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2012 in paleobotany

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This paleobotany list records new fossil plant taxa that were described during the year 2012, as well as other significant paleobotany discoveries and events which occurred during 2012.

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Bryophytes

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Bryokhutuliinia crassimarginata{{cite journal |last1=Ignatov |first1=M. S. |last2=Karasev |first2=E. V. |last3=Sinitsa |first3=S. M. |last4=Maslova |first4=E. V. |title=New Bryokhutuliinia species (Bryophyta) with sporophytes from the Upper Jurassic of Transbaikalia. |journal=Arctoa |date=2013 |volume=22 |pages=69–78|doi=10.15298/arctoa.22.10 |doi-access=free }}

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Sp nov

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Ignatov et al

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Late Jurassic

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Ukurey formation

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{{flag|Russia}}

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A moss of uncertain placement.

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Lycophytes

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Winslowia{{cite journal |author1=Michael T. Dunn |author2=Prescott Atkinson |author3=James Lacefield |author4=Michael Rischbieter |year=2012 |title=Winslowia tuscumbiana gen. et sp. nov. (Chaloneriaceae): A Cormose, Heterosporous, Ligulate Lycopsid Reconstructed from the Inside Out from the Pride Mountain Formation (Late Mississippian/Serpukhovian) of Northern Alabama |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=173 |issue=1 |pages=96–111 |doi=10.1086/662679 |s2cid=85874193 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Dunn et al.

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Carboniferous (Serpukhovian)

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Pride Mountain Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A member of Isoetales belonging to the group Chaloneriaceae. Genus includes new species W. tuscumbiana.

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Marchantiophytes

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Riccardiothallus{{cite journal |author1=Cai-Qing Guo |author2=Dianne Edwards |author3=Peng-Cheng Wu |author4=Jeffrey G. Duckett |author5=Francis M. Hueber |author6=Cheng-Sen Li |year=2012 |title=Riccardiothallus devonicus gen. et sp. nov., the earliest simple thalloid liverwort from the Lower Devonian of Yunnan, China |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=176–177 |pages=35–40 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.03.012 |bibcode=2012RPaPa.176...35G }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Guo et al.

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Devonian (Pragian)

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Posongchong Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A liverwort belonging to the family Aneuraceae. Genus includes new species R. devonicus.

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Ferns and fern allies

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Korallipteris{{cite journal |author1=Ezequiel I. Vera |author2=Mauro G. Passalia |year=2012 |title=Korallipteris, a new genus for Mesozoic Gleichenia-like fern fronds |journal=Geobios |volume=45 |issue=4 |pages=421–428 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2011.09.002 |bibcode=2012Geobi..45..421V |hdl=11336/68155 |hdl-access=free }}

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Gen. et comb. nov

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Valid

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Vera & Passalia

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Triassic to Miocene

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Antarctica

{{Flag|Argentina}}

{{Flag|Chile}}

{{Flag|New Zealand}}{{Cite journal|author1=John G. Conran |author2=Joseph A. Jackson |author3=Daphne E. Lee |author4=Elizabeth M. Kennedy |year=2017 |title=Gleichenia-like Korallipteris alineae sp. nov. macrofossils (Polypodiophyta) from the Miocene Landslip Hill silcrete, New Zealand |journal=New Zealand Journal of Botany |volume=55 |issue=3 |pages=258–275 |doi=10.1080/0028825X.2017.1317278 |bibcode=2017NZJB...55..258C |s2cid=91077403 |doi-access=free }}

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A fern of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
A new genus for "Gleichenia" argentinica (1962);
Additional species were originally placed in Gleichenia, Gleichenites and Microphyllopteris.

