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Afrocasia[{{Cite journal|author1=Clément Coiffard |author2=Barbara A.R. Mohr |year=2016 |title=Afrocasia kahlertiana gen. et sp. nov., a new tropical member of Araceae from Late Cretaceous strata of northern Gondwana (Baris, Egypt) |journal=Taxon |volume=65 |issue=6 |pages=1374–1384 |doi=10.12705/656.9 }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Coiffard & Mohr
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Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
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{{Flag|Egypt}}
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A member of the family Araceae. Genus includes new species A. kahlertiana.
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Alatonucula[{{Cite journal|author1=Elizabeth J. Hermsen |author2=María A. Gandolfo |year=2016 |title=Fruits of Juglandaceae from the Eocene of South America |journal=Systematic Botany |volume=41 |issue=2 |pages=316–328 |doi=10.1600/036364416X691830 |s2cid=88877590 }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Hermsen & Gandolfo
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Early Eocene
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A member of Juglandaceae. The type specimen is A. ignis.
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Andiroxylon thanobolensis[{{Cite journal|author1=Shabab Ali Khan |author2=Basir Ahmed |author3=Muhammad Tahir Rajput |author4=Syeda Saleha Tahir |year=2016 |title=Andiroxylon thanobolensis sp. nov. A new species of fossil wood of family Fabaceae from Manchar Formation exposed near Thanobola Khan, district Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan |journal=Pakistan Journal of Botany |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=249–523 |url=http://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/abstracts/48%281%29/30.html }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Khan et al.
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Miocene
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Manchar Formation
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{{Flag|Pakistan}}
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A member of Fabaceae, a species of Andiroxylon.
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Annulites[{{Cite journal|author=George Poinar Jr. |year=2016 |title=Beetles with orchid pollinaria in Dominican and Mexican amber |journal=American Entomologist |volume=62 |issue=3 |pages=172–177 |doi=10.1093/ae/tmw055 |doi-access=free }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Poinar
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Late Oligocene-early Miocene
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{{Flag|Mexico}}
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A member of Orchidaceae belonging to the tribe Cranichideae and the subtribe Cranichidinae. Genus includes A. mexicana.
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Antiquifloris[{{Cite journal|author1=George O. Poinar Jr. |author2=Ron Buckley |author3=Huarong Chen |year=2016 |title=A primitive Mid-Cretaceous angiosperm flower, Antiquifloris latifibris gen. & sp. nov., in Myanmar amber |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=155–162 }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Poinar & Buckley in Poinar, Buckley & Chen
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Early Cretaceous (late Albian)
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Burmese amber
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{{Flag|Myanmar}}
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A eumagnoliid of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type specimen is A. latifibris.
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Aporosa ecocenicus[{{Cite journal|author1=Anumeha Shukla |author2=Rakesh C. Mehrotra |author3=Robert A. Spicer |author4=Teresa E.V. Spicer |year=2016 |title=Aporosa Blume from the paleoequatorial rainforest of Bikaner, India: Its evolution and diversification in deep time |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=232 |pages=14–21 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.05.006 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.232...14S |url=http://oro.open.ac.uk/53834/1/53834.pdf }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Shukla et al.
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Early Eocene
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Palana Formation
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{{Flag|India}}
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A species of Aporosa.
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Archeampelos yellowstonica[{{Cite journal|author=Alexander B. Doweld |year=2016 |title=Nomenclatural novelties for the Palaeocene plants of North America |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=273 |issue=3 |pages=191–199 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.273.3.6 }}]
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Nom. nov
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Valid
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Doweld
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Paleocene
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{{Flag|United States}}
({{Flag|Montana}})
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A replacement name for Populus cordata Newberry (1868).
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Banksia cooksoniae[{{Cite journal|author1=Raymond Carpenter |author2=Gregory Jordan |author3=Bob Hill |year=2016 |title=Fossil leaves of Banksia, Banksieae and pretenders: resolving the fossil genus Banksieaephyllum |journal=Australian Systematic Botany |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=126–141 |doi=10.1071/SB16005 |s2cid=89568423 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/22945982 }}]
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Nom. nov
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Valid
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Carpenter, Jordan & Hill
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Cenozoic
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{{Flag|Australia}}
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A species of Banksia; a replacement name for Banksieaephyllum acuminatum Cookson & Duigan (1950).
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Banksieaefolia|
Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Carpenter, Jordan & Hill
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Cenozoic
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{{Flag|Australia}}
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A member of Banksieae of uncertain phylogenetic placement, described on the basis of fossil leaves not assignable to any extant genus of Banksieae. Genus includes "Banksieaephyllum" incisum Blackburn (1981) and "Banksieaephyllum" cuneatum Hill & Christophel (1988).
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? Berchemia altorhenana|
Sp. nov
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Valid
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Kovar-Eder
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Early Oligocene
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Bodenheim Formation
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{{Flag|Germany}}
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Possibly a member of the family Rhamnaceae.
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Boreocarya[{{Cite journal|author=Alexander B. Doweld |year=2016 |title=Boreocarya and Globocarya, new names in the extinct Juglandaceae of Northern Eurasia |journal=Acta Palaeobotanica |volume=56 |issue=2 |pages=519–521 |doi=10.1515/acpa-2016-0010 |doi-access=free }}]
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Doweld
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Miocene
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{{Flag|Russia}}
({{Flag|Sverdlovsk Oblast}})
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A member of the family Juglandaceae; a new genus for "Sphaerocarya" uralensis Dorofeev (1970).
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Brevitrimaris[{{Cite journal|author1=Kenton L. Chambers |author2=George O. Poinar Jr. |year=2016 |title=Brevitrimaris arcuatus gen. & sp. nov., a monocotyledonous fossil flower from Mid-Tertiary amber deposits in the Dominican Republic |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=141–146 }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Chambers & Poinar
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Eocene or Miocene
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Dominican amber
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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A monocotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a relative of the family Haemodoraceae. The type specimen is B. arcuatus.
