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This article records new taxa of fossil plants that were described during the year 2015, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleobotany that occurred in 2015.

Ferns and fern allies

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Adiantitophyllum{{Cite journal|author1=Nathalie S. Nagalingum |author2=David J. Cantrill |year=2015 |title=The Albian fern flora of Alexander Island, Antarctica |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=55 |pages=303–330 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.02.005 |bibcode=2015CrRes..55..303N }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Nagalingum & Cantrill

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Early Cretaceous

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Triton Point Formation

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Antarctica (Alexander Island)

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A leptosporangiate fern of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
The type species is Adiantitophyllum serratum.
Possibly also including "Adiantites" lindsayoides from the Koonwarra flora in Australia.

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Arthropitys iannuzzii{{Cite journal|author1=Rodrigo Neregato |author2=Ronny Rößler |author3=Rosemarie Rohn |author4=Robert Noll |year=2015 |title=New petrified calamitaleans from the Permian of the Parnaíba Basin, central-north Brazil. Part I |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=215 |pages=23–45 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.12.006 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.215...23N }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Neregato, Rößler & Noll in Neregato et al.

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Permian

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Motuca Formation

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{{Flag|Brazil}}

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A member of Calamitaceae, a species of Arthropitys.

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Arthropitys isoramis

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Neregato, Rößler & Noll in Neregato et al.

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Permian

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Motuca Formation

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{{Flag|Brazil}}

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A member of Calamitaceae, a species of Arthropitys.

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Cladophlebis auriculipilosus{{Cite journal|author1=Chris Mays |author2=Anne-Marie P. Tosolini |author3=David J. Cantrill |author4=Jeffrey D. Stilwell |year=2015 |title=Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) macroflora from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand: Bryophytes, lycophytes and pteridophytes |journal=Gondwana Research |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=1042–1060 |doi=10.1016/j.gr.2014.03.017 |bibcode=2015GondR..27.1042M }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Mays & Tosolini in Mays et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Tupuangi Formation

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{{Flag|New Zealand}}

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

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Cladophlebis dissecta

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Nagalingum & Cantrill

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Early Cretaceous (Albian)

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Triton Point Formation

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Antarctica (Alexander Island)

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

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Cladophlebis drinnanii

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Nagalingum & Cantrill

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Early Cretaceous (Albian)

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Triton Point Formation

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Antarctica (Alexander Island)

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

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Cladophlebis macloughlinii

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Nagalingum & Cantrill

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Early Cretaceous (Albian)

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Triton Point Formation

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Antarctica (Alexander Island)

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

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Crenulopteris{{cite journal |author1=Jack Wittry |author2=Ian J. Glasspool |author3=Olivier Béthoux |author4=Rebecca Koll |author5=Christopher J. Cleal |year=2015 |title=A revision of the Pennsylvanian marattialean fern Lobatopteris vestita auct. and related species |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=13 |issue=8 |pages=615–643 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2014.936915 |s2cid=86414586 }}

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Gen. et comb. nov.

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Valid

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Wittry et al.

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Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)

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A psaroniaceous marattialean fern.
A new genus for "Pecopteris" acadica (1962).
Also including "Pecopteris" micromiltoni (1951) and "Pecopteris" lamuriana (1865).

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Equisetocaulis{{Cite journal|author1=Gar W. Rothwell |author2=Sidney R. Ash |year=2015 |title=Internal anatomy of the Late Triassic Equisetocaulis gen. nov., and the evolution of modern horsetails |journal=The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society |volume=142 |issue=1 |pages=27–37 |doi=10.3159/TORREY-D-14-00042.1 |s2cid=86841184 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Rothwell & Ash

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Late Triassic (Norian)

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A horsetail. The type species is Equisetocaulis muirii.

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Equisetum dimorphum{{Cite journal|author1=Andrés Elgorriaga |author2=Ignacio H. Escapa |author3=Benjamin Bomfleur |author4=Rubén Cúneo |author5=Eduardo G. Ottone |year=2015 |title=Reconstruction and phylogenetic significance of a new Equisetum Linnaeus species from the Lower Jurassic of Cerro Bayo (Chubut Province, Argentina) |journal=Ameghiniana |volume=52 |issue=1 |pages=135–152 |doi=10.5710/AMGH.15.09.2014.2758 |s2cid=6134534 |url=http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-1601 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Elgorriaga et al.

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Early Jurassic

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{{Flag|Argentina}}

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A species of Equisetum.

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Kwazulupteris{{Cite journal|author1=Ezequiel Ignacio Vera |author2=Rafael Herbst |year=2015 |title=New cyathealean tree ferns from the Cretaceous of South Africa: Natalipteris wildei gen. et sp. nov. and Kwazulupteris schaarschmidtii gen. et sp. nov |journal=Journal of African Earth Sciences |volume=101 |pages=56–69 |doi=10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.08.017 |bibcode=2015JAfES.101...56V }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Vera & Herbst

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Cretaceous (probably Albian–Turonian)

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Probably Mzinene Formation

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{{Flag|South Africa}}

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A tree fern. The type species is Kwazulupteris schaarschmidtii.

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Lobifolia nana{{Cite journal|author1=A. O. Frolov |author2=I. M. Mashchuk |year=2015 |title=A New Fern from Lower Jurassic Sediments of the Irkutsk Coal Basin (Eastern Siberia) |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=49 |issue=4 |pages=424–428 |doi=10.1134/S0031030115040073 |s2cid=131010697 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Frolov & Mashchuk

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Early Jurassic

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Cheremkhovskaya Formation

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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A fern, a species of Lobifolia.

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Marattiopsis patagonica{{Cite journal|author1=Ignacio H. Escapa |author2=Benjamin Bomfleur |author3=Néstor R. Cuneo |author4=Roberto Scasso |year=2015 |title=A new marattiaceous fern from the Lower Jurassic of Patagonia (Argentina): the renaissance of Marattiopsis |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=13 |issue=8 |pages=677–689 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2014.936974 |s2cid=128544549 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Escapa et al.

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Early Jurassic

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{{Flag|Argentina}}

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A member of Marattiaceae, a species of Marattiopsis.

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Mendozaphyllum{{Cite journal|author1=Gabriela G. Puebla |author2=Mercedes B. Prámparo |author3=María A. Gandolfo |year=2015 |title=Aquatic ferns from the Upper Cretaceous Loncoche Formation, Mendoza, central-western, Argentina |journal=Plant Systematics and Evolution |volume=301 |issue=2 |pages=577–588 |doi=10.1007/s00606-014-1096-7 |s2cid=5814858 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Puebla, Prámparo & Gandolfo

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Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian)

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Loncoche Formation

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{{Flag|Argentina}}

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

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Natalipteris

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Vera & Herbst

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Cretaceous (probably Albian–Turonian)

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Probably Mzinene Formation

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{{Flag|South Africa}}

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A tree fern. The type species is Natalipteris wildei.

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Neocalamites grojecensis{{Cite journal|author1=Agata Jarzynka |author2=Grzegorz Pacyna |year=2015 |title=Fossil flora of Middle Jurassic Grojec clays (southern Poland). Raciborski's original material reinvestigated and supplemented. I. Sphenophytes |journal=Acta Palaeobotanica |volume=55 |issue=2 |pages=149–181 |doi=10.1515/acpa-2015-0013 |s2cid=131558548 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Jarzynka & Pacyna

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Middle Jurassic (Bathonian)

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{{Flag|Poland}}

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

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Nunatakia

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Nagalingum & Cantrill

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Early Cretaceous

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Triton Point Formation

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Antarctica (Alexander Island)

{{Flag|India}}?

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

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Osmunda pulchella{{Cite journal|author1=Benjamin Bomfleur |author2=Guido W. Grimm |author3=Stephen McLoughlin |year=2015 |title=Osmunda pulchella sp. nov. from the Jurassic of Sweden—reconciling molecular and fossil evidence in the phylogeny of modern royal ferns (Osmundaceae) |journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology |volume=15 |pages=126 |doi=10.1186/s12862-015-0400-7 |pmid=26123220 |pmc=4487210 |doi-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin

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Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian)

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Djupadal Formation

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{{Flag|Sweden}}

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A member of Osmundaceae. Originally described as a species of Osmunda; transferred to the genus Osmundastrum by Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin (2017).{{Cite journal|author1=Benjamin Bomfleur |author2=Guido W. Grimm |author3=Stephen McLoughlin |year=2017 |title=The fossil Osmundales (Royal Ferns)—a phylogenetic network analysis, revised taxonomy, and evolutionary classification of anatomically preserved trunks and rhizomes |journal=PeerJ |volume=5 |pages=e3433 |doi=10.7717/peerj.3433 |pmc=5508817 |pmid=28713650 |doi-access=free }}

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Osmundacaulis bamfordae{{Cite journal|author =Rafael Herbst |year=2015 |title=The Osmundaceae (Filices) from the Cretaceous of South Africa: new species and revision |journal=Palaeontologia Africana |volume=49 |pages=25–41 |hdl=10539/17369 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Herbst

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Cretaceous (Albian-Turonian interval)

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Probably Mzinene Formation

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{{Flag|South Africa}}

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A member of Osmundaceae, a species of Osmundacaulis.

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Osmundacaulis tidwellii

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Herbst

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Cretaceous (Albian-Turonian interval)

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Probably Mzinene Formation

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{{Flag|South Africa}}

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A member of Osmundaceae, a species of Osmundacaulis.

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Osmundacaulis whittlesii{{Cite journal|author1=MacKenzie A. Smith |author2=Gar W. Rothwell |author3=Ruth A. Stockey |year=2015 |title=Mesozoic Diversity of Osmundaceae: Osmundacaulis whittlesii sp. nov. in the Early Cretaceous of Western Canada |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=176 |issue=3 |pages=245–258 |doi=10.1086/679352 |s2cid=83526212 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Smith, Rothwell & Stockey

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Early Cretaceous

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{{Flag|Canada}}

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A member of Osmundaceae, a species of Osmundacaulis.

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Phlebopteris hazarensis{{Cite journal|author1=S. V. Naugolnykh |author2=A. P. Pronin |year=2015 |title=A new matoniaceous fern from the Upper Triassic of the Caspian Depression in the context of florogenetic processes of transition from the Paleozoic to Mesozoic |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=49 |issue=3 |pages=326–336 |doi=10.1134/S0031030115030090 |s2cid=130831655 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Naugolnykh & Pronin

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Late Triassic (Rhaetian)

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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A member of Matoniaceae, a species of Phlebopteris.

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Pleopeltis dominicensis{{Cite journal|author1=Harald Schneider |author2=Alexander R. Schmidt |author3=Paul C. Nascimbene |author4=Jochen Heinrichs |year=2015 |title=A new Dominican amber fossil of the derived fern genus Pleopeltis confirms generic stasis in the epiphytic fern diversity of the West Indies |journal=Organisms Diversity & Evolution |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=277–283 |doi=10.1007/s13127-015-0200-3 |s2cid=14021773 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Schneider, Heinrichs & Schmidt in Schneider et al.

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Miocene

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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

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

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Shougangia{{Cite journal|author1=De-Ming Wang |author2=Hong-He Xu |author3=Jin-Zhuang Xue |author4=Qi Wang |author5=Le Liu |year=2015 |title=Leaf evolution in early-diverging ferns: insights from a new fern-like plant from the Late Devonian of China |journal=Annals of Botany |volume=115 |issue=7 |pages=1133–1148 |doi=10.1093/aob/mcv049 |pmid=25979918 |pmc=4648459}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Wang et al.

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Devonian (Famennian)

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Wutong Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A fern-like plant, a euphyllophyte of uncertain phylogenetic placement.{{Cite journal|author1=De-Ming Wang |author2=Ying-Ying Zhang |author3=Le Liu |author4=Hong-He Xu |author5=Min Qin |author6=Lu Liu |year=2018 |title=Reinvestigation of the Late Devonian Shougangia bella and new insights into the evolution of fern-like plants |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=309–324 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2017.1289269 |s2cid=90226865 }} Genus includes new species Shougangia bella.

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Sphenopteris sinuosa

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Nagalingum & Cantrill

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Early Cretaceous (Albian)

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Triton Point Formation

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Antarctica (Alexander Island)

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

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Marchantiophyta

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Anastrophyllum rovnoi{{Cite journal|author1=Yuriy S. Mamontov |author2=Jochen Heinrichs |author3=Jiri Váňa |author4=Michael S. Ignatov |author5=Evgeny E. Perkovsky |year=2015 |title=Hepatics from Rovno amber (Ukraine), 3. Anastrophyllum rovnoi sp. nov. |journal=Arctoa |volume=24 |pages=43–46 |doi=10.15298/arctoa.24.08 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Mamontov et al.