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Millerocaulis tekelili{{cite journal |author=Ezequiel I. Vera |year=2012 |title=Millerocaulis tekelili sp. nov., a new species of osmundalean fern from the Aptian Cerro Negro Formation (Antarctica) |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=35–45 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2011.576541 |bibcode=2012Alch...36...35V |s2cid=129810694 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Vera

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Early Cretaceous (Aptian)

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Cerro Negro Formation

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Antarctica
(Livingston Island)

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An Osmundaceae fern. Originally placed in Millerocaulis;
Moved to Claytosmunda tekelili in (2017).{{Cite journal|author1=Benjamin Bomfleur |author2=Guido W. Grimm |author3=Stephen McLoughlin |year=2017 |title=The fossil Osmundales (Royal Ferns)—a phylogenetic network analysis, revised taxonomy, and evolutionary classification of anatomically preserved trunks and rhizomes |journal=PeerJ |volume=5 |pages=e3433 |doi=10.7717/peerj.3433 |pmid=28713650 |pmc=5508817 |doi-access=free }}

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Osmundopsis rafaelii{{cite journal |author1=Ignacio H. Escapa |author2=N. Rubén Cúneo |year=2012 |title=Fertile Osmundaceae from the Early Jurassic of Patagonia, Argentina |journal= International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=173 |issue=1 |pages=54–66 |doi=10.1086/662652 |s2cid=85319731 |hdl=11336/194430 |hdl-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Escapa & Cúneo

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Early Jurassic

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{{Flag|Argentina}}

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A member of Osmundaceae.

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Todites cacereii

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Escapa & Cúneo

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Early Jurassic

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{{Flag|Argentina}}

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A member of Osmundaceae.

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Bennettitales

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Anomozamites harrisi{{cite book |author1=Anna I. Kiritchkova |author2=Natalya V. Nosova |year=2012 |title=Jurassic continental deposits of the Middle-Caspian Basin. Part 2: Facies, taphonomy, interregional correlations, flora (Pinophyta: Pteridospermae, Cycadales, Bennettitales, Ginkgoales, Czekanowskiales, Coniferales) |pages=1–338 |publisher=VNIGRl |isbn=978-5-88953-147-0 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236189616 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Anomozamites heeri

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Anomozamites villosus{{Cite journal|author1=Christian Pott |author2=Stephen McLoughlin |author3=Shunqing Wu |author4=Else Marie Friis |year=2012 |title=Trichomes on the leaves of Anomozamites villosus sp. nov. (Bennettitales) from the Daohugou beds (Middle Jurassic), Inner Mongolia, China: Mechanical defence against herbivorous arthropods |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=169 |pages=48–60 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.10.005 |bibcode=2012RPaPa.169...48P }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Pott et al.

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Probably late Middle Jurassic

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Daohugou Beds

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{{Flag|China}}

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A member of Bennettitales. Originally described as a species of Anomozamites
Moved to the Wielandiella villosus (2015).{{Cite journal|author1=Christian Pott |author2=Wang Xiaoli |author3=Zheng Xiaoting |year=2015 |title=Wielandiella villosa comb. nov. from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, China: More evidence for divaricate plant architecture in Williamsoniceae |journal=Botanica Pacifica |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=137–148 |doi=10.17581/bp.2015.04215 |doi-access=free }}{{Cite journal|author1=Christian Pott |author2=Baoyu Jiang |year=2017 |title=Plant remains from the Middle–Late Jurassic Daohugou site of the Yanliao Biota in Inner Mongolia, China |journal=Acta Palaeobotanica |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=185–222 |doi=10.1515/acpa-2017-0012 |s2cid=62827595 |doi-access=free }}

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Cycadolepis barnardii

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Cycadolepis karatauensis

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Cycadolepis kirillii

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Cycadolepis kokalensis

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Cycadolepis lata

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Cycadolepis maija

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Cycadolepis multistomata

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Cycadolepis pachydermatica

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Cycadolepis perfecta

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Cycadolepis prynadае

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Cycadolepis schairensis

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Nilssoniopteris chirchilica

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Middle Jurassic (Aalenian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Nilssoniopteris localis

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Nilssoniopteris saveljevii

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Middle Jurassic (Aalenian)