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Caliciflora[{{Cite journal|author1=Else Marie Friis |author2=Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen |author3=Peter R. Crane |year=2016 |title=The emergence of core eudicots: new floral evidence from the earliest Late Cretaceous |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=283 |issue=1845 |pages=20161325 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2016.1325 |pmid=28003443 |pmc=5204160 |doi-access=free }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Friis, Pedersen & Crane
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Late Cretaceous (early Cenomanian)
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Potomac Group (Elk Neck Beds)
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{{Flag|United States}}
({{Flag|Maryland}})
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A eudicot, probably a member or a relative of rosids. Genus includes new species is C. mauldiniensis
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Camellia nanningensis[{{Cite journal|author1=Lu-Liang Huang |author2=Jian-Hua Jin |author3=Cheng Quan |author4=Alexei A. Oskolski |year=2016 |title=Camellia nanningensis sp. nov.: the earliest fossil wood record of the genus Camellia (Theaceae) from East Asia |journal=Journal of Plant Research |volume=129 |issue=5 |pages=823–831 |doi=10.1007/s10265-016-0846-8 |pmid=27379410 |s2cid=89102567 }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Huang et al.
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Late Oligocene
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Yongning Formation
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{{Flag|China}}
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A species of Camellia.
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Campopetala[{{Cite journal|author1=George O. Poinar Jr. |author2=Kenton L. Chambers |year=2016 |title=Mimosoideae (Fabaceae) diversity and associates in Mid-Tertiary Dominican amber |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=121–136 }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Poinar & Chambers
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Eocene or Miocene
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Dominican amber
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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of Mimosoideae. The type specimen is C. dominicana.
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Carpolithus boldensis|
Sp. nov
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Valid
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Blanchard, Wang & Dilcher
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Early Eocene
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Tallahatta Formation
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{{Flag|United States}}
({{Flag|Mississippi}})
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A fossil fruit, probably a monocot (grass) fruit.
| |
Catalpa hispaniolae[{{Cite journal|author=George O. Poinar Jr. |year=2016 |title=The First Fossil Flowers of Bignoniaceae (Lamiales): Catalpa hispaniolae sp. nov. in Dominican Republic Amber |journal=Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=57–63 |doi=10.3417/2015043 |s2cid=89562523 }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Poinar
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Eocene to Miocene
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Dominican amber
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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A species of Catalpa.
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Cecilanthus[{{Cite journal|author1=Patrick S. Herendeen |author2=James A. Doyle |author3=Peter K. Endress |author4=Masamichi Takahashi |year=2016 |title=Cecilanthus polymerus, a novel multiparted flower from the mid-Cretaceous Rocky Point locality, Maryland |journal=Botany |volume=94 |issue=9 |pages=787–803 |doi=10.1139/cjb-2016-0039 |doi-access=free }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Herendeen et al.
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Late Cretaceous (early Cenomanian)
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Potomac Group
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{{Flag|United States}}
({{Flag|Maryland}})
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A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species C. polymerus.
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Celastrus caducidentatus[{{Cite journal|author1=Xiao-Qing Liang |author2=David K. Ferguson |author3=Frédéric M.B. Jacques |author4=Tao Su |author5=Li Wang |author6=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2016 |title=A new Celastrus species from the middle Miocene of Yunnan, China and its palaeoclimatic and palaeobiogeographic implications |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=225 |pages=43–52 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.11.005 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.225...43L }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Liang & Zhou in Liang et al.
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Miocene
|
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{{Flag|China}}
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A species of Celastrus.
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Cinnamomophyllum vicente-castellum[{{Cite journal|author=Josep Marmi |year=2016 |title=Taxonomic revision of the J. Vicente collection dicotyledon leaves from the lower Maastrichtian of Isona (northeastern Iberia) |journal=Treballs del Museu de Geologia de Barcelona |volume=22 |pages=57–100 |url=http://www.raco.cat/index.php/TreballsMGB/article/view/321305 |doi=10.32800/tmgb.2016.22.0057 |doi-access=free }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Marmi
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Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian)
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Tremp Formation
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{{Flag|Spain}}
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A member of Laurales of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
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Cissus andrewsii[{{Cite journal|author1=Neil F. Adams |author2=Margaret E. Collinson |author3=Selena Y. Smith |author4=Marion K. Bamford |author5=Félix Forest |author6=Panagiota Malakasi |author7=Federica Marone |author8=Dan Sykes |year=2016 |title=X-rays and virtual taphonomy resolve the first Cissus (Vitaceae) macrofossils from Africa as early-diverging members of the genus |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=103 |issue=9 |pages=1657–1677 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1600177 |pmid=27647420|doi-access=free |hdl=2027.42/141865 |hdl-access=free }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Adams, Collinson, Smith & Bamford in Adams et al.
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Early Miocene
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Hiwegi Formation
|
{{Flag|Kenya}}
|
A species of Cissus.
| |
Cissus psilata|
Sp. nov
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Valid
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Adams, Collinson, Smith & Bamford in Adams et al.
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Early Miocene
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Hiwegi Formation
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{{Flag|Kenya}}
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A species of Cissus.
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Cissus rusingensis|
Sp. nov
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Valid
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Adams, Collinson, Smith & Bamford in Adams et al.
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Early Miocene
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Hiwegi Formation
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{{Flag|Kenya}}
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A species of Cissus.
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Cladites vesiculaeferens|
Sp. nov
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Valid
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Kovar-Eder
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Early Oligocene
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Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
| |
Cobbania hickeyi[{{Cite journal|author1=Ruth A. Stockey |author2=Gar W. Rothwell |author3=Kirk R. Johnson |year=2016 |title=Evaluating Relationships among Floating Aquatic Monocots: A New Species of Cobbania (Araceae) from the Upper Maastrichtian of South Dakota |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=177 |issue=8 |pages=706–725 |doi=10.1086/688285 |s2cid=89477112 }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Stockey, Rothwell & Johnson
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Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian)
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Hell Creek Formation
|
{{Flag|United States}}
({{Flag|South Dakota}})
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A member of Araceae.
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Cylindrocites|
Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Poinar
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Eocene-Miocene
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El Mamey Formation
(Dominican amber)
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of Orchidaceae belonging to the tribe Cranichideae and the subtribe Spiranthinae. Genus includes C. browni.