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Late Eocene

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{{Flag|Ukraine}}

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

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Cephalozia veltenii{{Cite journal|author =Tomoyuki Katagiri |year=2015 |title=First fossil record of the liverwort family Cephaloziaceae (Jungermanniales, Marchantiophyta) from Baltic amber |journal=Nova Hedwigia |volume=101 |issue=3–4 |pages=347–354 |doi=10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2015/0276 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Katagiri

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Eocene

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Baltic amber

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Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

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

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Cephaloziella nadezhdae{{Cite journal|author1=Yuriy S. Mamontov |author2=Jochen Heinrichs |author3=Jiří Váňa |author4=Michael S. Ignatov |author5=Evgeny E. Perkovsky |year=2015 |title=Hepatics from Rovno amber (Ukraine), 5. Cephaloziella nadezhdae sp. nov. |journal=Arctoa |volume=24 |pages=289–293 |doi=10.15298/arctoa.24.25 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Mamontov, Heinrichs & Váňa in Mamontov et al.

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Late Eocene

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Rovno amber

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{{Flag|Ukraine}}

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

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Ceratolejeunea sublaetefusca{{Cite journal|author1=Jochen Heinrichs |author2=Elina Kettunen |author3=Gaik Ee Lee |author4=Giovanni Marzaro |author5=Tamás Pócs |author6=Eugenio Ragazzi |author7=Matt A.M. Renner |author8=Jouko Rikkinen |author9=Andrea Sass-Gyarmati |author10=Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp |author11=Armin Scheben |author12=Mónica M. Solórzano Kraemer |author13=Matthias Svojtka |author14=Alexander R. Schmidt |year=2015 |title=Lejeuneaceae (Marchantiophyta) from a species-rich taphocoenosis in Miocene Mexican amber, with a review of liverworts fossilised in amber |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=221 |pages=59–70 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.05.007 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.221...59H }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Heinrichs et al.

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Miocene

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Mexican Amber

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{{Flag|Mexico}}

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

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Frullania riclefgrollei{{Cite journal|author1=Yuriy S. Mamontov |author2=Jochen Heinrichs |author3=Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp |author4=Michael S. Ignatov |author5=Evgeny E. Perkovsky |year=2015 |title=Hepatics from Rovno amber (Ukraine), 4. Frullania riclefgrollei, sp. nov |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=223 |pages=31–36 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.08.007 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.223...31M }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Mamontov et al.

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Late Eocene

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{{Flag|Ukraine}}

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

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Mastigolejeunea extincta

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Heinrichs et al.

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Miocene

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{{Flag|Mexico}}

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

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Microlejeunea miocenica{{Cite journal|author1=Gaik Ee Lee |author2=Julia Bechteler |author3=Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp |author4=Jochen Heinrichs |year=2015 |title=Microlejeunea miocenica sp. nov. (Porellales, Jungermanniopsida) in Dominican amber, the first fossil of a subcosmopolitan genus of leafy liverworts |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=222 |pages=16–21 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.07.002 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.222...16L }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Lee et al.

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Miocene

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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

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

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Notoscyphus balticus{{Cite journal|author1=Jochen Heinrichs |author2=Alexander R. Schmidt |author3=Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp |author4=Carsten Gröhn |author5=Matt A.M. Renner |year=2015 |title=The leafy liverwort Notoscyphus balticus sp. nov. (Jungermanniales) in Eocene Baltic amber |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=217 |pages=39–44 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.02.006 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.217...39H }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Heinrichs et al.

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Eocene

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Baltic amber

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Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

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A Jungermannial liverwort.

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Notoscyphus grollei{{Cite journal|author1=Jiří Váňa |author2=Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp |author3=Julia Bechteler |author4=Alexander R. Schmidt |author5=Jochen Heinrichs |year=2015 |title=Notoscyphus grollei sp. nov. in Bitterfeld amber rather than the extant Notoscyphus lutescens (Lehm. & Lindenb.) Mitt. |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=222 |issue=2 |pages=151–154 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.222.2.8 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Váňa et al.

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Paleogene

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{{Flag|Germany}}

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

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Tetralophozia groehnii{{Cite journal|author1=Jochen Heinrichs |author2=Armin Scheben |author3=Gaik Ee Lee |author4=Jiří Váňa |author5=Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp |author6=Michael Krings |author7=Alexander R. Schmidt |year=2015 |title=Molecular and Morphological Evidence Challenges the Records of the Extant Liverwort Ptilidium pulcherrimum in Eocene Baltic Amber |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=11 |pages=e0140977 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0140977 |pmid=26536603 |pmc=4633292|bibcode=2015PLoSO..1040977H |doi-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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

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Eocene

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Baltic amber

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Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

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A liverwort, a species of Tetralophozia.

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Bennettitales

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Anomozamites sanjiaocunensis{{Cite journal|author1=Miao Zhao |author2=Chunlin Sun |author3=David L. Dilcher |author4=Zhe Zhao |author5=Yuling Na |year=2015 |title=Anomozamites (Bennettitales) from Middle Jurassic Haifanggou Formation，western Liaoning，China |journal=Global Geology (English Edition) |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=75–87 |url=http://sjdz.jlu.edu.cn/Jweb_sjdz_en/EN/abstract/abstract8577.shtml |doi=10.3969/j.issn.1673-9736.2015.02.01 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Zhao et al.

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Middle Jurassic

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Haifanggou Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A member of Bennettitales, a species of Anomozamites.

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Ptilophyllum cariae{{Cite journal|author1=Giovanni Giuseppe Scanu |author2=Evelyn Kustatscher |author3=Paola Pittau |year=2015 |title=The Jurassic flora of Sardinia — A new piece in the palaeobiogeographic puzzle of the Middle Jurassic |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=218 |pages=80–105 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.08.008 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.218...80S }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Scanu, Kustatscher & Pittau

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Middle Jurassic (Bajocian–Bathonian)

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Genna Selole Formation

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{{Flag|Italy}}

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A member of Bennettitales, a species of Ptilophyllum.

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Williamsonia carolinensis{{Cite journal|author1=Christian Pott |author2=Brian J. Axsmith |year=2015 |title=Williamsonia carolinensis sp. nov. and Associated Eoginkgoites Foliage from the Upper Triassic Pekin Formation, North Carolina: Implications for Early Evolution in the Williamsoniaceae (Bennettitales) |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=176 |issue=2 |pages=174–185 |doi=10.1086/679471 |s2cid=44559347 |url=http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-1450 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Pott & Axsmith

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Late Triassic

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Pekin Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A williamsoniaceous bennettitale.

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Czekanowskiales

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Czekanowskia (Harrisella) ordosensis{{Cite journal|author1=Chunlin Sun |author2=Hongshan Wang |author3=David L. Dilcher |author4=Tao Li |author5=Yunfeng Li |author6=Yuling Na |year=2015 |title=A New Species of Czekanowskia (Czekanowskiales) from the Middle Jurassic of Ordos Basin, China |journal=Botanica Pacifica |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=149–155 |doi=10.17581/bp.2015.04210 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sun et al.

|

Middle Jurassic

|

Yan'an Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Czekanowskia.

|

Phoenicopsis neimengguensis{{Cite journal|author1=Chunlin Sun |author2=Yuling Na |author3=David L. Dilcher |author4=Hongshan Wang |author5=Tao Li |author6=Yunfeng Li |year=2015 |title=A new species of Phoenicopsis subgenus Windwardia (Florin) Samylina (Czekanowskiales) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) |volume=89 |issue=1 |pages=55–69 |url=http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201501007&flag=1 |doi=10.1111/1755-6724.12394|s2cid=129431493 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

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

|

Middle Jurassic

|

Zhaogou Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Phoenicopsis.

|

Phoenicopsis (Phoenicopsis) odorsensis{{Cite journal|author1=Tao Li |author2=Yunfeng Li |author3=Yuling Na |author4=Wei Huang |author5=Xiao Tan |author6=Chunlin Sun |year=2015 |title=First report of subgenus Phoenicopsis (Czekanowskiales) from Middle Jurassic of Ordos，China and its paleoclimatic implications |journal=Global Geology (English Edition) |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=145–154 |doi=10.3969/j.issn.1673-9736.2015.03.01 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li & Sun in Li et al.

|

Middle Jurassic

|

Yan'an Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

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

|

Solenites baishanensis{{Cite journal|author1=Yunfeng Li |author2=Chunlin Sun |author3=Tao Li |author4=Yuling Na |author5=Yuejun Chen |author6=Dehe Xing |year=2015 |title=Solenites (Czekanowskiales) from the Late Mesozoic Jehol Biota of Southeastern Jilin, China and its Paleoclimatic Implications |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) |volume=89 |issue=4 |pages=1088–1102 |url=http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201504003&flag=1 |doi=10.1111/1755-6724.12516|s2cid=128730017 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li et al.

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Yingzuilazi Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Solenites.

|

Solenites gracilis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li et al.

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Yingzuilazi Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Solenites.

|

Ginkgophytes

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! Status

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! Location

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Allicospermum budantsevii{{Cite journal|author =N. V. Gordenko |year=2015 |title=New interpretation of seeds Grenana Samylina (Gymnospermae) from the Middle Jurassic of Angren, Uzbekistan |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=49 |issue=1 |pages=100–110 |doi=10.1134/S0031030115010049 |s2cid=84542635 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Gordenko

|

Middle Jurassic

|

|

{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}

|

A possible ginkgoalean gymnosperm seed.

|

Ginkgo badamgaravii{{Cite journal|author1=Elena I. Kostina |author2=Alexei B. Herman |author3=Tatiana M. Kodrul |year=2015 |title=Early Middle Jurassic (possibly Aalenian) Tsagan-Ovoo Flora of Central Mongolia |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=220 |pages=44–68 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.04.010 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.220...44K }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kostina & Herman in Kostina, Herman & Kodrul

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Middle Jurassic (possibly Aalenian)

|

Bakhar Formation

|

{{Flag|Mongolia}}

|

A relative of the ginkgo.

|

Ginkgoidium nundichii{{Cite journal|author1=M. Patricia Velasco-de León |author2=Diego E. Lozano-Carmona |author3=Miguel A. Flores Barragan |author4=O. Daniel Martínez Paniagua |author5=A. Silva Pineda |year=2015 |title=Two new species of Ginkgoales from the Middle Jurassic of Mexico |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=27 |issue=3–4 |pages=366–373 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2013.874423 |s2cid=84573375 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Velasco-de León et al.

|

Middle Jurassic

|

|

{{Flag|Mexico}}

|

A member of Ginkgoales, a species of Ginkgoidium.

|

Pseudotorellia gobiense

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kostina & Herman in Kostina, Herman & Kodrul

|

Middle Jurassic (possibly Aalenian)

|

Bakhar Formation

|

{{Flag|Mongolia}}

|

A member of Ginkgoales, a species of Pseudotorellia.

|

Pseudotorellia mongolica

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kostina & Herman in Kostina, Herman & Kodrul

|

Middle Jurassic (possibly Aalenian)

|

Bakhar Formation

|

{{Flag|Mongolia}}

|

A member of Ginkgoales, a species of Pseudotorellia.

|

Sphenobaiera mixteca

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Velasco-de León et al.

|

Middle Jurassic

|

|

{{Flag|Mexico}}

|

A member of Ginkgoales, a species of Sphenobaiera.

|

Conifers

=Araucariaceae=

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Araucariacites mildenhallii{{Cite journal|author=Chris Mays |year=2015 |title=A late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) south polar palynoflora from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand |journal=Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists |volume=47 |pages=1–92 |url=https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=235468988205604;res=IELNZC }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Mays

|

Late Cretaceous
Cenomanian to Turonian

|

Tupuangi Formation

|

{{Flag|New Zealand}}

|

An araucariaceous pollen.

|

Araucarites raghavapurensis{{Cite journal|author1=Ch. Chinnappa |author2=A. Rajanikanth |author3=Y.V. Rao |year=2015 |title=Early Cretaceous plant diversity and ecology in the Krishna-Godavari Basin, East Coast |journal=Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India |volume=60 |issue=1 |pages=73–96 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Chinnappa, Rajanikanth & Rao

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Raghavapuram Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

An araucariaceous conifer.

|

Balmeiopsis disca

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Mays

|

Late Cretaceous
Cenomanian to Early Turonian

|

Tupuangi Formation

|

{{Flag|New Zealand}}

|

An araucariaceous pollen.

|

=Cupressaceae=

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! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

