson, Stockey & Rothwell (2016).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Brian A. Atkinson |author2=Ruth A. Stockey |author3=Gar W. Rothwell |year=2016 |title=Cretaceous origin of dogwoods: an anatomically preserved ''Cornus'' (Cornaceae) fruit from the Campanian of Vancouver Island |journal=PeerJ |volume=4 |pages=e2808 |doi=10.7717/peerj.2808 |pmid=28028474 |pmc=5180587 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

==References==
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