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Tonasha Formation

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Pterophyllum chagaense

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Pterophyllum doludenkoae

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Pterophyllum originalum

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Pterophyllum pаrvisegmentatum

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Pterophyllum pinniforme

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Pterophyllum valentinaeа

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Pterophyllum vsevolodii

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Williamsonia antonia

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Williamsonia baranovaeа

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Williamsonia chagaensе

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Williamsonia kokalensis

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Williamsonia vialovaea

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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"Pteridospermatophytes"

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Ctenozamites schweitzerii

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Middle Jurassic (Bajocian)

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Karadiirmen' Formation

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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A member of Pteridospermatophyta of uncertain affinities.

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Eretmonia macloughlinii{{cite journal |author1=Patricia E. Ryberg |author2=Edith L. Taylor |author3=Thomas N. Taylor |year=2012 |title=The First Permineralized Microsporophyll of the Glossopteridales: Eretmonia macloughlinii sp. nov. |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=173 |issue=7 |pages=812–822 |doi=10.1086/666667 |hdl=1808/13676 |s2cid=54003097 |hdl-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Ryberg, Taylor & Taylor

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Late Permian

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Upper Buckley Formation

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{{Flag|Antarctica}}

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A member of Glossopteridales.

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Kuvakospermum{{cite book |author1=S.V. Naugolnykh |author2=A.A. Sidorov |year=2012 |chapter=A new representative of gymnosperms of the order Peltaspermales from the Novy Kuvak locality (Kazanian stage; Samara region, Russia) |editor=S.V. Naugolnykh |title=Palaeontology and evolution of the biodiversity in the Earth history (in museum context). Collection of scientific articles |publisher=GEOS |pages=71–78 |isbn=978-5-89118-575-3 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Naugolnykh & Sidorov

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Permian (Wordian)

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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A seed fern belonging to the family Peltaspermaceae. Genus includes new species K. pedatum.

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Lidgettoniopsis{{cite journal |author1=Patricia E. Ryberg |author2=Edith L. Taylor |author3=Thomas N. Taylor |year=2012 |title=Antarctic glossopterid diversity on a local scale: The presence of multiple megasporophyll genera, Upper Permian, Mt. Achernar, Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=99 |issue=9 |pages=1531–1540 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1200142 |pmid=22922397 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Ryberg, Taylor & Taylor

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Late Permian

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Beacon Supergroup (upper Buckley Formation)

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{{Flag|Antarctica}}

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A seed fern belonging to the group Dictyopteridiales and the family Eretmoniaceae. Genus includes new species L. ramulus.

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Scutum leiophyllum

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Ryberg, Taylor & Taylor

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Late Permian

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Beacon Supergroup (upper Buckley Formation)

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{{Flag|Antarctica}}

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A member of Glossopteridales belonging to the family Dictyopteridiaceae.

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Vetlugospermum{{cite journal |author=Serge V. Naugolnykh |year=2012 |title=Vetlugospermum and Vetlugospermaceae: A new genus and family of peltasperms from the Lower Triassic of Moscow syneclise (Russia) |journal=Geobios |volume=45 |issue=5 |pages=451–462 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2011.10.009 |bibcode=2012Geobi..45..451N }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Naugolnykh

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Early Triassic

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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A seed fern belonging to the group Peltaspermales. Genus includes new species V. rombicum.