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Dalembia argentea[{{cite journal |author1=D.A. Yudova |author2=L.B. Golovneva |author3=P.I. Alekseev |year=2016 |title=The distribution of the genus Dalembia E. Lebedev et Herman (Magnoliophyta) in Late Cretaceous floras of Northern Pacific Region |journal=Paleobotanika |volume=7 |pages=66–79 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=27652596 |issn=2218-7235 |doi=10.31111/palaeobotany/2016.7.66 |url-access=subscription }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Yudova & Golovneva in Yudova, Golovneva & Alekseev
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Late Cretaceous (Turonian-Coniacian)
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Chingandzha Formation
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{{Flag|Russia}}
|
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Dalembia jiayinensis[{{Cite journal|author1=Ge Sun |author2=Lina Golovneva |author3=P. Alekseev |author4=Fei Liang |author5=Tao Yang |year=2016 |title=New species Dalembia jiayinensis (Magnoliopsida) from the Upper Cretaceous Yong'ancun Formation, Heilongjiang, northern China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=67 |pages=8–15 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.06.011 |bibcode=2016CrRes..67....8S }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Sun et al.
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Late Cretaceous (Santonian)
|
Yong'ancun Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of Magnoliopsida of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
| |
Dicotylophyllum badense|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
|
Early Oligocene
|
Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
| |
Dicotylophyllum bohemicum[{{Cite journal|author1=Adam T. Halamski |author2=Jiří Kvaček |year=2016 |title=The Coniacian leaf flora from the northeastern part of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin |journal=Bulletin of Geosciences |volume=91 |issue=2 |pages=297–318 |doi=10.3140/bull.geosci.1591 |doi-access=free }}]
|
Nom. nov
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Valid
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Halamski & Kvaček
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Late Cretaceous (Coniacian)
|
|
{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|
A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a replacement name for Rhus cretacea Velenovský (1885).
| |
Dicotylophyllum oechsleri|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
|
Early Oligocene
|
Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
| |
Dicotylophyllum vesiculaeferens|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
|
Early Oligocene
|
Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
| |
Dicotylophyllum ziegleri|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
|
Early Oligocene
|
Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
| |
Dipelta bovayensis[{{Cite journal|author1=Jane Blanchard |author2=Hongshan Wang |author3=David L. Dilcher |year=2016 |title=Fruits, seeds and flowers from the Bovay and Bolden clay pits (early Eocene Tallahatta Formation, Claiborne Group), northern Mississippi, USA |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=19 |issue=3 |pages=Article number 19.3.51A |doi=10.26879/579 |doi-access=free }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Blanchard, Wang & Dilcher
|
Early Eocene
|
Tallahatta Formation
|
{{Flag|United States}}
({{Flag|Mississippi}})
|
A species of Dipelta.
| |
Dipterocarpus churiensis[{{Cite journal|author1=M. Prasad |author2=S. Gautam |year=2016 |title=Dipterocarpaceous macrofossils from Churia Group of Arjun Khola area, Western Nepal and their phytogeographical and palaeoclimatical implications |journal=The Palaeobotanist |volume=65 |issue=2 |pages=247–270 |doi=10.54991/jop.2016.313 |doi-access=free }}]
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Sp. nov.
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Valid
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Prasad & Gautam
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Late Miocene
|
Middle Churia Formation
|
{{Flag|Nepal}}
|
A species of Dipterocarpus.
| |
Dipterocarpus miocenicus|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad & Gautam
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Late Miocene
|
Middle Churia Formation
|
{{Flag|Nepal}}
|
A species of Dipterocarpus.
| |
Dipterocarpus nepalensis|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Prasad & Gautam
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Late Miocene
|
Middle Churia Formation
|
{{Flag|Nepal}}
|
A species of Dipterocarpus.
| |
Distylium metzleri|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
|
Early Oligocene
|
Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A species of Distylium
| |
| Dryobalanoxylon neyveliensis{{cn|date=January 2021}}
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kumarasamy & Elayaraja
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Miocene
|
Neyveli Lignite Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A member of Dipterocarpaceae.
| |
Ekrixanthera[{{Cite journal|author1=George Poinar Jr. |author2=Peter G. Kevan |author3=Betsy R. Jackes |s2cid=88947802 |year=2016 |title=Fossil species in Boehmerieae (Urticaceae) in Dominican and Mexican amber: a new genus (Ekrixanthera) and two new species with anemophilous pollination by explosive pollen release, and possible lepidopteran herbivory |journal=Botany |volume=94 |issue=8 |pages=599–606 |doi=10.1139/cjb-2016-0006 |hdl=1807/73355 |hdl-access=free }}]
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov
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Valid
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Poinar, Kevan & Jackes
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Eocene to Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
{{Flag|Mexico}}
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A member of Urticaceae. Genus includes E. hispaniolae and E. ehecatli.
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Elodeophyllum[{{Cite journal|author1=V.D. Nagrale |author2=S.U. Borkar |author3=S.M. Meshram |author4=A.N. Korpenwar |year=2016 |title=A petrified fossil leaf of Hydrocharitaceae from Deccan Intertrappean exposures of central India |journal=The Palaeobotanist |volume=65 |issue=2 |pages=279–284 |doi=10.54991/jop.2016.315 |doi-access=free }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov.
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Valid
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Nagrale et al.
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Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
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Deccan Intertrappean Beds
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A member of the family Hydrocharitaceae described on the basis of a fossil leaf. Genus includes new species E. deccanii.
| |
Entada hispaniolae|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Chambers
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Eocene or Miocene
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Dominican amber
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of Mimosoideae belonging to the genus Entada.
| |
Ettingshausenia vetviensis[{{Cite journal|author1=Alexei B. Herman |author2=Alexandra B. Sokolova |year=2016 |title=Late Cretaceous Kholokhovchan Flora of Northeastern Asia: Composition, age and fossil plant descriptions |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=59 |pages=249–271 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.11.008 |bibcode=2016CrRes..59..249H }}]
|
Sp. nov
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Valid
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Herman in Herman & Sokolova
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Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Coniacian)
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Vetvinskaya Member (Chalbugchan Group)
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{{Flag|Russia}}
({{Flag|Kamchatka Krai}})
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A member of Platanofolia, a species of Ettingshausenia.