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Acanthostrobus{{Cite journal|author1=Ashley A. Klymiuk |author2=Ruth A. Stockey |author3=Gar W. Rothwell |year=2015 |title=Plant-Arthropod Interactions in Acanthostrobus edenensis (Cupressaceae), a New Conifer from the Upper Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, British Columbia |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=176 |issue=4 |pages=378–392 |doi=10.1086/680684 |s2cid=55669491 |url=http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/1957/55826/1/StockeyRuthPlantBotanyPlantPathologyArthropod%20Interactions.pdf }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Klymiuk, Stockey & Rothwell

|

Cretaceous
Coniacian

|

Comox Formation
Dunsmuir Member

|

{{Flag|Canada}}
{{flag|British Columbia}}

|

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

|

Cupressinoxylon zamunerae{{Cite journal|author1=Josefina Bodnar |author2=Daniela Paula Ruiz |author3=Analía Emilia Artabe |author4=Eduardo Manuel Morel |author5=Daniel Ganuza |year=2015 |title=Voltziales and Pinales (= Coniferales) from Cortaderita Formation (Middle Triassic), Argentina, and their implication in the reconstruction of Triassic conifers |journal=Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=141–160 |doi=10.4072/rbp.2015.1.10 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

jr synonym

|

Bodnar et al.

|

Middle Triassic

|

Cortaderita Formation

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A Cupressaceae sensu lato wood.
First described in Cupressinoxylon
Moved to Juniperoxylon zamunerae (2019).{{Cite journal|author1=Daniela P. Ruiz |author2=Josefina Bodnar |year=2019 |title=The oldest record of Juniperoxylon, a cupressaceous fossil wood from the Middle Triassic of Argentina |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=64 |issue=3 |pages=481–488 |doi=10.4202/app.00597.2019 |s2cid=199777424 }}

|

Protaxodioxylon jianchangense{{Cite journal|author1=Ning Tian |author2=AoWei Xie |author3=YongDong Wang |author4=ZiKun Jiang |author5=LiQin Li |author6=YaLei Yin |author7=ZhiPeng Zhu |author8=JiaJia Wang |year=2015 |title=New records of Jurassic petrified wood in Jianchang of western Liaoning, China and their palaeoclimate implications |journal=Science China Earth Sciences |volume=58 |issue=12 |pages=2154–2164 |doi=10.1007/s11430-015-5208-1 |bibcode=2015ScChD..58.2154T }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Tian & Wang in Tian et al.

|

Late Middle Jurassic to early Late Jurassic

|

Tiaojishan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Cupressaceae, a species of Protaxodioxylon.

|

Scitistrobus{{Cite journal|author1=Alan R. T. Spencer |author2=Gene Mapes |author3=Richard M. Bateman |author4=Jason Hilton |author5=Gar W. Rothwell |year=2015 |title=Middle Jurassic evidence for the origin of Cupressaceae: A paleobotanical context for the roles of regulatory genetics and development in the evolution of conifer seed cones |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=102 |issue=6 |pages=942–961 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1500121 |pmid=26101419|s2cid=6564718 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

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

|

Middle Jurassic (Aalenian)

|

Bearreraig Sandstone

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

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

|

Sequoia maguanensis{{Cite journal|author1=Jian-Wei Zhang |author2=Ashalata D’Rozario |author3=Jonathan M. Adams |author4=Ya Li |author5=Xiao-Qing Liang |author6=Frédéric M. Jacques |author7=Tao Su |author8=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2015 |title=Sequoia maguanensis, a new Miocene relative of the coast redwood, Sequoia sempervirens, from China: Implications for paleogeography and paleoclimate |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=102 |issue=1 |pages=103–118 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1400347 |pmid=25587153}}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zhang & Zhou in Zhang et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Xiaolongtan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A relative of the coast redwood.

|

Sequoia ochotica{{cite journal |author1=D.A. Yudova |author2=L.B. Golovneva |year=2015 |title=New species of the genus Sequoia Endl. (Cupressaceae) from the Late Cretaceous deposits of the Northeastern Russia |journal=Paleobotanika |volume=6 |pages=80–95 |doi=10.31111/palaeobotany/2015.6.80 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=25346269 |issn=2218-7235 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Yudova & Golovneva

|

Late Cretaceous (Turonian-Coniacian)

|

Arman Formation

Chingandzha Formation

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A species of Sequoia.

|

=Pinaceae=

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Pinus maomingensis{{Cite journal|author1=Qingqing Xu |author2=Wenjun Zhou |author3=Tatiana M. Kodrul |author4=Serge V. Naugolnykh |author5=Jianhua Jin |year=2015 |title=Late Eocene white pines (Pinus subgenus Strobus) from southern China |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=5 |pages=Article number 16390 |doi=10.1038/srep16390 |pmid=26548658 |pmc=4637882|bibcode=2015NatSR...516390X }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Xu et al.

|

Late Eocene

|

Huangniuling Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A Pinus subgenus Strobus pine.

|

Pinus mikii{{Cite journal|author1=Toshihiro Yamada |author2=Mariko Yamada |author3=Minoru Tsukagoshi |year=2015 |title=Taxonomic revision of Pinus fujiii (Yasui) Miki (Pinaceae) and its implications for the phytogeography of the section Trifoliae in East Asia |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=12 |pages=e0143512 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0143512 |pmid=26673795 |pmc=4689564 |bibcode=2015PLoSO..1043512Y |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Yamada, Yamada & Tsukagoshi

|

Late Miocene

|

Tokiguchi Formation

|

{{Flag|Japan}}

|

A pine.

|

Pinus preyunnanensis{{Cite journal|author1=Xiao-Hui Xu |author2=Zi-Xi Wang |author3=Guo-Lin Yang |author4=Jin Wang |author5=Yi Yang |author6=Fu-Jun Ma |author7=Qiu-Jun Wang |author8=Rui-Yun Li |author9=Bai-Nian Sun |year=2015 |title=Two Pinus species from the upper Miocene in Zhejiang, China and their palaeobiogeographic significance |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=215 |pages=68–75 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.01.003 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.215...68X }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Xu & Sun in Xu et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Shengxian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A pine.

|

Tsuga nanfengensis{{Cite journal|author1=Haobo Wang |author2=Olesia V. Bondarenko |author3=Frédéric M. B. Jacques |author4=Yuehua Wang |author5=Zhekun Zhuo |year=2015 |title=A New Species of Tsuga (Pinaceae) based on Lignified Wood from the Late Miocene of Central Yunnan, China, and Its Paleoenvironmental Implications |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) |volume=89 |issue=5 |pages=1429–1439 |url=http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201505002&flag=1 | doi = 10.1111/1755-6724.12555|s2cid=130310084 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bondarenko, Wang & Zhou in Wang et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Xiaolongtan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A species of Tsuga.

|

=Other conifers=

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! Status

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! Unit

! Location

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Brachyoxylon baqueroensis{{Cite journal|author1=Ezequiel I. Vera |author2=Silvia N. Césari |year=2015 |title=New species of conifer wood from the Baqueró Group (Early Cretaceous) of Patagonia |journal=Ameghiniana |volume=52 |issue=4 |pages=468–471 |doi=10.5710/AMGH.23.06.2015.2853 |hdl=11336/46349 |s2cid=127544937 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Vera & Césari

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Baqueró Group

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A cheirolepidiaceous conifer wood.

|

Cordaites principaloides{{Cite journal|author =Zbyněk Šimůnek |year=2015 |title=Cuticles of the Polish type material of Cordaites palmaeformis (Göppert) Weiss and a Cordaites principalis-like form from Germany, Pennsylvanian |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=223 |pages=50–70 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.09.001 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.223...50S }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Šimůnek

|

Carboniferous
(Pennsylvanian)

|

Saale Basin

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A Cordaitaceous conifer.

|

Cordaites theodorii{{Cite journal|author1=Zbynek Šimunek |author2=Jan Haldovský |year=2015 |title=Contribution to the knowledge of Cordaites species from the Kladno-Rakovník Basin, Middle Pennsylvanian (Bolsovian), Czech Republic |journal=Geologia Croatica |volume=68 |issue=2 |pages=93–111 |doi=10.4154/gc.2015.11 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Šimunek & Haldovský

|

Carboniferous
(Pennsylvanian)

|

Kladno-Rakovník Basin

|

{{Flag|Czech Republic}}

|

A Cordaitaceous conifer.

|

Cordaites yongchangensis{{Cite journal|author1=Haofei Wang |author2=Wenjia Wang |author3=Ruiyun Li |author4=Xiaohui Xu |author5=Guolin Yang |author6=Jin Wang |author7=Bainian Sun |year=2015 |title=Cuticular structure of two Lower Permian species of Cordaites Ung. from Yongchang, Gansu, Northwestern China and palaeoatmospheric CO2 reconstruction |journal=Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=243–254 |url=http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?filename=WSGT201503003&DBName=cjfqtotal&dbcode=cjfq }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wang et al.

|

Early Permian

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A Cordaitaceous conifer.

|

Cordaixylon andresii{{Cite journal|author1=Silvia N. Césari |author2=Carmen Álvarez-Vázquez |author3=Isabel Méndez-Bedia |author4=Diego Álvarez-Laó |author5=Pablo Turrero |author6=Miguel Arbizu |year=2015 |title=First report of permineralised plants in the Stephanian of Arnao (Asturias, northwestern Spain) |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=440 |pages=475–486 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.09.028 |bibcode=2015PPP...440..475C |hdl=11336/85071 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Césari et al.

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Carboniferous (Stephanian)

|

|

{{Flag|Spain}}

|

A Cordaitaceous conifer wood

|

Elatocladus velenovskyi{{Cite journal|author =Jiří Kvaček |year=2015 |title=Elatocladus velenovskyi nom. nov., a characteristic conifer of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung B |volume=292 |issue=1–3 |pages=79–93 |doi=10.1127/palb/292/2015/79 |bibcode=2015PalAB.292...79K }}

|

Nom. nov

|

Valid

|

Kvaček

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Peruc-Korycany Formation

|

{{Flag|Czech Republic}}

|

A conifer;
a replacement name for "Sequoia" heterophylla (1885).
Moved to Elatocladus by Kvaček (2015); however, the name was a junior homonym of Elatocladus heterophylla Halle (1913).

|

Estellencsia{{cite book |author1=José Juárez Ruiz |author2=Michael Wachtler |title=Early-Middle Triassic (Anisian) Fossil Flora from Majorca (Spain) |publisher=Dolomythos Museum |pages=1–40 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278673933 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ruiz & Wachtler

|

Middle Triassic (Anisian)

|

|

{{Flag|Spain}}

|

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

|

Glenrosa carentonensis{{Cite journal|author1=Jean-David Moreau |author2=Didier Néraudeau |author3=Paul Tafforeau |author4=Éric Dépré |year=2015 |title=Study of the Histology of Leafy Axes and Male Cones of Glenrosa carentonensis sp. nov. (Cenomanian Flints of Charente-Maritime, France) Using Synchrotron Microtomography Linked with Palaeoecology |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=8 |pages=e0134515 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0134515 |pmid=26288019 |pmc=4546065|bibcode=2015PLoSO..1034515M |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Moreau et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

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

|

Junggaropitys{{Cite journal|author1=Xiao Shi |author2=Jianxin Yu |author3=Jean Broutin |author4=Denise Pons |year=2015 |title=Junggaropitys, a new gymnosperm stem from the Middle-Late Triassic of Junggar Basin, Northwest China, and its palaeoecological and palaeoclimatic implications |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=223 |pages=10–20 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.07.013 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.223...10S }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Shi et al.

|

Middle-Late Triassic

|

Karamay Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A conifer. The type species is Junggaropitys dalongkouensis.

|

Krassilovia{{Cite journal|author1=Fabiany Herrera |author2=Gongle Shi |author3=Andrew B. Leslie |author4=Patrick Knopf |author5=Niiden Ichinnorov |author6=Masamichi Takahashi |author7=Peter R. Crane |author8=Patrick S. Herendeen |year=2015 |title=A New Voltzian Seed Cone from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia and Its Implications for the Evolution of Ancient Conifers |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=176 |issue=8 |pages=791–809 |doi=10.1086/683060 |s2cid=87178439 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Herrera et al.

|

Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian)

|

Tevshiin Govi Formation

|

{{Flag|Mongolia}}

|

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

|

Megasylvella{{Cite journal|author=S. V. Naugolnykh |year=2015 |title=Fossil flora from the Kazanian (Middle Permian) Iva-Gora locality, Soyana River, Arkhangelsk Region, Russia |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=49 |issue=11 |pages=1193–1205 |doi=10.1134/S0031030115110076 |s2cid=86266397 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Naugolnykh

|

Middle Permian (Kazanian)

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

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

|

Mirovia pethiorica{{Cite journal|author1=N. V. Nosova |author2=A. I. Kiritchkova |year=2015 |title=The first finding of the leaves of Mirovia Reymanówna (Pinopsida) in the Middle Jurassic of the Pechora River (North of European Russia) |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=49 |issue=2 |pages=211–218 |doi=10.1134/S0031030115020057 |s2cid=128426579 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Nosova & Kiritchkova

|

Middle Jurassic (Aalenian–Bathonian)

|

Sysola Formation

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A conifer, a species of Mirovia.