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Ginkgoales

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Baiera kazachstanica

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Baieroxylon rocablanquense{{cite journal |author=Silvia Gnaedinger |year=2012 |title=Ginkgoalean woods from the Jurassic of Argentina: Taxonomic considerations and palaeogeographical distribution |journal=Geobios |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=187–198 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2011.01.007 |bibcode=2012Geobi..45..187G |hdl=11336/25674 |hdl-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Gnaedinger

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Early Jurassic

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Roca Blanca Formation

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{{Flag|Argentina}}

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Ginkgo cranei{{cite journal |last1=Zhou |first1=Z. |last2=Quan |first2=C. |last3=Liu |first3=Y-S |s2cid=86289858 |year=2012 |title=Tertiary Ginkgo ovulate organs with associated leaves from North Dakota, U.S.A., and their evolutionary significance |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=173 |issue=1 |pages=67–80 |doi=10.1086/662651}}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Zhou, Quan, & Liu

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upper Paleocene

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Sentinel Butte Formation

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{{Flag|USA}}
{{flag|North Dakota}}

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An extinct species in the modern genus Ginkgo

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Ginkgo gomolitzkyana{{cite journal |last=Nosova |first=Natalya |year=2012 |title=Женские репродуктивные структуры Ginkgo gomolitzkyana N. Nosova, sp. nov. из среднеюрских отложений Ангрена (Узбекистан) / Female reproductive structures of Ginkgo gomolitzkyana N. Nosova, sp. nov. from the Middle Jurassic of Angren (Uzbekistan) |journal=Paleobotanika |volume=3 |pages=62–91 |doi=10.31111/palaeobotany/2012.3.62 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236863254 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Nosova

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Middle Jurassic

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Angren Formation

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{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}

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A member of Ginkgoales.

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Ginkgo huolinhensis{{Cite journal|author1=Man Dong |author2=Ge Sun |year=2012 |title=Ginkgo huolinhensis sp. nov. from the Lower Cretaceous of Huolinhe Coal Field, Inner Mongolia, China |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) |volume=86 |issue=1 |pages=11–19 |doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2012.00607.x |bibcode=2012AcGlS..86...11D |s2cid=129029365 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Dong & Sun

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Early Cretaceous

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Huolinhe Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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Ginkgoites barnardianus

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Middle Jurassic (Aalenian)

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Кokala Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Ginkgoites irdalicus

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Early Jurassic

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Ergozi Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Ginkgoites kelendensis

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Middle Jurassic (Aalenian)

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Tonasha Formation

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Ginkgoites ketovianus

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Middle Jurassic (Bathonian)

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Sarydiirmeny Suite

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Leptotoma asiatica

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Middle Jurassic (Bajocian)

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Karadiirmen' Formation

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Pseudotorellia karadiirmenica

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova

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Middle Jurassic (Bajocian)

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Karadiirmen' Formation

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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Conifers

=Araucariaceae=

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Emwadea{{cite journal |author1=Mary E. Dettmann |author2=H. Trevor Clifford |author3=Mark Peters |year=2012 |title=Emwadea microcarpa gen. et sp. nov.—anatomically preserved araucarian seed cones from the Winton Formation (late Albian), western Queensland, Australia |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=217–237 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2012.622155 |bibcode=2012Alch...36..217D |s2cid=129171237 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Dettmann, Clifford & Peters

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Early Cretaceous (Albian)

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Winton Formation

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{{Flag|Australia}}

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A member of the family Araucariaceae. Genus includes new species E. microcarpa.

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=Cheirolepidiaceae=

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! Notes

! Images

Duartenia{{cite journal |last1=Mohr |first1=B.A.R. |last2=Schultka |first2=S. |last3=Süss |first3=H. |last4=Bernardes-de-Oliveira |first4=M.E.C. |year=2012 |title=A new drought resistant gymnosperm taxon Duartenia araripensis gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Cheirolepidiaceae?) from the Early Cretaceous of Northern Gondwana. |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung B |volume=289 |issue=1–3 |pages=1–25 |url=http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/palb/detail/289/79289/A_new_drought_resistant_gymnosperm_taxon_Duartenia |access-date=2013-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426013110/http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/palb/detail/289/79289/A_new_drought_resistant_gymnosperm_taxon_Duartenia |archive-date=2013-04-26 |url-status=dead |doi=10.1127/palb/289/2012/1 |bibcode=2012PalAB.289....1M |url-access=subscription }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Mohr et al.