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Eydeia[{{Cite journal|author1=Ruth A. Stockey |author2=Harufumi Nishida |author3=Brian A. Atkinson |year=2016 |title=Anatomically preserved fossil cornalean fruits from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido: Eydeia hokkaidoensis gen. et sp. nov. |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=103 |issue=9 |pages=1642–1656 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1600151 |pmid=27589935|doi-access=free }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Stockey, Nishida & Atkinson
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Late Cretaceous (Coniacian-Santonian)
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Haborogawa Formation
|
{{Flag|Japan}}
|
A member of Cornales. Genus includes new species E. hokkaidoensis.
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Ficus obtusatoides[{{Cite journal|author=Alexander B. Doweld |year=2016 |title=Ficus changii, Ficus fengkaiensis, Ficus obtusatoides and Ficus tethyca (Moraceae), new replacement names |journal=Kew Bulletin |volume=71 |issue=2 |pages=29 |doi=10.1007/s12225-016-9641-x |s2cid=27174547 }}]
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Nom. nov
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Valid
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Doweld
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Oligocene (Chattian)
|
|
{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|
A species of Ficus; a replacement name for Ficus obtusata Heer (1856) (preoccupied).
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Ficus tethyca|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
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Doweld
|
Eocene
|
|
{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|
A species of Ficus; a replacement name for Ficus lucida Chandler (1962) (preoccupied).
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Globocarya|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
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Doweld
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
({{Flag|Tomsk Oblast}})
|
A member of the family Juglandaceae; a replacement name for Sphaerocarya Dorofeev (1970).
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Globosites[{{Cite journal|author =George Poinar |year=2016 |title=Orchid pollinaria (Orchidaceae) attached to stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Dominican amber |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=279 |issue=3 |pages=287–293 |doi=10.1127/njgpa/2016/0556 }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Poinar
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Eocene or Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of Orchidaceae known from Dominican amber. The type species is Globosites apicola.
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Hedycarya pluvisilva[{{Cite journal|author1=John G. Conran |author2=Jennifer M. Bannister |author3=Dallas C. Mildenhall |author4=Daphne E. Lee |year=2016 |title=Hedycarya macrofossils and associated Planarpollenites pollen from the early Miocene of New Zealand |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=103 |issue=5 |pages=938–956 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1600047 |pmid=27208361|doi-access=free }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Bannister, Conran, Mildenhall & Lee in Conran et al.
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Early Miocene
|
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{{Flag|New Zealand}}
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A species of Hedycarya.
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Hedycaryoxylon burmeisteri[{{Cite journal|author1=Victoria M. Egerton |author2=Christopher J. Williams |author3=Kenneth J. Lacovara |year=2016 |title=A new Late Cretaceous (late Campanian to early Maastrichtian) wood flora from southern Patagonia |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=441, Part 2 |pages=305–316 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.07.011 |bibcode=2016PPP...441..305E |doi-access=free }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Egerton, Williams & Lacovara
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Late Cretaceous (late Campanian to early Maastrichtian)
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Cerro Fortaleza Formation
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A member of Monimiaceae, a species of Hedycaryoxylon.
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Humulago[{{Cite journal|author=Alexander B. Doweld |year=2016 |title=Humulago, a Replacement Name for Fossil Humularia Dorofeev (Cannabaceae) non Extant Humularia Duvigneaud (Fabaceae) |journal=Annales Botanici Fennici |volume=53 |issue=5–6 |pages=403–404 |doi=10.5735/085.053.0612 |s2cid=88886911 }}]
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Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Oligocene
|
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{{Flag|Russia}}
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A member of Cannabaceae; a replacement name for Humularia Dorofeev (1982).
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Itaquixylon[{{Cite journal|author1=Jose Rafael Wanderley Benicio |author2=Etiene Fabbrin Pires |author3=Átila Augusto Stock Da Rosa |author4=Rafael Spiekermann |author5=Dieter Uhl |author6=Andre Jasper |year=2016 |title=A new fossil Fabaceae wood from the Pleistocene Touro Passo Formation of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |journal=Fossil Imprint |volume=72 |issue=3–4 |pages=251–264 |doi=10.14446/FI.2016.251 |s2cid=30069159 |url=http://fi.nm.cz/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NM_IF_c3_4_16_clanek11_Benicio.pdf }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Benicio et al.
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Late Pleistocene
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Touro Passo Formation
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{{Flag|Brazil}}
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A member of the family Fabaceae belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae. Genus includes new species I. heterogenum.
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Jamesrosea[{{Cite journal|author1=William L. Crepet |author2=Kevin C. Nixon |author3=David Grimaldi |author4=Mark Riccio |year=2016 |title=A mosaic Lauralean flower from the Early Cretaceous of Myanmar |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=103 |issue=2 |pages=290–297 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1500393 |pmid=26865118|doi-access=free }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
|
Crepet et al.
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Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian)
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{{Flag|Myanmar}}
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A member of Laurales, probably related to Atherospermataceae and Gomortegaceae. The type species is Jamesrosea burmensis.
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Jusinghipollis ticoensis[{{cite journal |author1=Magdalena Llorens |author2=Valeria S. Perez Loinaze |year=2016 |title=Late Aptian angiosperm pollen grains from Patagonia: Earliest steps in flowering plant evolution at middle latitudes in southern South America |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=57 |pages=66–78 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.07.019 |bibcode=2016CrRes..57...66L |hdl=11336/16135 |hdl-access=free }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
|
Llorens & Perez Loinaze
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Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
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Anfiteatro de Ticó Formation
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{{flag|Argentina}}
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A flowering plant known from pollen grains, a species of Jusinghipollis.
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Koelreuteria quasipaniculata[{{Cite journal|author1=Xiangchuan Li |author2=Liang Xiao |author3=Zhicheng Lin |author4=Wenlong He |author5=Qiang Yang |author6=Yunzhi Yao |author7=Dong Ren |author8=Junfeng Guo |author9=Shuangxing Guo |year=2016 |title=Fossil fruits of Koelreuteria (Sapindaceae) from the Miocene of northeastern Tibetan Plateau and their palaeoenvironmental, phytogeographic and phylogenetic implications |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=234 |pages=125–135 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.09.002 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.234..125L }}]
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Li, Xiao & He in Li et al.