|

Nageia maomingensis{{Cite journal|author1=Xiao-Yan Liu |author2=Qi Gao |author3=Jian-Hua Jin |year=2015 |title=Late Eocene leaves of Nageia (section Dammaroideae) from Maoming Basin, South China and their implications on phytogeography |journal=Journal of Systematics and Evolution |volume=53 |issue=4 |pages=297–307 |doi=10.1111/jse.12133 |s2cid=83810731 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Liu, Gao & Jin

|

Late Eocene

|

Maoming Basin

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A species of Nageia.

|

Ortiseia collii

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ruiz & Wachtler

|

Middle Triassic (Anisian)

|

|

{{Flag|Spain}}

|

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

|

Pityospermum godavarianum

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Chinnappa, Rajanikanth & Rao

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Raghavapuram Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A member of Coniferales, a species of Pityospermum.

|

Podocarpidites microradiatus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Mays

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to early Turonian)

|

Tupuangi Formation

|

{{Flag|New Zealand}}

|

A conifer.

|

Podocarpoxylon atuelensis{{Cite journal|author1=Silvia C. Gnaedinger |author2=Juan L. García Massini |author3=Florencia Bechis |author4=Ana M. Zavattieri |year=2015 |title=Coniferous woods and wood-decaying fungi from the El Freno Formation (Lower Jurassic), Neuquen Basin, Mendoza Province, Argentina |journal=Ameghiniana |volume=52 |issue=4 |pages=447–467 |doi=10.5710/AMGH.12.05.2015.2868 |s2cid=129496940 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Gnaedinger et al.

|

Early Jurassic

|

El Freno Formation

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A member of Podocarpaceae, a species of Podocarpoxylon.

|

Prumnopityoxylon{{Cite journal|author1=MJ Franco |author2=M Brea |year=2015 |title=First extra-Patagonian record of Podocarpaceae fossil wood in the Upper Cenozoic (Ituzaingó Formation) of Argentina |journal=New Zealand Journal of Botany |volume=53 |issue=2 |pages=103–116 |doi=10.1080/0028825X.2015.1029055 |s2cid=82676553 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Franco & Brea

|

Late Cenozoic

|

Ituzaingó Formation

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

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

|

Pseudofrenelopsis capillata{{Cite journal|author1=Paula Andrea Sucerquia |author2=Mary E.C. Bernardes-de-Oliveira |author3=Barbara A.R. Mohr |year=2015 |title=Phytogeographic, stratigraphic and paleoclimatic significance of Pseudofrenelopsis capillata sp. nov. from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation, Brazil |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=222 |pages=116–128 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.07.012 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.222..116S }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sucerquia, Bernardes-de-Oliveira & Mohr

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Crato Formation

|

{{Flag|Brazil}}

|

A member of Cheirolepidiaceae, a species of Pseudofrenelopsis.

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Taxus guyangensis{{Cite journal|author1=Xiao-Hui Xu |author2=Bai-Nian Sun |author3=De-Fei Yan |author4=Jin Wang |author5=Chong Dong |year=2015 |title=A Taxus leafy branch with attached ovules from the Lower Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, North China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=54 |pages=266–282 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2014.12.014 |bibcode=2015CrRes..54..266X }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Xu et al.

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Guyang Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A species of Taxus.

|

Xenoxylon yunnanensis{{Cite journal|author1=Zhuo Feng |author2=Hai-Bo Wei |author3=Chun-Ling Wang |author4=Yu-Xuan Chen |author5=Jia-Jia Shen |author6=Ji-Yuan Yang |year=2015 |title=Wood decay of Xenoxylon yunnanensis Feng sp. nov. from the Middle Jurassic of Yunnan Province, China |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=433 |pages=60–70 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.05.021 |bibcode=2015PPP...433...60F }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Feng in Feng et al.

|

Middle Jurassic

|

Shaximiao Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

Apossible Miroviaceous pinophyte.

|

= Conifer research=

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

Other seed plants

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Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Carpolithes phoenixnordensis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Smith et al.

|

Late Eocene

|

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic affinity.

|

Ctenis clarnoensis{{Cite journal|author1=Boglárka Edrei |author2=Steven R. Manchester |year=2015 |title=Ctenis clarnoensis sp. n., an Unusual Cycadalean Foliage from the Eocene Clarno Formation, Oregon |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=176 |issue=1 |pages=31–43 |doi=10.1086/678467 |s2cid=85225125 |url=http://real.mtak.hu/94917/1/Erdei_Manchester_Ctenis_IJPS.pdf }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Edrei & Manchester

|

Eocene

|

Clarno Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A cycad, a species of Ctenis.

|

Ephedra multinervia{{Cite journal|author1=Yong Yang |author2=Longbiao Lin |author3=David K. Ferguson |year=2015 |title=Parallel evolution of leaf morphology in gnetophytes |journal=Organisms Diversity & Evolution |volume=15 |issue=4 |pages=651–662 |doi=10.1007/s13127-015-0226-6 |s2cid=14753171 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Yang & Lin in Yang, Lin & Ferguson

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A species of Ephedra.

|

Golondrinia{{Cite journal|author =Bárbara Cariglino |year=2015 |title=New glossopterid polysperms from the Permian La Golondrina Formation (Santa Cruz Province, Argentina): potential affinities and biostratigraphic implications |journal=Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=379–390 |doi=10.4072/rbp.2015.3.04 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Cariglino

|

Permian (Guadalupian?-Lopingian)

|

La Golondrina Formation

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

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

|

Latisemenia{{Cite journal|author1=De-Ming Wang |author2=James F. Basinger |author3=Pu Huang |author4=Le Liu |author5=Jin-Zhuang Xue |author6=Mei-Cen Meng |author7=Ying-Ying Zhang |author8=Zhen-Zhen Deng |year=2015 |title=Latisemenia longshania, gen. et sp. nov., a new Late Devonian seed plant from China |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=282 |issue=1817 |pages=20151613 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2015.1613 |pmid=26468245 |pmc=4633874}}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wang et al.

|

Devonian (Famennian)

|

Wutong (Wutung) Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

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

|

Nanshanopteris{{Cite journal|author1=Mingli Wan |author2=Jun Wang |year=2015 |title=Nanshanopteris nervosa gen. et sp. nov., a glenopterid foliage from the Changhsingian Sunan Formation in Yumen, western China |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=219 |pages=39–51 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.03.009 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.219...39W }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wan & Wang

|

Late Permian (Changhsingian)

|

Sunan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

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

|

Peltaspermopsis nebritovii{{cite journal |author1=L.M. Bukhman |author2=N.S. Bukhman |author3=A.V. Gomankov |year=2015 |title=New species of Peltaspermopsis Gomankov from the Permian of the Subangara Area |journal=Paleobotanika |volume=6 |pages=5–13 |doi=10.31111/palaeobotany/2015.6.5 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=25346264 |issn=2218-7235 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bukhman, Bukhman & Gomankov

|

Late Permian

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A seed fern.

|

Placotheca{{Cite journal|author1=Deming Wang |author2=Le Liu |author3=Yun Guo |author4=Jinzhuang Xue |author5=Meicen Meng |year=2015 |title=A Late Devonian Fertile Organ with Seed Plant Affinities from China |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=5 |pages=Article number 10736 |doi=10.1038/srep10736 |pmid=26022973 |pmc=4448223|bibcode=2015NatSR...510736W }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wang et al.

|

Devonian (Famennian)

|

Wutong Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

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

|

Radicites trimorphus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Naugolnykh

|

Middle Permian (Kazanian)

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

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

|

Sagenopteris nadalii

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ruiz & Wachtler

|

Middle Triassic (Anisian)

|

|

{{Flag|Spain}}

|

A member of Caytoniales, a species of Sagenopteris.

|

Taeniopteris novomundensis{{Cite journal|author1=Christian Pott |author2=Ahti Launis |year=2015 |title=Taeniopteris novomundensis sp. nov. – "cycadophyte" foliage from the Carnian of Switzerland and Svalbard reconsidered: How to use Taeniopteris? |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=275 |issue=1 |pages=19–31 |doi=10.1127/njgpa/2015/0446 |s2cid=128980384 |url=http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-1449 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Prestianni et al.

|

Late Triassic (Carnian)

|

|

{{Flag|Norway}}

{{Flag|Switzerland}}

|

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

|

Thorezia{{Cite journal|author1=Cyrille Prestianni |author2=Philippe Gerrienne |year=2015 |title=Thorezia vezerensis gen. et sp. nov., a new seed plant with multiovulate cupules from the Late Devonian of Belgium |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=27 |issue=3–4 |pages=316–324 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2014.901315 |s2cid=87427704 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Prestianni & Gerrienne

|

Late Devonian

|

|

{{Flag|Belgium}}

|

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

|

Thinnfeldia vemavaramensis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Chinnappa, Rajanikanth & Rao

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Vemavaram Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

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

|

Warsteinia sancheziae{{Cite journal|author1=C. Prestianni |author2=J.J. Rustán |author3=D. Balseiro |author4=E. Vaccari |author5=A.F. Sterren |author6=P. Steemans |author7=C. Rubinstein |author8=R.A. Astini |year=2015 |title=Early seed plants from Western Gondwana: Paleobiogeographical and ecological implications based on Tournaisian (Lower Carboniferous) records from Argentina |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=417 |pages=210–219 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.10.039 |bibcode=2015PPP...417..210P |hdl=11336/32062 |url=https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/175336/1/prestianni%20et%20al%202015.pdf }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Prestianni et al.

|

Carboniferous (Tournaisian)

|

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

An early seed plant, a species of Warsteinia.

|

Yiduxylon{{Cite journal|author1=Deming Wang |author2=Le Liu |year=2015 |title=A new Late Devonian genus with seed plant affinities |journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology |volume=15 |pages=28 |doi=10.1186/s12862-015-0292-6 |pmid=25887625 |pmc=4341886 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wang & Liu

|

Devonian (Famennian)

|

Tizikou Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

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

|

Flowering plants

=Basal angiosperms=

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Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Euryale yunnanensis{{Cite journal|author1=Yongjiang Huang |author2=Xueping Ji |author3=Tao Su |author4=Li Wang |author5=Chenglong Deng |author6=Wenqi Li |author7=Hongfen Luo |author8=Zhekun Zhou |year=2015 |title=Fossil seeds of Euryale (Nymphaeaceae) indicate a lake or swamp environment in the late Miocene Zhaotong Basin of southwestern China |journal=Science Bulletin |volume=60 |issue=20 |pages=1768–1777 |doi=10.1007/s11434-015-0870-4 |bibcode=2015SciBu..60.1768H |s2cid=128508064 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Huang et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Zhaotong Basin

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Nymphaeaceae related to Euryale ferox.

|

Nuphar carlquistii{{Cite journal |last1=DeVore |first1=ML |last2=Taylor |first2=W |last3=Pigg |first3=KB |year=2015 |title=Nuphar carlquistii sp. nov. (Nymphaeaceae): A Water Lily from the Latest Early Eocene, Republic, Washington |journal= International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=176 |issue=4 |pages=365–377 |doi=10.1086/680482 |s2cid=84149074 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

DeVore, Taylor, & Pigg

|

Eocene
Ypresian

|

Klondike Mountain Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}
{{flag|Washington}}

|

A water lily

|

File:Nuphar carlquistii seeds 01a.jpg]]

=Unplaced non-eudicots=

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

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Canrightiopsis{{Cite journal|author1=Else Marie Friis |author2=Guido W. Grimm |author3=Mário Miguel Mendes |author4=Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen |year=2015 |title=Canrightiopsis, a new Early Cretaceous fossil with Clavatipollenites-type pollen bridge the gap between extinct Canrightia and extant Chloranthaceae |journal=Grana |volume=54 |issue=3 |pages=184–212 |doi=10.1080/00173134.2015.1060750 |s2cid=55101625 |url=https://pure.au.dk/ws/files/96130598/00173134_2E2015_2E1060750.pdf }}

|

Gen. et 3 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Friis et al.

|

Early Cretaceous (late Barremian–early Albian)

|

Almargem Formation

Figueira da Foz Formation

|

{{Flag|Portugal}}

|

A member of Chloranthaceae. The type species is Canrightiopsis intermedia; genus also contains Canrightiopsis crassitesta and Canrightiopsis dinisii.

|

=Magnoliids=

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

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Artabotrys siwalicus{{Cite journal|author1=M. Prasad |author2=A.K. Kannaujia |author3=Alok |author4=Sanjai Kumar Singh |year=2015 |title=Plant megaflora from the Siwalik (Upper Miocene) of Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India and its palaeoclimatic and phytogeographic significance |journal=The Palaeobotanist |volume=64 |issue=1 |pages=13–94 |doi=10.54991/jop.2015.103 |s2cid=252299607 }}

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Prasad et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Geabdat Sandstone Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Artabotrys.