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Crato Formation

|

{{Flag|Brazil}}

|

A possible member of Cheirolepidiaceae. The type species is Duartenia araripensis.

|

Glenrosa falcata{{cite journal |last1=Gomez |first1=Bernard |last2=Ewin |first2=Timothy A.M. |last3=Daviero-Gomez |first3=Véronique |year=2012 |title=The conifer Glenrosa falcata sp. nov. from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain and its palaeoecology |journal= Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=172 |pages=21–32 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.01.009 |bibcode=2012RPaPa.172...21G }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Gomez, Ewin & Daviero-Gomez

|

Early Cretaceous (Barremian)

|

Calizas de La Huergina Formation

|

{{Flag|Spain}}

|

A conifer.

|

=Cupressaceae=

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Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Calocedrus huashanensis{{cite journal |last1=Shi |first1=G. |last2=Zhou |first2=Z. |last3=Xie |first3=Z. |year=2012 |title=A new Oligocene Calocedrus from south China and its implications for transpacific floristic exchanges. |journal= American Journal of Botany |volume=99 |issue=1 |pages=108–120 |doi= 10.3732/ajb.1100331 |pmid=22223689}}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Shi, Zhou, & Xie

|

Oligocene

|

Ningming Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A Calocedrus species

|

Fokienia shengxianensis{{Cite journal|author1=Wenlong He |author2=Bainian Sun |author3=Yu-Sheng (Christopher) Liu |year=2012 |title=Fokienia shengxianensis sp. nov. (Cupressaceae) from the late Miocene of eastern China and its paleoecological implications |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=176–177 |pages=24–34 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.03.013 |bibcode=2012RPaPa.176...24H }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

He, Sun & Liu

|

Late Miocene

|

Shengxian Formation

Xiaolongtan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

Originally placed in Fokienia.
Moved to Calocedrus shengxianensis in (2015).{{Cite journal|author1=Jian-Wei Zhang |author2=Jian Huang |author3=Ashalata D'Rozario |author4=Jonathan M. Adams |author5=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2015 |title=Calocedrus shengxianensis, a late Miocene relative of C. macrolepis (Cupressaceae) from South China: Implications for paleoclimate and evolution of the genus |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=222 |pages=1–15 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.07.004 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.222....1Z }}

|

=Pinaceae=

class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Eathiestrobus{{cite journal |author1=Gar W. Rothwell |author2=Gene Mapes |author3=Ruth A. Stockey |author4=Jason Hilton |year=2012 |title=The seed cone Eathiestrobus gen. nov.: Fossil evidence for a Jurassic origin of Pinaceae |journal= American Journal of Botany |volume=99 |issue=4 |pages=708–720 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1100595 |pmid=22491001}}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Rothwell et al.

|

Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)

|

Kimmeridge Clay Formation

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

A member of Pinaceae. The type species is Eathiestrobus mackenziei.

|

Picea burtonii{{cite journal |author1=Ashley A. Klymiuk |author2=Ruth A. Stockey |year=2012 |title=A Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian) seed cone provides the earliest fossil record for Picea (Pinaceae) |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=99 |issue=6 |pages=1069–1082 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1100568 |pmid=22623610 |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Klymiuk & Stockey

|

Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)

|

|

{{Flag|Canada}}

|

A spruce species seed cone.

|

Pinus yorkshirensis{{cite journal |author1=Patricia E. Ryberg |author2=Gar W. Rothwell |author3=Ruth A. Stockey |author4=Jason Hilton |author5=Gene Mapes |author6=James B. Riding |year=2012 |title=Reconsidering Relationships among Stem and Crown Group Pinaceae: Oldest Record of the Genus Pinus from the Early Cretaceous of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=173 |issue=8 |pages=917–932 |doi=10.1086/667228 |s2cid=85402168 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ryberg et al.

|

Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian-Barremian)

|

Speeton Clay Formation

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

A pine.