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Miocene
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Garang Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
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A species of Koelreuteria.
| |
Laurinoxylon chalatenangensis[{{Cite journal|author1=Sergio R.S. Cevallos-Ferriz |author2=Gabriel Cerón López |author3=Luis A. Flores Rocha |year=2016 |title=Laurinoxylon chalatenangensis sp. nov. from the Miocene Chalatenango Formation, El Salvador |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=233 |pages=186–192 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.04.003 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.233..186C }}]
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Cevallos-Ferriz, Cerón López & Flores Rocha
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Miocene
|
Chalatenango Formation
|
{{Flag|El Salvador}}
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A member of Lauraceae, a species of Laurinoxylon.
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Laurophyllum rauenbergense[{{Cite journal|author=Johanna Kovar-Eder |year=2016 |title=Early Oligocene plant diversity along the Upper Rhine Graben: The fossil flora of Rauenberg, Germany |journal=Acta Palaeobotanica |volume=56 |issue=2 |pages=329–440 |doi=10.1515/acpa-2016-0011 |doi-access=free }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
|
Early Oligocene
|
Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A member of the family Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil leaves.
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Lobocyclas[{{Cite journal|author1=Kenton L. Chambers |author2=George O. Poinar Jr. |year=2016 |title=Lobocyclas anomala, a new genus and species of Celastraceae subfamily Hippocrateoideae in Dominican amber |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=137–140 }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Chambers & Poinar
|
Eocene or Miocene
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Dominican amber
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A member of Celastraceae belonging to the subfamily Hippocrateoideae. The type specimen is L. anomala.
| |
Lonchocarpus miocenicus[{{Cite journal|author1=Ana Lilia Hernández-Damián |author2=Laura Calvillo-Canadell |author3=Sergio R.S. Cevallos-Ferriz |author4=Mario Sousa |year=2016 |title=Miocene Lonchocarpus (Papilionoideae) in San Esteban Tizatlán, Tlaxcala, Mexico |journal=Journal of South American Earth Sciences |volume=66 |pages=73–81 |doi=10.1016/j.jsames.2015.12.004 |bibcode=2016JSAES..66...73H }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Hernández-Damián et al.
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Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Mexico}}
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A species of Lonchocarpus.
| |
Lunania floresi[{{Cite journal|author1=Ana L. Hernández-Damián |author2=Laura Calvillo-Canadell |author3=Sergio R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz |year=2016 |title=Flor de una nueva especie de Lunania Hook. (Salicaceae sensu lato- Samydeae) incluida en ámbar del Mioceno de Simojovel de Allende, Chiapas, México |journal=Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana |volume=68 |issue=1 |pages=29–36 |url=http://boletinsgm.igeolcu.unam.mx/bsgm/index.php/component/content/article/292-sitio/articulos/cuarta-epoca/6801/1427-6801-5-hernandez |doi=10.18268/BSGM2016v68n1a5 |doi-access=free }}]
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Hernández-Damián, Calvillo-Canadell & Cevallos-Ferriz
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Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Mexico}}
|
A species of Lunania.
| |
Machilus maomingensis[{{Cite journal|author1=Biao Tang |author2=Meng Han |author3=Qingqing Xu |author4=Jianhua Jin |year=2016 |title=Leaf Cuticle Microstructure of Machilus maomingensis sp. nov. (Lauraceae) from the Eocene of the Maoming Basin, South China |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) |volume=90 |issue=5 |pages=1561–1571 |doi=10.1111/1755-6724.12802 |s2cid=132645585 |url=http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201605003&flag=1 |url-access=subscription }}]
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Jin & Tang in Tang et al.
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Eocene
|
Youganwo Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
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A species of Machilus.
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Mahonia mioasiatica[{{Cite journal|author1=Jian Huang |author2=Tao Su |author3=Julie Lebereton-Anberrée |author4=Shi-Tao Zhang |author5=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2016 |title=The oldest Mahonia (Berberidaceae) fossil from East Asia and its biogeographic implications |journal=Journal of Plant Research |volume=129 |issue=2 |pages=209–223 |doi=10.1007/s10265-015-0775-y |pmid=26691316 |s2cid=18942404 }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Huang et al.
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Late Miocene
|
Xiaolongtan Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
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A species of Mahonia.
| |
Maladenodiscus[{{Cite journal|author1=George O. Poinar Jr. |author2=Kenton L. Chambers |author3=Alex E. Brown |year=2016 |title=Maladenodiscus acanthinus, a new genus and species of fossil flower in Baltic amber |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=443–447 }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar, Chambers & Brown
|
Eocene
|
Baltic amber
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
({{Flag|Kaliningrad Oblast}})
|
A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species M. acanthinus.
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Malloranga dentata[{{Cite journal|author1=John G. Conran |author2=Daphne E. Lee |author3=Tammo Reichgelt |year=2016 |title=Malloranga dentata (Euphorbiaceae: Acalyphoideae): a new fossil species from the Miocene of New Zealand |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=226 |pages=58–64 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.12.007 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.226...58C }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Conran, Lee & Reichgelt
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|New Zealand}}
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A member of Euphorbiaceae belonging to the subfamily Acalyphoideae, a species of Malloranga.
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Mciveriella|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Paleocene
|
Paskapoo Formation
|
{{Flag|Canada}}
({{Flag|Alberta}})
|
A replacement name for Harmsia McIver & Basinger (1993).
| |
Menispermophyllum isonensis|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Marmi
|
Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian)
|
Tremp Formation
|
{{Flag|Spain}}
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A eudicot of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
| |
Metrosideros leunigii[{{Cite journal|author1=Myall Tarran |author2=Peter G. Wilson |author3=Robert S. Hill |year=2016 |title=Oldest record of Metrosideros (Myrtaceae): Fossil flowers, fruits, and leaves from Australia |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=103 |issue=4 |pages=754–768 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1500469 |pmid=27056926|doi-access=free }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Tarran, Wilson & Hill
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Eocene-Early Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|Australia}}
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A species of Metrosideros.