|

Cryptocaryoxylon oleiferum{{Cite journal|author1=Rita Soledad Ramos |author2=Mariana Brea |author3=Daniela Kröhling |year=2015 |title=Primer registro de Cryptocaryoxylon Leisman, una Lauraceae de la Formación El Palmar (Pleistoceno tardío), Entre Ríos, Argentina |journal=Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales |series=Nueva Serie |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=59–70 |url=http://revista.macn.gob.ar/ojs/index.php/RevMus/article/view/396 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ramos, Brea & Kröhling

|

Late Pleistocene

|

El Palmar Formation

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A member of Lauraceae, a species of Cryptocaryoxylon.

|

Meiogyne sevokensis

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Prasad et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Geabdat Sandstone Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Meiogyne.

|

Paraperseoxylon septatum{{Cite journal|author1=María Jimena Franco |author2=Mariana Brea |author3=Esteban Passeggi |author4=Leandro Martín Pérez |year=2015 |title=The first record of Lauraceae fossil woods from the Cretaceous Puerto Yeruá Formation of eastern Argentina and palaeobiogeographic implications |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=56 |pages=388–398 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.05.014 |bibcode=2015CrRes..56..388F |hdl=11336/42166 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Franco et al.

|

Cretaceous

|

Puerto Yeruá Formation

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A member of Lauraceae, a species of Paraperseoxylon.

|

Piper margaritae{{Cite journal|author1=Camila Martínez |author2=Mónica R. Carvalho |author3=Santiago Madriñán |author4=Carlos A. Jaramillo |year=2015 |title=A Late Cretaceous Piper (Piperaceae) from Colombia and diversification patterns for the genus |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=102 |issue=2 |pages=273–289 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1400427 |pmid=25667080}}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Martínez et al.

|

Late Cretaceous

|

Guaduas Formation

|

{{Flag|Colombia}}

|

A member of Piperaceae, a species of Piper.

|

Pseuduvaria mioreticulata

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Prasad et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Geabdat Sandstone Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Pseuduvaria.

|

Tinaflora{{Cite journal|author1=Brian A. Atkinson |author2=Ruth A. Stockey |author3=Gar W. Rothwell |author4=Randal A. Mindell |author5=Matlock J. Bolton |year=2015 |title=Lauraceous Flowers from the Eocene of Vancouver Island: Tinaflora beardiae gen. et sp. nov. (Lauraceae) |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=176 |issue=6 |pages=567–585 |doi=10.1086/681586 |s2cid=84019259 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Atkinson et al.

|

Eocene

|

|

{{Flag|Canada}}

|

A member of Lauraceae. The type species is Tinaflora beardiae.

|

=Monocots=

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

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Chuniophoenix slenderifolia{{Cite journal|author1=Qiu-Jun Wang |author2=Fu-Jun Ma |author3=Jun-Ling Dong |author4=Yi Yang |author5=Pei-Hong Jin |author6=Bai-Nian Sun |year=2015 |title=Coryphoid palms from the Oligocene of China and their biogeographical implications |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=14 |issue=4 |pages=263–279 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2015.03.005 |bibcode=2015CRPal..14..263W }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wang et al.

|

Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A coryphoid palm tree, a species of Chuniophoenix.

|

Dasylarynx{{Cite journal|author1=George O. Poinar, Jr. |author2=Kenton L. Chambers |year=2015 |title=Dasylarynx anomalus gen. et sp. nov., a tubular monocotyledon-like flower in Mid-Tertiary Dominican amber |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=121–128 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Poinar & Chambers

| Eocene or Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A monocot of uncertain phylogenetic placement found in Dominican amber. The type species is Dasylarynx anomalus.

|

Lejalia{{Cite journal|author1=Clément Coiffard |author2=Barbara A.R. Mohr |year=2015 |title=Lejalia sagenopteroides gen. nov. et comb. nov.: A new tropical member of Araceae from Late Cretaceous strata of northern Gondwana (Jebel Abyad, Sudan) implications |journal=Taxon |volume=64 |issue=5 |pages=987–997 |doi=10.12705/645.8 }}

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Coiffard & Mohr

|

Late Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Sudan}}

|

A member of Araceae; a new genus for "Proteaephyllum" sagenopteroides.

|

Livistona roundifolia

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wang et al.

|

Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A coryphoid palm tree, a species of Livistona.

|

Orontiophyllum{{Cite journal|author1=Jiří Kvaček |author2=Selena Y. Smith |year=2015 |title=Orontiophyllum, a new genus for foliage of fossil Orontioideae (Araceae) from the Cretaceous of central Europe |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=178 |issue=3 |pages=489–500 |doi=10.1111/boj.12256 |s2cid=85944406 }}

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Kvaček & Smith

|

Late Cretaceous (Turonian to early Campanian)

|

|

{{Flag|Austria}}

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A member of Araceae. A new genus for "Araciphyllites" austriacus Kvaček & Herman (2005); genus also contains "Zingiberopsis" riggauensis Knobloch (1979).

|

Palmoxylon kikaapoa{{Cite journal|author1=B. Alejandra Sainz-Resendiz |author2=Emilio Estrada-Ruiz |author3=L. Elena Mateo-Cid |author4=Héctor Porras-Múzquiz |year=2015 |title=Primer registro de un estípite de Coryphoideae: Palmoxylon kikaapoa de la Formación Olmos del Cretácico Superior, Coahuila, México |journal=Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad |volume=86 |issue=4 |pages=872–881 |doi=10.1016/j.rmb.2015.09.009 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sainz-Resendiz et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Campanian)

|

Olmos Formation

|

{{Flag|Mexico}}

|

A palm tree wood taxon, a species of Palmoxylon.

|

Phoenix windmillis{{Cite journal|author =Sarah E. Allen |year=2015 |title=Fossil Palm Flowers from the Eocene of the Rocky Mountain Region with Affinities to Phoenix L. (Arecaceae: Coryphoideae) |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=176 |issue=6 |pages=586–596 |doi=10.1086/681605 |s2cid=86911563 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Allen

|

Eocene

|

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of Arecaceae, a species of Phoenix.

|

Pseudhaplocricus{{Cite journal|author1=George O. Poinar, Jr. |author2=Kenton L. Chambers |year=2015 |title=Pseudhaplocricus hexandrus gen. et sp. nov. (Commelinaceae) in Mid-Tertiary Dominican amber |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=353–359 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Poinar & Chambers

|

Burdigalian

|

Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A member of Commelinaceae.
The type species is Pseudhaplocricus hexandrus.

|

Smilax miohavanensis{{Cite journal|author1=Thomas Denk |author2=Dimitrios Velitzelos |author3=H. Tuncay Güner |author4=Lilian Ferrufino-Acosta |year=2015 |title=Smilax (Smilacaceae) from the Miocene of western Eurasia with Caribbean biogeographic affinities |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=102 |issue=3 |pages=423–438 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1400495 |pmid=25784476}}

|

Nom. nov

|

Valid

|

Denk et al.

|

Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|Austria}}

{{Flag|Greece}}

{{Flag|Turkey}}

|

A member of Smilacaceae; a replacement name for "Quercus" aspera Unger (1847) (subsequently transferred to the genus Smilax, which would make it a junior homonym of the extant Smilax aspera).

|

Trachycarpus formosa

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wang et al.

|

Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A coryphoid palm tree, a species of Trachycarpus.

|

=Basal eudicots=

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

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Buxus ningmingensis{{Cite journal|author1=Fujun Ma |author2=Qiujun Wang |author3=Junling Dong |author4=Yi Yang |author5=Wenjia Wang |author6=Defei Yan |author7=Bainian Sun |year=2015 |title=Buxus Leaves from the Oligocene of Guangxi, China and Their Biogeographical Significance |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) |volume=89 |issue=5 |pages=1453–1469 |url=http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201505004&flag=1 | doi = 10.1111/1755-6724.12557|s2cid=129115205 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ma & Sun in Ma et al.

|

Oligocene

|

Nigming Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A species of Buxus.

|

Buxus preaustro-yunnanensis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ma & Sun in Ma et al.

|

Oligocene

|

Nigming Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A species of Buxus.

|

Menispermites orientalis{{Cite journal|author1=L. B. Golovneva |author2=A. B. Herman |author3=S. V. Shczepetov |year=2015 |title=The Genus Menispermites Lesquereux (Angiosperms) in the Cretaceous Grebenka Flora of Northeastern Russia |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=49 |issue=4 |pages=429–437 |doi=10.1134/S0031030115030065 |s2cid=130793937 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Golovneva in Golovneva, Herman & Shczepetov

|

Cretaceous (late Albian–early Turonian)

|

Krivorechenskaya Formation

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A species of Menispermites.

|

Menispermoxylon mowglii{{Cite journal|author1=Alexis Licht |author2=Anaïs Boura |author3=Dario De Franceschi |author4=Torsten Utescher |author5=Chit Sein |author6=Jean-Jacques Jaeger |year=2015 |title=Late middle Eocene fossil wood of Myanmar: Implications for the landscape and the climate of the Eocene Bengal Bay |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=216 |pages=44–54 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.01.010 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.216...44L }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Licht, Boura & De Franceschi in Licht et al.

|

Late middle Eocene

|

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Menispermaceae, a species of Menispermoxylon.

|

=Superasterids=

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Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Anthocephalophyllum{{Cite journal|author1=Hukam Singh |author2=Mahesh Prasad |author3=Kishor Kumar |author4=Sanjai K. Singh|year=2015 |title=Early Eocene macroflora and associated palynofossils from the Cambay Shale Formation, western India: Phytogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications |journal=Palaeoworld |volume=24 |issue=3 |pages=293–323 |doi=10.1016/j.palwor.2015.05.002 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Singh et al.

|

Early Eocene

|

Cambay Shale Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A member of the family Rubiaceae described on the basis of leaf impressions.
Genus includes new species A. vastanicum.

|

Aralia stratosa{{Cite journal|author1=Hai Zhu |author2=Frédéric M.B. Jacques |author3=Li Wang |author4=Xiang-Hui Xiao |author5=Yong-Jiang Huang |author6=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2015 |title=Fossil endocarps of Aralia (Araliaceae) from the upper Pliocene of Yunnan in southwest China, and their biogeographical implications |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=223 |pages=94–103 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.09.010 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.223...94Z }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zhu, Huang & Zhou in Zhu et al.

|

Late Pliocene

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Araliaceae, a species of Aralia.

|

Boraginocarpus algeriensis{{Cite journal|author1=Sid Ahmed Hammouda |author2=Maximilian Weigend |author3=Fateh Mebrouk |author4=Juliana Chacón |author5=Mustapha Bensalah |author6=Hans-Jürgen Ensikat |author7=Mohammed Adaci |year=2015 |title=Fossil nutlets of Boraginaceae from the continental Eocene of Hamada of Méridja (southwestern Algeria): The first fossil of the Borage family in Africa |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=102 |issue=12 |pages=2108–2115 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1500350 |pmid=26681356}}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Hammouda & Weigend in Hammouda et al.

|

Eocene (Ypresian to Lutetian)

|

Méridja Formation

|

{{Flag|Algeria}}

|

A member of Boraginaceae belonging to the tribe Echiochileae, a species of Boraginocarpus.

|

Cerbera miocenica

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Prasad et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Geabdat Sandstone Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Cerbera.

|

Chionanthus siwalicus

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Prasad et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Geabdat Sandstone Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Chionanthus.

|

Cornus maii{{Cite journal|author =Edoardo Martinetto |year=2015 |title=Monographing the Pliocene and early Pleistocene carpofloras of Italy: methodological challenges and current progress |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung B |volume=293 |issue=1–6 |pages=57–99 |doi=10.1127/palb/293/2015/57 |bibcode=2015PalAB.293...57M }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Martinetto

|

Pliocene

|

|

{{Flag|Italy}}

|

A species of Cornus.

|

Diospyros palaeoargentea

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Prasad et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Geabdat Sandstone Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Diospyros.

|

Ebenoxylon cambayense

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Singh et al.

|

Early Eocene

|

Cambay Shale Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A member of the family Ebenaceae described on the basis of fossil wood.

|

Gardenia precoronaria

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Prasad et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Geabdat Sandstone Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Gardenia.

|

Gardeniophyllum

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Singh et al.

|

Early Eocene

|

Cambay Shale Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A member of the family Rubiaceae described on the basis of leaf impressions. Genus includes new species G. cambayum.

|

Goweria bluerimensis{{Cite journal|author1=Sarah E. Allen |author2=Gregory W. Stull |author3=Steven R. Manchester |year=2015 |title=Icacinaceae from the Eocene of western North America |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=102 |issue=5 |pages=725–744 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1400550 |pmid=26022487}}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Allen, Stull & Manchester

|

Eocene

|

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of Icacinaceae, a species of Goweria.