|

=Podocarpaceae=

class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Dacrycarpus puertae{{cite journal |author=Peter Wilf |year=2012 |title=Rainforest conifers of Eocene Patagonia: Attached cones and foliage of the extant Southeast Asian and Australasian genus Dacrycarpus (Podocarpaceae) |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=99 |issue=3 |pages=562–584 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1100367 |pmid=22334450 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wilf

|

Eocene

|

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A species of Dacrycarpus

|

=Taxaceae=

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Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Marskea kazachstanica

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova

|

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

|

Kokala Suite

|

{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

|

|

Torreya kazachstanica

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova

|

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

|

Kokala Suite

|

{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

|

|

=Other conifers=

class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Elatocladus bulakus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Nosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & Nosova

|

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

|

Kokala Suite

|

{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

|

A conifer of uncertain affinities.

|

Plyophyllioxylon{{cite journal |author1=Zhuo Feng |author2=Jun Wang |author3=Lu-Jun Liu |author4=Ronny Rößler |year=2012 |title=A novel coniferous tree trunk with septate pith from the Guadalupian (Permian) of China: Ecological and evolutionary significance |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=173 |issue=7 |pages=835–848 |doi=10.1086/666660 |s2cid=83603254 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Feng et al.

|

Permian (Roadian/Wordian)

|

Lower Shihhotse Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A conifer of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species P. hulstaiense.

|

Other gymnosperms

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Name

!Novelty

!Status

!Authors

!Age

!Type locality

!Location

!Notes

!Images

Nilssonia prosvirjakovaea

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kiritchkova & Nosova

|

Middle Jurassic (Bajocian)

|

Karadiirmen' Formation

|

{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

|

A cycad.

|

Rehezamites{{cite journal |author1=Christian Pott |author2=Stephen McLoughlin |author3=Anders Lindström |author4=Wu Shunqing |author5=Else Marie Friis |year=2012 |title=Baikalophyllum lobatum and Rehezamites anisolobus: Two Seed Plants with "Cycadophyte" Foliage from the Early Cretaceous of Eastern Asia |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=173 |issue=2 |pages=192–208 |doi=10.1086/663276 |s2cid=84539093 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Pott et al.

|

Early Cretaceous (Aptian)

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species R. anisolobus.

|

Angiosperms

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! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Archaeampelos senonica{{cite journal |last=Alekseev |first=P.I. |year=2012 |title=New angiosperm species from the Late Cretaceous Antibes flora |journal=Paleobotanika |volume=3 |pages=12–22 |doi=10.31111/palaeobotany/2012.3.12 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=18777134 |url-access=subscription }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Alekseev

|

Late Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

|

Baasia{{cite journal |author1=Emilio Estrada-Ruiz |author2=Garland R. Upchurch Jr. |author3=Elisabeth A. Wheeler |author4=Greg H. Mack |year=2012 |title=Late Cretaceous Angiosperm Woods from the Crevasse Canyon and McRae Formations, South-Central New Mexico, USA: Part 1 |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=173 |issue=4 |pages=412–428 |doi=10.1086/664714 |s2cid=83998771 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Estrada-Ruiz et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (probably early to middle Maastrichtian)

|

McRae Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of the family Celastraceae. Genus includes new species B. armendarisense.

|

Bertilanthus{{cite journal |author1=Else Marie Friis |author2=Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen |year=2012 |title=Bertilanthus scanicus, a New Asterid Flower from the Late Cretaceous (Late Santonian–Early Campanian) of Scania, Sweden |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=173 |issue=3 |pages=318–330 |doi=10.1086/663973 |s2cid=84272620 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Friis & Pedersen

|

Late Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Sweden}}

|

An asterid. Genus includes new species B. scanicus.