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Myrica obliquifolia|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
|
Early Oligocene
|
Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A species of Myrica.
| |
Nymphaea elisabethae[{{Cite journal|author1=Carole T. Gee |author2=David Winship Taylor |year=2016 |title=Aquatic macrophytes from the upper Oligocene fossillagerstätte of Rott (Rhineland, Germany). Part II: A new fossil leaf species of Nymphaea (subgenus Lotos), N. elisabethae Gee et David W. Taylor sp. nov. |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung B |volume=295 |issue=1–3 |pages=33–43 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311930521 |doi=10.1127/palb/295/2016/33 |bibcode=2016PalAB.295...33G }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Gee & Taylor
|
Late Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A species of Nymphaea.
| |
Ochnaceoxylon[{{Cite journal|author1=D.D. Ramteke |author2=D.K. Kapgate |year=2016 |title=A fossil dicotyledonous wood of Ochnaceae from the Deccan Intertrappean sediments of Mahurzari, Nagpur District, Maharashtra, India |journal=The Palaeobotanist |volume=65 |issue=2 |pages=297–303 |doi=10.54991/jop.2016.317 |doi-access=free }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Ramteke & Kapgate
|
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)–Paleogene
|
Deccan Intertrappean Beds
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A member of the family Ochnaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species O. tertiera.
| |
Oleinites altorhenana|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
|
Early Oligocene
|
Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A member of the family Oleaceae.
| |
Oleinites rauenbergensis|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
|
Early Oligocene
|
Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A member of the family Oleaceae.
| |
Ormosioxylon chinjiensis[{{Cite journal|author1=Noor-ul-Ain Soomro |author2=Basir Ahmed Arain |author3=Muhammad Tahir M. Rajput |author4=Syeda Saleha Tahir |year=2016 |title=Ormosioxylon chinjiensis sp. nov., a new fossil wood of family Fabaceae from the Chinji formation Salt Range Punjab, Pakistan |journal=Pakistan Journal of Botany |volume=48 |issue=2 |pages=595–599 |url=http://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/abstracts/48(2)/23.html }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Soomro et al.
|
Miocene
|
Chinji Formation
|
{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|
A member of Fabaceae, a species of Ormosioxylon.
| |
Palaeocarya lincangensis[{{Cite journal |author1=Yang Shao |author2=Bin-ke Li |author3=Si-hang Zhang |author4=Tian-yu Chen |author5=San-ping Xie |year=2016 |title=Palaeocarya from the late Miocene of Lincang, Yunnan province and the discussion on the genus' palaeobiogeography |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Sinica |volume=55 |issue=4 |pages=482–494 |url=http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=13&CurRec=9&filename=GSWX201604009&dbname=CJFDTEMP |access-date=2017-03-10 |archive-date=2017-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312055230/http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=13&CurRec=9&filename=GSWX201604009&dbname=CJFDTEMP |url-status=dead }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Shao & Xie in Shao et al.
|
Late Miocene
|
Bangmai Basin
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
| |
Palaeocarya longipedicelata[{{Cite journal|author1=Jun-Ling Dong |author2=Wen-Jia Wang |author3=Peng Deng |author4=Jin Wang |author5=Fu-Jun Ma |author6=Qiu-Jun Wang |author7=Yi Yang |author8=Bai-Nian Sun |year=2016 |title=New material of Palaeocarya from the Oligocene of Ningming, Guangxi, South China |journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift |volume=90 |issue=2 |pages=399–412 |doi=10.1007/s12542-016-0302-z |s2cid=133520479 }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Dong & Sun in Dong et al.
|
Oligocene
|
Ningming Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of Juglandaceae, a species of Palaeocarya.
| |
Paleopanax boldensis|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Blanchard, Wang & Dilcher
|
Early Eocene
|
Tallahatta Formation
|
{{Flag|United States}}
({{Flag|Mississippi}})
|
A member of Araliaceae.
| |
Paraquercus[{{Cite journal|author1=Friðgeir Grímsson |author2=Guido W. Grimm |author3=Reinhard Zetter |author4=Thomas Denk |year=2016 |title=Cretaceous and Paleogene Fagaceae from North America and Greenland: evidence for a Late Cretaceous split between Fagus and the remaining Fagaceae |journal=Acta Palaeobotanica |volume=56 |issue=2 |pages=247–305 |doi=10.1515/acpa-2016-0016 |doi-access=free }}]
|
Gen. et 2 sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Grímsson et al.
|
Late Cretaceous (Campanian)-Eocene
|
Allenby Formation
Eagle Formation
|
{{Flag|Canada}}
({{Flag|British Columbia}})
{{Flag|Greenland}}
{{Flag|United States}}
({{Flag|Wyoming}})
|
A member of the family Fagaceae described on the basis of pollen. Genus includes new species P. campania and P. eocaena.
| |
Parinari panamensis[{{Cite journal|author1=Nathan A. Jud |author2=Chris W. Nelson |author3=Fabiany Herrera |year=2016 |title=Fruits and wood of Parinari from the early Miocene of Panama and the fossil record of Chrysobalanaceae |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=103 |issue=2 |pages=277–289 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1500425 |pmid=26865122|doi-access=free }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Jud, Nelson & Herrera
|
Early Miocene
| Culebra Formation
Cucaracha Formation
La Boca Formation
|
{{Flag|Panama}}
|
A species of Parinari.
| |
Parvileguminophyllum penzhinense|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Herman in Herman & Sokolova
|
Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Coniacian)
|
Vetvinskaya Member (Chalbugchan Group)
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
({{Flag|Kamchatka Krai}})
|
A member of Legumifolia, a species of Parvileguminophyllum.
| |
Patocarpus[{{Cite journal|author1=Sergio R.S. Cevallos-Ferriz |author2=Mar-Allesha Vázquez-Rueda |year=2016 |title=Permineralized infructescence from the Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Coahuila, Mexico |journal=Botany |volume=94 |issue=9 |pages=773–785 |doi=10.1139/cjb-2016-0058 |doi-access=free |hdl=1807/73731 |hdl-access=free }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Cevallos-Ferriz & Vázquez-Rueda
|
Late Cretaceous
|
Cerro del Pueblo Formation
|
{{Flag|Mexico}}
|
A member of Proteales of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species P. coahuilensis.