|

Icacinicaryites lottii

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Allen, Stull & Manchester

|

Eocene

|

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of Icacinaceae, a species of Icacinicaryites.

|

Iodes occidentalis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Allen, Stull & Manchester

|

Eocene

|

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of Icacinaceae, a species of Iodes.

|

Klaprothiopsis{{Cite journal|author1=George O. Poinar, Jr. |author2=Maximilian Weigend |author3=Tilo Henning |year=2015 |title=Klaprothiopsis dyscrita gen. et sp. nov. (Loasaceae) in Mid-Tertiary Dominican amber |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=369–379 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Poinar, Weigend & Henning

|

Burdigalian

|

Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A member of Loasaceae. The type species is Klaprothiopsis dyscrita.

|

Lonicera krassilovii{{Cite journal|author =Boris I. Pavlyutkin |year=2015 |title=A New Species of Lonicera (Caprifoliaceae) from the Miocene of Primorye Region (the Russian Far East) |journal=Botanica Pacifica |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=157–160 |doi=10.17581/bp.2015.04218 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Pavlyutkin

|

Late Miocene

|

Ust-Suifun Formation

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A honeysuckle.

|

Oleoxylon deccanense{{Cite journal|author1=Rashmi Srivastava |author2=Elisabeth A. Wheeler |author3=Steven R. Manchester |author4=Pieter Baas |year=2015 |title=Wood of Oleaceae from the latest Cretaceous of India – the earliest olive branch? |journal=IAWA Journal |volume=36 |issue=4 |pages=443–451 |doi=10.1163/22941932-20150113 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

(Trivedi & Srivastava) Srivastava, et al.

|

Late Cretaceous–Paleocene (Maastrichtian–Danian)

|

Deccan Intertrappean Beds
(Dhuma Formation)

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

An Oleaceous wood taxon.
Originally nomen nudum by Trivedi & Srivastava (1981); Srivastava et al. (2015) validated the name.

|

Randia lishensis

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Prasad et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Geabdat Sandstone Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Randia.

|

Rhaphithamnoxylon{{Cite journal|author1=María Jimena Franco |author2=Mariana Brea |author3=Ana María Zavattieri |year=2015 |title=First record of fossil woods from the Mariño Formation (Miocene), Mendoza, Argentina and their palaeobiogeographical implications |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=8–23 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2014.951915 |bibcode=2015Alch...39....8F |hdl=11336/80298 |s2cid=140575379 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Franco, Brea & Zavattieri

|

Middle Miocene

|

Mariño Formation

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A member of Verbenaceae related to members of the genus Rhaphithamnus. The type species is Rhaphithamnoxylon artabeae.

|

Styracoxylon thyllosum{{Cite journal|author1=Eliana Moya |author2=Mariana Brea |author3=María Jimena Franco |year=2015 |title=First record of Styracoxylon (Styracaceae) from Southern Hemisphere: Arroyo Feliciano Formation (Upper Pleistocene), Entre Ríos, Argentina |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=221 |pages=211–219 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.07.008 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.221..211M |hdl=11336/41496 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Moya, Brea & Franco

|

Late Pleistocene

|

Arroyo Feliciano Formation

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A member of Styracaceae, a species of Styracoxylon.

|

==Angiosperm research==

  • Pollen grains representing the oldest fossils of members of the family Asteraceae discovered so far are described from the Late Cretaceous of Antarctica by Barreda et al. (2015).{{cite journal | doi = 10.1073/pnas.1423653112 | title = Early evolution of the angiosperm clade Asteraceae in the Cretaceous of Antarctica | year = 2015 |author1=Viviana D. Barreda |author2=Luis Palazzesi |author3=Maria C. Tellería |author4=Eduardo B. Olivero |author5=J. Ian Raine |author6=Félix Forest | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | volume = 112 | issue = 35 | pages =10989–10994 | pmid=26261324 | pmc=4568267| bibcode = 2015PNAS..11210989B | doi-access = free }}

=Superrosids=

==Saxifragales==

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Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Liquidambar maomingensis{{Cite journal|author1=Natalia P. Maslova |author2=Tatiana M. Kodrul |author3=Yunsheng Song |author4=Lyudmila D. Volkova |author5=Jianhua Jin |year=2015 |title=Liquidambar maomingensis sp. nov. (Altingiaceae) from the late Eocene of South China |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=102 |issue=8 |pages=1356–1370 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1500019 |pmid=26290558}}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Maslova et al.

|

Late Eocene

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Altingiaceae, a species of Liquidambar.

|

Rhodoleia tengchongensis{{Cite journal|author=Jingyu Wu |author2=Zhenrui Zhao |author3=Qijia Li |author4=Yusheng (Christopher) Liu |author5=Sanping Xie |author6=Bainian Sun |year=2015 |title=A New Species of Rhodoleia (Hamamelidaceae) from the Upper Pliocene of West Yunnan, China and Comments on Phytogeography and Insect Herbivory |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) |volume=89 |issue=5 |pages=1440–1452 |url=http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201505003&flag=1 | doi = 10.1111/1755-6724.12556|s2cid=131504498 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wu & Sun in Wu et al.

|

Pliocene (Piacenzian)

|

Upper Mangbang Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A species of Rhodoleia.

|

==Vitales==

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Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Vitis siwalicus

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Prasad et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Geabdat Sandstone Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Vitis.

|

==Fabids==

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

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Abaremaxylon{{Cite journal|author1=Eliana Moya |author2=Mariana Brea |year=2015 |title=Legume fossil woods from the Late Pleistocene northeastern Argentina (Arroyo Feliciano Formation): palaeobiogeographic implications |journal=Ameghiniana |volume=52 |issue=5 |pages=558–573 |doi=10.5710/AMGH.24.06.2015.2875 |s2cid=129415242 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Moya & Brea

|

Late Pleistocene

|

Arroyo Feliciano Formation

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A member of Mimosoideae. The type species is Abaremaxylon hydrochorea.

|

Artocarpus basirotundatus{{Cite journal|author1=Frédéric M.B. Jacques |author2=Gongle Shi |author3=Tao Su |author4=Zhekun Zhou |year=2015 |title=A tropical forest of the middle Miocene of Fujian (SE China) reveals Sino-Indian biogeographic affinities |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=216 |pages=76–91 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.02.001 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.216...76J }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Jacques, Shi & Zhou in Jacques et al.

|

Miocene (Langhian)

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Moraceae, a species of Artocarpus.

|

Bauhinia fotana

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Jacques, Shi & Zhou in Jacques et al.

|

Miocene (Langhian)

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Leguminosae, a species of Bauhinia.

|

Bauhinia ungulatoides{{Cite journal|author1=Yanxiang Lin |author2=William Oki Wong |author3=Gongle Shi |author4=Si Shen |author5=Zhenyu Li |year=2015 |title=Bilobate leaves of Bauhinia (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, Cercideae) from the middle Miocene of Fujian Province, southeastern China and their biogeographic implications |journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology |volume=15 |pages=252 |doi=10.1186/s12862-015-0540-9 |pmid=26572133 |pmc=4647482 |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lin et al.

|

Miocene (Langhian)

|

Fotan Group

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Leguminosae, a species of Bauhinia.

|

Boehmeria fujianensis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Jacques, Shi & Zhou in Jacques et al.

|

Miocene (Langhian)

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Urticaceae, a species of Boehmeria.

|

Calophyllaceophyllum

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Singh et al.

|

Early Eocene

|

Cambay Shale Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A member of the family Calophyllaceae described on the basis of leaf impressions. Genus includes new species C. eocenicum.

|

Calophyllum striatum

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Jacques, Shi & Zhou in Jacques et al.

|

Miocene (Langhian)

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Calophyllaceae, a species of Calophyllum.

|

Carallioipollenites

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Singh et al.

|

Early Eocene

|

Cambay Shale Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

An angiosperm pollen with a close affinity with Carallia.
The type species is C. integerrimoides.

|

Castanopsis praefissa{{Cite journal|author1=Ruiyun Li |author2=Bainian Sun |author3=Qiujun Wang |author4=Fujun Ma |author5=Xiaohui Xu |author6=Yunfeng Wang |author7=Hui Jia |year=2015 |title=Two new Castanopsis (Fagaceae) species based on cupule and foliage from the upper Miocene of eastern Zhejiang, China |journal=Plant Systematics and Evolution |volume=301 |issue=1 |pages=25–39 |doi=10.1007/s00606-014-1051-7 |s2cid=18909589 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li & Sun in Li et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Shengxian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A species of Castanopsis.

|

Castanopsis praeouonbiensis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li & Sun in Li et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Shengxian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A species of Castanopsis.

|

Cedrelospermum asiaticum{{Cite journal|author1=Lin-Bo Jia |author2=Steven R. Manchester |author3=Tao Su |author4=Yao-Wu Xing |author5=Wen-Yun Chen |author6=Yong-Jiang Huang |author7=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2015 |title=First occurrence of Cedrelospermum (Ulmaceae) in Asia and its biogeographic implications |journal=Journal of Plant Research |volume=128 |issue=5 |pages=747–761 |doi=10.1007/s10265-015-0739-2 |pmid=26141513 |s2cid=16640738 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Jia, Huang & Zhou in Jia et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Ulmaceae, a species of Cedrelospermum.

|

Cercis usnadzei{{Cite journal|author1=Yan-Xiang Lin |author2=William Oki Wong |year=2015 |title=Cercis usnadzei, a new replacement name for Cercis kryshtofovichii Usnadze (fossil Fabaceae) |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=224 |issue=1 |pages=96–99 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.224.1.7 }}

|

Nom. nov

|

Valid

|

Lin & Wong

|

Late Oligocene to middle Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

|

A Cercis species.
a replacement name for the preoccupied Cercis kryshtofovichii Usnadze (1971).

|

Comopellis{{Cite journal|author1=Kenton L. Chambers |author2=George O. Poinar, Jr. |year=2015 |title=Comopellis presbya gen. et sp. nov. (Rhamnaceae) in Mid-Tertiary amber from the Dominican Republic |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288841576 |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=361–367 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Chambers & Poinar

|

Eocene or Miocene

| El Mamey Formation

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A member of Rhamnaceae found in Dominican amber. The type species is Comopellis presbya.

|

Cylicodiscuxylon

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Moya & Brea

|

Late Pleistocene

|

Arroyo Feliciano Formation

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A member of Mimosoideae. The type species is Cylicodiscuxylon paragabunensis.

|

Deviacer guangxiensis{{Cite journal|author1=Yunfa Chen |author2=Steven R. Manchester |year=2015 |title=Winged Fruits of Deviacer in the Oligocene from the Ningming Basin in Guangxi, South China |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=12 |pages=e0144009 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0144009 |pmid=26624897 |pmc=4666604|bibcode=2015PLoSO..1044009C |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Chen & Manchester

|

Oligocene

|

Ningming Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Polygalaceae, a species of Deviacer.

|

Deviacer pidemarmanii{{Cite journal|author1=Jeffrey A. Myers |author2=Diane M. Erwin |year=2015 |title=Deviacer pidemarmanii sp. nov. (Polygalaceae) from the Late Eocene–Early Oligocene Badger's Nose Paleoflora, Modoc County, California |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=176 |issue=3 |pages=259–268 |doi=10.1086/679759 |s2cid=84642512 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Myers & Erwin

|

Late Eocene–Early Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of Polygalaceae, a species of Deviacer.

|

Flacourtia serrulata

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Jacques, Shi & Zhou in Jacques et al.

|

Miocene (Langhian)

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Salicaceae, a species of Flacourtia.

|

Gynocardia eocenica{{Cite journal|author1=Anumeha Shukla |author2=Hukam Singh |author3=R.C. Mehrotra |year=2015 |title=A fossil wood of Gynocardia from the Valia Lignite Mine, Bharuch District, Gujarat |journal=The Palaeobotanist |volume=64 |issue=(1-2) |pages=163–168 |doi=10.54991/jop.2015.111 |s2cid=252303616 }}

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Shukla, Singh & Mehrotra

|

Early Eocene

|

Cambay Shale Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Gynocardia.

|

Hydnocarpus ghishiensis

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Prasad et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Geabdat Sandstone Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Hydnocarpus.

|

Lithocarpus longchuanensis{{Cite journal|author1=Xian-Yun Mu |author2=Jian-Xia Li |author3=Xiao-Fei Xia |author4=Liang-Cheng Zhao |year=2015 |title=Cupules and fruits of Lithocarpus (Fagaceae) from the Miocene of Yunnan, southwestern China |journal=Taxon |volume=64 |issue=4 |pages=795–808 |doi=10.12705/644.10 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Mu et al.

|

Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Fagaceae, a species of Lithocarpus.

|

Macaranga stellata

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Jacques, Shi & Zhou in Jacques et al.

|

Miocene (Langhian)

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Euphorbiaceae, a species of Macaranga.

|

Millettia miosericea

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Prasad et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Geabdat Sandstone Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Millettia.