|

Camptodromites sibiricus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Alekseev

|

Late Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

|

Celastrinites lanceolatus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Alekseev

|

Late Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

|

Chaneya hainanensis{{cite journal |author1=XinXin Feng |author2=JianHua Jin |year=2012 |title=First record of extinct fruit genus Chaneya in low-latitude tropic of South China |journal=Science China Earth Sciences |volume=55 |issue=5 |pages=728–732 |doi=10.1007/s11430-012-4395-2 |bibcode=2012ScChD..55..728F |s2cid=128883591 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Feng & Jin

|

Eocene

|

Changchang Basin

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A fossil fruit.

|

Cissites basicordatus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Alekseev

|

Late Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

|

Cissus lombardii{{cite journal |author1=Steven R. Manchester |author2=Iju Chen |author3=Terry A. Lott |year=2012 |title=Seeds of Ampelocissus, Cissus, and Leea (Vitales) from the Paleogene of Western Peru and Their Biogeographic Significance |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=173 |issue=8 |pages=933–943 |doi=10.1086/667233 |s2cid=84998585 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Manchester, Chen & Lott

|

Early Oligocene

|

Mancora Formation

|

{{Flag|Peru}}

|

A species of Cissus.

|

Eucalyptus caldericola{{cite journal |author1=Elizabeth J. Hermsen |author2=María A. Gandolfo |author3=María del Carmen Zamaloa |year=2012 |title=The fossil record of Eucalyptus in Patagonia |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=99 |issue=8 |pages=1356–1374 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1200025 |pmid=22859652 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Hermsen, Gandolfo & Zamaloa

|

Eocene (Ypresian)

|

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A species of Eucalyptus.

|

Eucalyptus frenguelliana

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Gandolfo & Zamaloa in Hermsen, Gandolfo & Zamaloa

|

Eocene (Ypresian)

|

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A species of Eucalyptus.

|

Eucalyptus lynchiae

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Gandolfo & Hermsen in Hermsen, Gandolfo & Zamaloa

|

Eocene (Ypresian)

|

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A species of Eucalyptus.

|

Fulleroxylon

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Estrada-Ruiz et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (probably early to middle Maastrichtian)

|

McRae Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of the family Myrtaceae. Genus includes new species F. armendarisense.

|

Juglandiphyllites microdentatus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Alekseev

|

Late Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

|

Laurinoxylon stichkai{{cite journal |author1=Nareerat Boonchai |author2=Steven R. Manchester |year=2012 |title=Systematic Affinities of Early Eocene Petrified Woods from Big Sandy Reservoir, Southwestern Wyoming |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=173 |issue=2 |pages=209–227 |doi=10.1086/663161 |s2cid=84604851 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Boonchai & Manchester

|

Early Eocene

|

Bridger Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil wood.

|

Laurophyllum calicarioides

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bannister, Conran & Lee

|

Early Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|New Zealand}}

|

A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Litsea.

|

Laurophyllum lacustris

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bannister, Conran & Lee

|

Early Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|New Zealand}}

|

A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Beilschmiedia.

|

Laurophyllum maarensis{{cite journal |last1=Bannister |first1=Jennifer M. |last2=Conran |first2=John G. |last3=Lee |first3=Daphne E. |year=2012 |title=Lauraceae from rainforest surrounding an early Miocene maar lake, Otago, southern New Zealand |journal= Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=178 |pages=13–34 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.03.015 |bibcode=2012RPaPa.178...13B }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bannister, Conran & Lee

|

Early Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|New Zealand}}

|

A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Cryptocarya.

|

Laurophyllum microphyllum

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bannister, Conran & Lee

|

Early Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|New Zealand}}

|

A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Cryptocarya.

|

Laurophyllum otagoensis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bannister, Conran & Lee

|

Early Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|New Zealand}}

|

A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Beilschmiedia.

|

Laurophyllum sylvestris

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bannister, Conran & Lee

|

Early Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|New Zealand}}

|

A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Beilschmiedia.

|

Laurophyllum taieriensis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bannister, Conran & Lee

|

Early Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|New Zealand}}

|

A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Cryptocarya.

|

Laurophyllum vulcanicola

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bannister, Conran & Lee

|

Early Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|New Zealand}}

|

A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Beilschmiedia.