| |
Perforatocarpum[{{Cite journal|author1=Gregory W. Stull |author2=Neil F. Adams |author3=Steven R. Manchester |author4=Dan Sykes |author5=Margaret E. Collinson |year=2016 |title=Revision of Icacinaceae from the Early Eocene London Clay flora based on X-ray micro-CT |journal=Botany |volume=94 |issue=9 |pages=713–745 |doi=10.1139/cjb-2016-0063 |doi-access=free |hdl=1807/73733 |hdl-access=free }}]
|
Gen. et comb. nov
|
Valid
|
Stull, Adams, Manchester & Collinson in Stull et al.
|
Eocene
|
|
{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|
A member of Icacinaceae related to members of the tribe Phytocreneae. Genus includes "Icacinicarya" echinata Chandler (1961).
| |
Persea miogamblei[{{Cite journal|author1=Mahasin Ali Khan |author2=Subir Bera |year=2016 |title=Occurrence of Persea Mill. from the Siwalik forest of Darjeeling, eastern Himalaya: Paleoclimatic and paleogeographic implications |journal=Journal of Earth Science |volume=27 |issue=5 |pages=883–890 |doi=10.1007/s12583-016-0902-2 |s2cid=133203618 }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Khan & Bera
|
Middle Miocene
|
Gish Clay Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of Persea.
| |
Persea neovillosa|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Khan & Bera
|
Middle Miocene
|
Gish Clay Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of Persea.
| |
Phyrtandrus[{{Cite journal|author1=Kenton L. Chambers |author2=George O. Poinar Jr. |year=2016 |title=Phyrtandrus pentalepidus gen. et sp. nov., a unique fossil flower of unknown affinity found in Mid-Tertiary Dominican amber |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=449–453 }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Chambers & Poinar
|
Uncertain (Eocene to Miocene)
|
Dominican amber
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species P. pentalepidus.
| |
Planarpollenites|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Mildenhall in Conran et al.
|
Early Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|
A pollen of a member of the family Monimiaceae. Genus includes new species P. fragilis.
| |
Populus zhenyuanensis[{{Cite journal|author1=Xiao-Qing Liang |author2=David K. Ferguson |author3=Tao Su |author4=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2016 |title=Fossil leaves of Populus from the Middle Miocene of Yunnan, SW China |journal=Journal of Systematics and Evolution |volume=54 |issue=3 |pages=264–271 |doi=10.1111/jse.12193 |s2cid=87791067 }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Liang & Zhou in Liang et al.
|
Miocene
|
Dajie Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A species of Populus.
| |
Portulacaceocarpon[{{Cite journal|author1=S.U. Borkar |author2=V.D. Nagrale |author3= S.M. Meshram |author4=A.N. Korpenwar |author5=D.D. Ramteke |year=2016 |title=Taxonomical identification of a new petrified multiseeded capsular fruit from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Bhutera, India |journal=The Palaeobotanist |volume=65 |issue=2 |pages=271–276 |doi=10.54991/jop.2016.314 |doi-access=free }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Borkar et al.
|
Late Cretaceous-Paleogene
|
Deccan Intertrappean beds
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
Fossil fruit with similarities to fruits of members of the family Portulacaceae. Genus includes new species P. bhuterensis.
| |
Potamogeton baluevae[{{Cite journal|author =Alexander B. Doweld |year=2016 |title=On the nomenclature of fossil Potamogeton (Potamogetonaceae) |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=253 |issue=2 |pages=166–170 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.253.2.7 }}]
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Miocene (Burdigalian)
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
({{Flag|Tomsk Oblast}})
|
A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton decipiens Nikitin (preoccupied).
| |
Potamogeton borsukiae|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Miocene (Burdigalian)
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
({{Flag|Tomsk Oblast}})
|
A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton carinatus Nikitin (preoccupied).
| |
Potamogeton gorbunovii|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Middle Pleistocene
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
({{Flag|Voronezh Oblast}})
|
A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton pseudofriesii Dorofeev (preoccupied).
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Potamogeton jakubovskajae|
Nom. nov
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Valid
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Doweld
|
Pliocene (Piacenzian)
|
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{{Flag|Belarus}}
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A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton praenatans Dorofeev (preoccupied).
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Potamogeton kasakorum|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Pliocene (Piacenzian)
|
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{{Flag|Russia}}
({{Flag|Rostov Oblast}})
|
A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton pliocenicus Dorofeev (preoccupied).
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Potamogeton kolesnikovae|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Pliocene (Piacenzian)
|
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{{Flag|Russia}}
({{Flag|Bashkortostan}})
|
A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton stylatus Dorofeev & Wieliczkiewicz in Dorofeev (preoccupied).
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Potamogeton kondinskajae|
Nom. nov
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Valid
|
Doweld
|
Pleistocene (Gelasian)
|
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{{Flag|Russia}}
({{Flag|Tambov Oblast}})
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A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton obtusus Dorofeev (preoccupied).
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Potamogeton novorossicus|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Miocene (Messinian)
|
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{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|
A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton corniculatus Negru (preoccupied).
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Potamogeton pashkovii|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Pleistocene (Gelasian)
|
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{{Flag|Russia}}
({{Flag|Lipetsk Oblast}})
|
A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton striatus Dorofeev (preoccupied).
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Potamogeton rutiloides|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Pleistocene (Gelasian)
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
({{Flag|Tambov Oblast}})
|
A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton palaeorutilus Dorofeev (preoccupied).
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Potamogeton snigirevskajae|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Pliocene (Piacenzian)
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
({{Flag|Rostov Oblast}})
|
A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton microcarpus Dorofeev (preoccupied).
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Potamogeton volgensis|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Pliocene (Piacenzian)
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
({{Flag|Tatarstan}})
|
A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton tataricus Dorofeev & Wieliczkiewicz in Dorofeev (preoccupied).
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Pseudobanksia|
Gen. et comb. nov
|
Valid
|
Carpenter, Jordan & Hill
|
Cenozoic
|
|
{{Flag|Australia}}
|
A plant described on the basis of fossil leaves, sharing convergent traits with members of the genus Banksia. Genus includes "Banksia" fastigata Deane (1925), "Banksieaephyllum" attenuatum Hill & Christophel (1988), "Banksieaephyllum" longifolium Hill & Merrifield (1993), "Banksieaephyllum" pinnatum Cookson & Duigan (1950), "Banksieaephyllum" praefastigatum Vadala & Drinnan (1998), "Banksieaephyllum" regularis Hill & Christophel (1988), "Banksieaephyllum" westdaliense Hill & Merrifield (1993) and "Phyllites" yallournensis Cookson & Duigan (1950).