|

Millettia sevokensis

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Prasad et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Geabdat Sandstone Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Millettia.

|

Palaeocarya hispida{{Cite journal|author1=Hong-Hu Meng |author2=Tao Su |author3=Yong-Jiang Huang |author4=Hai Zhu |author5=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2015 |title=Late Miocene Palaeocarya (Engelhardieae: Juglandaceae) from Southwest China and its biogeographic implications |journal=Journal of Systematics and Evolution |volume=53 |issue=6 |pages=499–511 |doi=10.1111/jse.12145 |s2cid=67830491 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Meng et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Juglandaceae, a species of Palaeocarya.

|

Paleoochna{{Cite journal|author1=Stefanie M. Ickert-Bond |author2=Kathleen B. Pigg |author3=Melanie L. DeVore |year=2015 |title=Paleoochna tiffneyi gen. et sp. nov. (Ochnaceae) from the Late Paleocene Almont/Beicegel Creek Flora, North Dakota, USA |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=176 |issue=9 |pages=892–900 |doi=10.1086/683275 |s2cid=88105238 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ickert-Bond, Pigg & DeVore

|

Late Paleocene

|

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of Ochnaceae. The type species is Paleoochna tiffneyi.

|

Podocarpium eocenicum{{Cite journal|author1=Qingqing Xu |author2=Jue Qiu |author3=Zhekun Zhou |author4=Jianhua Jin |year=2015 |title=Eocene Podocarpium (Leguminosae) from South China and its biogeographic implications |journal=Frontiers in Plant Science |volume=6 |pages=938 |doi=10.3389/fpls.2015.00938 |pmc=4630573 |pmid=26579179|doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Xu & Jin in Xu et al.

|

Eocene

|

Changchang Formation

Youganwo Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Caesalpinioideae, a species of Podocarpium.

|

Prioria dominicana{{Cite journal|author1=George O. Poinar, Jr. |author2=Kenton L. Chambers |year=2015 |title=Prioria dominicana sp. nov. (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae), a fossil flower in Mid-Tertiary Dominican amber |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=129–134 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Poinar & Chambers

|

Eocene or Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A member of Fabaceae belonging to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae found in Dominican amber, a species of Prioria.

|

Prunus kunmingensis{{Cite journal|author1=Tao Su |author2=Peter Wilf |author3=Yongjiang Huang |author4=Shitao Zhang |author5=Zhekun Zhou |year=2015 |title=Peaches Preceded Humans: Fossil Evidence from SW China |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=5 |pages=Article number 16794 |doi=10.1038/srep16794 |pmid=26610240 |pmc=4660870|bibcode=2015NatSR...516794S }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Su, Wilf & Zhou in Su et al.

|

Late Pliocene

|

Ciying Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A species of Prunus related to the peach.

|

Quercus chekryzhovii{{Cite journal|author =B. I. Pavlyutkin |year=2015 |title=The Genus Quercus (Fagaceae) in the Early Oligocene Flora of Kraskino, Primorskii Region |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=49 |issue=6 |pages=668–676 |doi=10.1134/S003103011506009X |s2cid=86042415 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Pavlyutkin

|

Early Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

An oak.

|

Quercus heterobracteolata{{Cite journal|author1=Hui Jia |author2=Peihong Jin |author3=Jingyu Wu |author4=Zixi Wang |author5=Bainian Sun |year=2015 |title=Quercus (subg. Cyclobalanopsis) leaf and cupule species in the late Miocene of eastern China and their paleoclimatic significance |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=219 |pages=132–146 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.01.011 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.219..132J }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Jia et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

An oak.

|

Quercus kraskinensis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Pavlyutkin

|

Early Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

An oak.

|

Quercus maii{{Cite journal|author1=Johanna Kovar-Eder |author2=Andrea K. Kern |author3=Ge Sun |year=2015 |title=Fagaceae from the plant assemblage of Badaogou, Jilin Province, China (late Pliocene) indicate post-Pliocene diversification of oaks |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung B |volume=293 |issue=1–6 |pages=9–55 |doi=10.1127/palb/293/2015/9 |bibcode=2015PalAB.293....9K }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kovar-Eder in Kovar-Eder, Kern & Sun

|

Late Pliocene

|

Ma’anshancun Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

An oak.

|

Quercus paraglauca

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Jia et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

An oak.

|

Quercus rajushkinae{{Cite journal|author =Alexander Borisovitch Doweld |year=2015 |title=Quercus rajushkinae, a new name for Quercus lavrovii Rajushkina (Fagaceae) |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=221 |issue=1 |pages=100 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.221.1.13 }}

|

Nom. nov

|

Valid

|

Doweld

|

Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

|

An oak; a replacement name for Quercus lavrovii Rajushkina (1987) (preoccupied).

|

Quercus waltheri

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kovar-Eder in Kovar-Eder, Kern & Sun

|

Late Pliocene

|

Ma’anshancun Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

An oak.

|

Rhamnus siwalicus

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Prasad et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Geabdat Sandstone Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Rhamnus.

|

Rubus lanpingensis{{Cite journal|author =Yong-Jiang Huang |author2=Frédéric M.B. Jacques |author3=Yu-Sheng (Christopher) Liu |author4=Tao Su |author5=David K. Ferguson |author6=Yao-Wu Xing |author7=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2015 |title=Rubus (Rosaceae) diversity in the late Pliocene of Yunnan, southwestern China |journal=Geobios |volume=48 |issue=6 |pages=439–448 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2015.08.001 |bibcode=2015Geobi..48..439H }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Huang et al.

|

Pliocene (Piacenzian)

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Rosaceae, a species of Rubus.

|

Spatholobus siwalicus

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Prasad et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Geabdat Sandstone Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Spatholobus.

|

Welkoetoxylon{{Cite journal|author1=Nareerat Boonchai |author2=Steven R. Manchester |author3=Elisabeth A. Wheeler |year=2015 |title=Welkoetoxylon multiseriatum: fossil moraceous wood from the Eocene Green River Formation, Wyoming, U.S.A. |journal=IAWA Journal |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=158–166 |doi=10.1163/22941932-00000093 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Boonchai, Manchester & Wheeler

|

Eocene

|

Green River Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}
{{flag|Wyoming}}

|

A moraceous wood morphogenus.
The type species is W. multiseriatum.

|

Zygiaxylon{{Cite journal|author1=Adriana Kloster |author2=Silvia Gnaedinger |author3=Karen Adami-Rodrigues |author4=Camile Urban |year=2015 |title=New record of Fabaceae fossil woods from the Solimões Formation (Miocene), Acre Basin, Amazon, Brazil |journal=Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=391–402 |doi=10.4072/rbp.2015.3.05 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kloster & Gnaedinger in Kloster et al.

|

Miocene

|

Solimões Formation

|

{{Flag|Brazil}}

|

A member of Fabaceae belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae. The type species is Zygiaxylon amazonicum.

|

==Malvids==

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Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Acer lincangense{{Cite journal|author1=Yunfeng Wang |author2=Yang Shao |author3=Binke Li |author4=Kenan Liu |author5=Sanping Xie |year=2015 |title=Acer Leaves and Samaras from the Late Miocene of Lincang, Yunnan Province |journal=Geological Journal of China Universities |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=105–116 |doi=10.16108/j.issn1006-7493.2014114 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wang et al.

|

Miocene

|

Bangmai Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A maple.

|

Bombax palaeomalabaricum

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Prasad et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Geabdat Sandstone Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Bombax.

|

Buchanania palaeosessilifolia

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Prasad et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Geabdat Sandstone Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Buchanania.

|

Burretiodendron miocenicum{{Cite journal|author1=Julie Lebreton Anberrée |author2=Steven R. Manchester |author3=Jian Huang |author4=Shufeng Li |author5=Yuqing Wang |author6=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2015 |title=First Fossil Fruits and Leaves of Burretiodendron s.l. (Malvaceae s.l.) in Southeast Asia: Implications for Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Paleoclimate |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=176 |issue=7 |pages=682–696 |doi=10.1086/682166 |s2cid=73584442 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lebreton Anberrée et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A species of Burretiodendron.

|

Burretiodendron parvifructum

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lebreton Anberrée et al.

|

Early Oligocene{{Cite journal|author1=Sheng-Lan Xu |author2=Tatiana Kodrul |author3=Yan Wu |author4=Natalia Maslova |author5=Jian-Hua Jin |year=2020 |title=Early Oligocene fruits and leaves of Burretiodendron (Malvaceae s. l.) from South China |journal=Journal of Systematics and Evolution |volume=59 |issue=5 |pages=2000–2010 | doi=10.1111/jse.12577 |s2cid=214527089 }} to late Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A species of Burretiodendron.

|

Combretum prechinense{{Cite journal|author1=Mahasin Ali Khan |author2=Subir Bera |author3=Ruby Ghosh |author4=Robert A. Spicer |author5=Teresa E.V. Spicer |year=2015 |title=Leaf cuticular morphology of some angiosperm taxa from the Siwalik sediments (middle Miocene to lower Pleistocene) of Arunachal Pradesh, eastern Himalaya: Systematic and palaeoclimatic implications |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=214 |pages=9–26 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.10.008 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.214....9K |s2cid=140604985 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Khan, Bera & Spicer in Khan et al.

|

Middle to late Miocene

|

Dafla Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A member of Combretaceae, a species of Combretum.

|

Cupania oodlabariensis

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Prasad et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Geabdat Sandstone Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Cupania.

|

Lagerstroemia himalayaensis{{Cite journal|author1=Gaurav Srivastava |author2=Rajan Gaur |author3=R.C. Mehrotra |year=2015 |title=Lagerstroemia L. from the middle Miocene Siwalik deposits, northern India: Implication for Cenozoic range shifts of the genus and the family Lythraceae |journal=Journal of Earth System Science |volume=124 |issue=1 |pages=227–239 |doi=10.1007/s12040-014-0526-9 |bibcode=2015JESS..124..227S |s2cid=129685250 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Srivastava, Gaur & Mehrotra

|

Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A member of Lythraceae, a species of Lagerstroemia.

|

Melanorrhoeophyllum

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Singh et al.

|

Early Eocene

|

Cambay Shale Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

An Anacardiaceae leaf morphotaxon.
Genus includes new species M. suratum.

|

Paranephelium miocenica

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Prasad et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Geabdat Sandstone Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Paranephelium.

|

Pleiogynium parvum{{Cite journal|author1=Andrew Rozefelds |author2=Mary Dettmann |author3=Trevor Clifford |author4=Scott Hocknull |author5=Nikki Newman |author6=Henk Godthelp |author7=Suzanne Hand |author8=Michael Archer |year=2015 |title=Traditional and computed tomographic (CT) techniques link modern and Cenozoic fruits of Pleiogynium (Anacardiaceae) from Australia |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=24–39 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2014.951916 |bibcode=2015Alch...39...24R |s2cid=128910436 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Rozefelds, Dettmann & Clifford in Rozefelds et al.

|

Probably Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|Australia}}

|

A species of Pleiogynium.

|

Pleiogynium wannanii

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Rozefelds, Dettmann & Clifford in Rozefelds et al.

|

Latest Oligocene or early Miocene

|

Riversleigh

|

{{Flag|Australia}}

|

A species of Pleiogynium.

|

Pterospermoxylon suratensis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Singh et al.

|

Early Eocene

|

Cambay Shale Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A member of the family Malvaceae belonging to the subfamily Dombeyoideae, described on the basis of fossil wood.

|

Qualeoxylon felicianensis{{Cite journal|author1=Eliana Moya |author2=Mariana Brea |year=2015 |title=A new record of fossil wood of Vochysiaceae from the Late Pleistocene (Arroyo Feliciano Formation), Argentina, South America |journal=Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=83–90 |doi=10.4072/rbp.2015.1.05 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Moya & Brea

|

Late Pleistocene

|

Arroyo Feliciano Formation

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A member of Vochysiaceae, a species of Qualeoxylon.

|

Staphylea levisemia{{Cite journal|author1=Yong-Jiang Huang |author2=Yu-Sheng Liu |author3=Jun Wen |author4=Cheng Quan |year=2015 |title=First fossil record of Staphylea L. (Staphyleaceae) from North America, and its biogeographic implications |journal=Plant Systematics and Evolution |volume=301 |issue=9 |pages=2203–2218 |doi=10.1007/s00606-015-1224-z |s2cid=18211003 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Huang et al.

|

Latest Miocene to earliest Pliocene

|

Gray Fossil Site

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of Staphyleaceae, a species of Staphylea.

|

Sterculia miocolorata

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Prasad et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Geabdat Sandstone Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Sterculia.

|

Sterculia mioparviflora

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Prasad et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Geabdat Sandstone Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Sterculia.

|

Sterculia siwalica

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Prasad et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Geabdat Sandstone Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Sterculia.