|

Laurophyllum waipiata

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bannister, Conran & Lee

|

Early Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|New Zealand}}

|

A member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Cryptocarya.

|

Litseopsis nova-zelandiae

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bannister, Conran & Lee

|

Early Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|New Zealand}}

|

A member of Lauraceae.

|

Mahonia grimmii{{cite journal |author1=Tuncay H. Güner |author2=Thomas Denk |year=2012 |title=The genus Mahonia in the Miocene of Turkey: Taxonomy and biogeographic implications |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=175 |pages=32–46 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.02.005 |bibcode=2012RPaPa.175...32G }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Güner & Denk

|

Miocene

|

Eskihisar Formation

|

{{Flag|Turkey}}

|

A species of Mahonia.

|

Mahonia somaensis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Güner & Denk

|

Miocene

|

Soma Formation

|

{{Flag|Turkey}}

|

A species of Mahonia.

|

Morinda chinensis{{cite journal |author1=Xianggang Shi |author2=Jianhua Jin |author3=Chuangxing Ye |author4=Weiqiu Liu |year=2012 |title=First fruit fossil record of Morinda (Rubiaceae) from China |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=179 |pages=13–16 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.04.001 |bibcode=2012RPaPa.179...13S }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Shi et al.

|

Eocene

|

Changchang Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A species of Morinda.

|

Newtonia mushensis{{cite journal |author1=Aaron D. Pan |author2=Ellen D. Currano |author3=Bonnie F. Jacobs |author4=Mulugeta Feseha |author5=Neil Tabor |author6=Patrick S. Herendeen |s2cid=84215509 |year=2012 |title=Fossil Newtonia (Fabaceae: Mimoseae) Seeds from the Early Miocene (22–21 Ma) Mush Valley in Ethiopia |journal= International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=173 |issue=3 |pages=290–296 |doi=10.1086/663967 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Pan et al.

|

Early Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|Ethiopia}}

|

A species of Newtonia.

|

Palaeophytocrene hammenii{{cite journal |author1=Gregory W. Stull |author2=Fabiany Herrera |author3=Steven R. Manchester |author4=Carlos Jaramillo |author5=Bruce H. Tiffney |year=2012 |title=Fruits of an "Old World" tribe (Phytocreneae; Icacinaceae) from the Paleogene of North and South America |journal=Systematic Botany |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=784–794 |doi=10.1600/036364412X648724 |s2cid=35156838 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Stull in Stull et al.

|

Middle-late Paleocene

|

Bogotá Formation

|

{{Flag|Colombia}}

|

A member of Icacinaceae belonging to the tribe Phytocreneae.

|

Palaeophytocrene piggae

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Stull in Stull et al.

|

Late Paleocene

|

Sentinel Butte Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of Icacinaceae belonging to the tribe Phytocreneae.

|

Pygmaeoxylon

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Estrada-Ruiz et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (probably early to middle Maastrichtian)

|

McRae Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A magnoliid of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species P. paucipora.

|

Pyrenacantha austroamericana

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Stull in Stull et al.

|

Late early Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|Peru}}

|

A species of Pyrenacantha.

|

Schenkeriphyllum glanduliferum{{cite journal |last1=Mohr |first1=B.A.R. |last2=Coiffard |first2=C. |last3=Bernardes-de-Oliveira |first3=M.E.C. |year=2012 |title=Schenkeriphyllum glanduliferum, a new magnolialean angiosperm from the Early Cretaceous of Northern Gondwana and its relationships to fossil and modern Magnoliales |journal= Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=189 |pages=57–72 |doi= 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.08.004}}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Mohr, Coiffard & Bernardes-de-Oliveira

|

Early Cretaceous (Aptian)

|

Crato Formation

|

{{Flag|Brazil}}

|

Fossil magnolialean angiosperm.

|

Wilsonoxylon

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Boonchai & Manchester

|

Early Eocene

|

Bridger Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of Canellaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species W. edenense.

|

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