|

Toddalia miocenica

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Prasad et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Geabdat Sandstone Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A member of the family Rutaceae.

|

Vatica prenitida

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Prasad et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Geabdat Sandstone Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Vatica.

|

Vatica siwalica

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Prasad et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Geabdat Sandstone Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Vatica.

|

Ventilago lincangensis{{Cite journal|author1=Ke-Nan Liu |author2=San-Ping Xie |author3=Steven R. Manchester |author4=Yun-Feng Wang |author5=Yang Shao |author6=Bin-Ke Li |year=2015 |title=Samaras of Ventilago (Rhamnaceae) from the upper Miocene of Lincang, Yunnan, China and their phytogeographic implications |journal=Journal of Systematics and Evolution |volume=53 |issue=3 |pages=252–258 |doi=10.1111/jse.12136 |s2cid=86068173 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Liu & Xie in Liu et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Bangmai Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A species of Ventilago.

|

Wataria yunnanica{{Cite journal|author1=Yan-Jie Li |author2=Alexei A. Oskolski |author3=Frédéric M.B. Jacques |author4=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2015 |title=New middle Miocene fossil wood of Wataria (Malvaceae) from southwest China |journal=IAWA Journal |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=345–357 |doi=10.1163/22941932-20150105 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li & Oskolski in Li et al.

|

Miocene

|

Dajie Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Malvaceae, a species of Wataria.

|

=Other angiosperms=

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

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Bamfordphyllum{{Cite journal|author1=Mauro G. Passalia |author2=Magdalena Llorens |author3=Manuel Páez |year=2015 |title=First megafloristic record for the Chubut Group at Somuncurá-Cañadón Asfalto Basin: An angiosperm dominated flora from the Upper Cretaceous Puesto Manuel Arce Formation, Patagonia Argentina |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=56 |pages=200–225 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.04.016 |bibcode=2015CrRes..56..200P |hdl=11336/5587 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Passalia, Llorens & Páez

|

Late Cretaceous

|

Puesto Manuel Arce Formation

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Bamfordphyllum crassivena.

|

Carpolites pliocucurbitinus

|

Nom. nov

|

Valid

|

Martinetto

|

Pliocene to Pleistocene (Zanclean to Gelasian)

|

|

{{Flag|Italy}}

|

An angiosperm seed of uncertain affinity
A replacement name for Carpolites cucurbitinus Martinetto (1995) (preoccupied).

|

Carpolithes albolutum{{Cite journal|author1=Selena Y. Smith |author2=Margaret E. Collinson |author3=John C. Benedict |author4=Jana Leong-Škorničková |author5=Federica Marone |author6=Dilworth Parkinson |year=2015 |title=Revision of putative Alpinia (Zingiberaceae) fossils from the Paleogene and Neogene of western Europe |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung B |volume=293 |issue=1–6 |pages=101–123 |doi=10.1127/palb/293/2015/101 |bibcode=2015PalAB.293..101S }}

|

Nom. nov

|

Valid

|

Smith et al.

|

Eocene
Ypresian

|

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

An angiosperm seed of uncertain affinity.

|

Dicotylophyllum montis-nivium{{Cite journal|author1=Adam T. Halamski |author2=Jiří Kvaček |year=2015 |title=The Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) leaf and cone flora from the Sudetes |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung B |volume=292 |issue=4–6 |pages=95–171 |doi=10.1127/palb/292/2015/95 |bibcode=2015PalAB.292...95H }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Halamski & Kvaček

|

Late Cretaceous (Coniacian)

|

|

{{Flag|Poland}}

|

A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement.

|

Dicotylophyllum thaddaeiguniae

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Halamski & Kvaček

|

Late Cretaceous (Coniacian)

|

|

{{Flag|Poland}}

|

A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement.

|

Fairlingtonia{{Cite journal|author =Nathan A. Jud |year=2015 |title=Fossil evidence for a herbaceous diversification of early eudicot angiosperms during the Early Cretaceous |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=282 |issue=1814 |pages=20151045 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2015.1045 |pmid=26336172 |pmc=4571693}}

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Jud

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Potomac Group

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

An early eudicot of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for "Sphenopteris" thyrsopteroides Fontaine (1889).

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Saliciphyllum gaetei{{Cite journal|author1=Josep Marmi |author2=Carles Martín-Closas |author3=Mª Teresa Fernández-Marrón |author4=Víctor Fondevilla |author5=Bernard Gomez |year=2015 |title=A riparian plant community from the upper Maastrichtian of the Pyrenees (Catalonia, NE Spain) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=56 |pages=510–529 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.06.004 |bibcode=2015CrRes..56..510M }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Marmi et al.

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Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian)

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{{Flag|Spain}}

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A willow-like eudicot, a species of Saliciphyllum.

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Other plants

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Boueina? crassundia{{cite journal |author1=Daniel Vachard |author2=Karl Krainer |author3=Spencer G. Lucas |year=2015 |title=Late Early Permian (late Leonardian; Kungurian) algae, microproblematica, and smaller foraminifers from the Yeso Group and San Andres Formation (New Mexico; USA) |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=Article number: 18.1.21A |doi=10.26879/433 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Vachard, Krainer & Lucas

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Permian (Kungurian)

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Los Vallos Formation

San Andres Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A member of Codiaceae.

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Boueina? tubulata

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Vachard, Krainer & Lucas

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Permian (Kungurian)

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San Andres Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A member of Codiaceae.

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Chara nikolskae{{Cite journal|author =Alexander Borisovitch Doweld |year=2015 |title=Chara nikolskae, a new name for Chara elliptica Nikolskaja (1984) non Fritzsche (1924) and Aclistochara elliptica (Fritzsche) comb. nov. (Characeae) |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=226 |issue=2 |pages=199–200 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.226.2.11 }}

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Nom. nov

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Valid

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Doweld

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Holocene

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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

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Charaxis martinclosasi{{Cite journal|author1=Bruno Granier |author2=Dany Azar |author3=Sibelle Maksoud |author4=Raymond Gèze |author5=Roland Habchi |year=2015 |title=New fossiliferous sites with Barremian Charophyta in the "Grès du Liban" auct. (Lebanon), with a critical perspective regarding the nature of Munieria Deecke, 1883 |journal=Carnets de Géologie |volume=15 |issue=15 |pages=199–229 |url=http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/1515/index.html |doi=10.4267/2042/57947}}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Granier et al.

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Early Cretaceous (Barremian)

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{{Flag|Lebanon}}

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

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Chelinospora prisca{{Cite journal|author1=Charles H. Wellman |author2=Philippe Steemans |author3=Merrell A. Miller |year=2015 |title=Spore assemblages from Upper Ordovician and lowermost Silurian sediments recovered from the Qusaiba-1 shallow core hole, Qasim region, central Saudi Arabia |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=212 |pages=111–126 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.09.003 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.212..111W |hdl=2268/117842 |url=http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/handle/2268/117842 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Wellman, Steemans & Miller

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Late Ordovician and early Silurian

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Qasim Formation

Sarah Formation

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{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}

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

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Cryptotetras{{Cite journal|author1=Paul K. Strother |author2=Alfred Traverse |author3=Marco Vecoli |year=2015 |title=Cryptospores from the Hanadir Shale Member of the Qasim Formation, Ordovician (Darriwilian) of Saudi Arabia: taxonomy and systematics |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=212 |pages=97–110 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.08.018 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.212...97S }}

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Gen. et 2 sp. nov

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Valid

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Strother, Traverse & Vecoli

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Ordovician (Darriwilian to Late Ordovician)

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Ghelli Formation

Qasim Formation

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{{Flag|Iran}}{{Cite journal|author=Mohammad Ghavidel-Syooki |year=2017 |title=Cryptospore and trilete spore assemblages from the Late Ordovician (Katian–Hirnantian) Ghelli Formation, Alborz Mountain Range, Northeastern Iran: Palaeophytogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=244 |pages=217–240 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2017.05.010 |bibcode=2017RPaPa.244..217G }}

{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}

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

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Didymospora

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Gen. et 2 sp. nov

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Valid

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Strother, Traverse & Vecoli

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Ordovician (Darriwilian)

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Qasim Formation

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{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}

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

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Gymnocodium? bacillum

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Vachard, Krainer & Lucas

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Permian (Kungurian)

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Los Vallos Formation

San Andres Formation

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{{Flag|Guatemala}}

{{Flag|United States}}

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A member of Gymnocodiaceae.

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Gymnocodium? johnsonii

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Vachard, Krainer & Lucas

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Permian (Kungurian)

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Los Vallos Formation

San Andres Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}

{{Flag|China}}?

{{Flag|Guatemala}}?

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A member of Gymnocodiaceae.

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Lepidodendron wingfieldense{{Cite journal|author1=Barry A. Thomas |author2=Leyla J. Seyfullah |year=2015 |title=A new look at Lepidodendron ophiurus Brongniart and the recognition of L. wingfieldense sp. nov. (Flemingitaceae, Lepidodendrales) from the Langsettian (Bashkirian) of Derbyshire, East Midlands, UK |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung B |volume=292 |issue=1–3 |pages=23–32 |doi=10.1127/palb/292/2015/23 |bibcode=2015PalAB.292...23T }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Thomas & Seyfullah

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Carboniferous (Bashkirian)

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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

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Lobodendron{{Cite journal|author1=Le Liu |author2=Deming Wang |author3=Jinzhuang Xue |author4=Meicen Meng |year=2015 |title=An anatomically preserved lycopsid from the Upper Devonian of South China |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=27 |issue=3–4 |pages=308–315 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2014.897344 |s2cid=140189546 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Liu et al.

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Late Devonian (Famennian)

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Wutong Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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

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Montenegrella? gracilis{{Cite journal|author1=Branko Sokač |author2=Tonći Grgasović |year=2015 |title=Montenegrella? gracilis n. sp., a new calcareous alga (Dasycladales) from the Upper Barremian of Mt. Biokovo (Dinarides Mts., Croatia) |journal=Geologia Croatica |volume=68 |issue=3 |pages=173–178 |doi=10.4154/gc.2015.14 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Sokač & Grgasović

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Early Cretaceous (Barremian)

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{{Flag|Croatia}}

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

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Muscites gracilis

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Mays & Cantrill in Mays et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Tupuangi Formation

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{{Flag|New Zealand}}

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A leafy moss, a species of Muscites.

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Paurodendron stellatum{{Cite journal|author1=Stephen McLoughlin |author2=Andrew N. Drinnan |author3=Ben J. Slater |author4=Jason Hilton |year=2015 |title=Paurodendron stellatum: A new Permian permineralized herbaceous lycopsid from the Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=220 |pages=1–15 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.04.004 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.220....1M |s2cid=128611321 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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McLoughlin et al.

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Permian (Guadalupian)

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Antarctica

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A member of Isoetales, a species of Paurodendron.

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Reticuspinosporites{{Cite journal|author1=Sam M. Slater |author2=Wilson A. Taylor |author3=David J. Batten |author4=Christopher R. Hill |author5=Charles H. Wellman |year=2015 |title=Morphology and wall ultrastructure of a new and highly distinctive megaspore from the Middle Jurassic of Yorkshire, UK |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=216 |pages=33–43 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.01.009 |bibcode=2015RPaPa.216...33S }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Slater et al.

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Middle Jurassic (Bathonian)

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Scalby Formation

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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

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

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Retitriletes polygonatus{{Cite journal|author1=Firoozeh Hashemi-Yazdi |author2=Freshteh Sajjadi |author3=Afsaneh Dehbozorgi |year=2015 |title=A new lycophyte miospore species from the Middle Jurassic of Iran |journal=Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=251–260 |doi=10.4072/rbp.2015.2.06 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Hashemi-Yazdi, Sajjadi & Dehbozorgi

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Middle Jurassic

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Dalichai Formation

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{{Flag|Iran}}

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A lycophyte known from spores, a species of Retitriletes.

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Rimosotetras subsphaerica

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Strother, Traverse & Vecoli

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Ordovician (Darriwilian to Late Ordovician)

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Ghelli Formation

Qasim Formation

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{{Flag|Iran}}

{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}

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

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Tetraplanarisporites

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Wellman, Steemans & Miller

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Late Ordovician and early Silurian

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Ghelli Formation

Qasim Formation

Sarah Formation

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{{Flag|Iran}}

{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}

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

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Tricosta{{Cite journal|author1=Glenn W.K. Shelton |author2=Ruth A. Stockey |author3=Gar W. Rothwell |author4=Alexandru M.F. Tomescu |year=2015 |title=Exploring the fossil history of pleurocarpous mosses: Tricostaceae fam. nov. from the Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, Canada |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=102 |issue=11 |pages=1883–1900 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1500360 |pmid=26542845}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Shelton et al.

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Early Cretaceous

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{{Flag|Canada}}

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A pleurocarpous moss. The type species is Tricosta plicata.

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