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Pterocarya rhoifolioides[{{Cite journal|author =Alexander B. Doweld |year=2016 |title=Pterocarya rhoifolioides, a new name for the fossil Pterocarya japonica (Juglandaceae) |journal=The Journal of Japanese Botany |volume=91 |issue=2 |pages=129–130 |url=http://www.jjbotany.com/pdf/JJB_091_129_130.pdf }}]
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Japan}}
{{Flag|Russia}}
({{Flag|Primorsky Krai}}
{{Flag|Sakhalin Oblast}})
|
A species of Pterocarya; a replacement name for Juglans japonica Tanai (1961).
| |
Quercus tibetensis[{{Cite journal|author1=He Xu |author2=Tao Su |author3=Shi-Tao Zhang |author4=Min Deng |author5=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2016 |title=The first fossil record of ring-cupped oak (Quercus L. subgenus Cyclobalanopsis (Oersted) Schneider) in Tibet and its paleoenvironmental implications |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=442 |pages=61–71 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.11.014 |bibcode=2016PPP...442...61X }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Xu, Su & Zhou in Xu et al.
|
Late Miocene
|
Lawula Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
An oak.
| |
Rariglanda[{{Cite journal|author1=Camila Martínez |author2=Thereis Y.S. Choo |author3=Daniella Allevato |author4=Kevin C. Nixon |author5=William L. Crepet |author6=Robert S. Harbert |author7=Charles P. Daghlian |year=2016 |title=Rariglanda jerseyensis, a new ericalean fossil flower from the Late Cretaceous of New Jersey |journal=Botany |volume=94 |issue=9 |pages=747–758 |doi=10.1139/cjb-2016-0062 |doi-access=free }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Martínez & Choo in Martínez et al.
|
Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Coniacian)
|
Raritan Formation
|
{{Flag|United States}}
({{Flag|New Jersey}})
|
A member of Ericales related to the family Clethraceae. Genus includes new species R. jerseyensis.
| |
Rhamnica|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Paleocene
|
Denver Formation
|
{{Flag|United States}}
({{Flag|Colorado}})
|
A member of Rhamnaceae; a replacement name for Rhamnites Forbes ex McIver & Basinger (1993).
| |
Rourea miocaudata[{{Cite journal|author1=Mahasin Ali Khan |author2=Subir Bera |year=2016 |title=First fossil evidence of Connaraceae R. Br. from Indian Cenozoic and its phytogeographical significance |journal=Journal of Earth System Science |volume=125 |issue=5 |pages=1079–1087 |doi=10.1007/s12040-016-0711-0 |bibcode=2016JESS..125.1079K |doi-access=free }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Khan & Bera
|
Miocene
|
Dafla Formation
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A member of Connaraceae, a species of Rourea.
| |
Rosa fortuita[{{Cite journal|author1=Tao Su |author2=Yong-Jiang Huang |author3=Jing Meng |author4=Shi-Tao Zhang |author5=Jian Huang |author6=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2016 |title=A Miocene leaf fossil record of Rosa (R. fortuita n. sp.) from its modern diversity center in SW China |journal=Palaeoworld |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=104–115 |doi=10.1016/j.palwor.2015.05.010 }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Su & Zhou in Su et al.
|
Late Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A species of rose.
| |
Rudiculites|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar
|
Eocene or Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of Orchidaceae known from Dominican amber. The type species is Rudiculites dominicana.
| |
Saliciphyllum serratum|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Marmi
|
Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian)
|
Tremp Formation
|
{{Flag|Spain}}
|
A possible member of the family Salicaceae.
| |
Sapindopsis turolensis[{{Cite journal|author1=Luis M. Sender |author2=James A. Doyle |author3=Uxue Villanueva-Amadoz |author4=Denise Pons |author5=José B. Diez |author6=Javier Ferrer |year=2016 |title=First records of the angiosperm genus Sapindopsis Fontaine (Platanaceae) in western Eurasia from middle to latest Albian deposits of Spain |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=230 |pages=10–21 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.03.003 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.230...10S }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Sender et al.
|
Early Cretaceous (Albian)
|
|
{{Flag|Spain}}
|
A member of Platanaceae, a species of Sapindopsis.
| |
Shorea bhalukpongensis[{{Cite journal|author1=Mahasin Ali Khan |author2=Robert A. Spicer |author3=Teresa E.V. Spicer |author4=Subir Bera |year=2016 |title=Occurrence of Shorea Roxburgh ex C. F. Gaertner (Dipterocarpaceae) in the Neogene Siwalik forests of eastern Himalaya and its biogeography during the Cenozoic of Southeast Asia |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=233 |pages=236–254 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.07.011 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.233..236K |url=http://oro.open.ac.uk/53860/1/53860.pdf }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Khan, Spicer & Bera in Khan et al.
|
Pliocene
|
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of Shorea.
| |
Shorea chandernagarensis|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Khan, Spicer & Bera in Khan et al.
|
Late Pliocene-early Pleistocene
|
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of Shorea.
| |
Shorea mioobtusa|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Khan, Spicer & Bera in Khan et al.
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of Shorea.
| |
Shorea pinjoliensis|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Khan, Spicer & Bera in Khan et al.
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of Shorea.
| |
Shorea pliotumbuggaia|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Khan, Spicer & Bera in Khan et al.
|
Pliocene
|
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A species of Shorea.
| |
Silene novorossica[{{Cite journal|author =Alexander B. Doweld |year=2016 |title=Silene novorossica, a new name for fossil Silene mirabilis (Caryophyllaceae) |journal=Annales Botanici Fennici |volume=53 |issue=1–2 |pages=113–114 |doi=10.5735/085.053.0221 |s2cid=87872503 }}]
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Miocene (Tortonian)
|
|
{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|
A species of Silene; a replacement name for Silene mirabilis Negru (1986).
| |
Strychnos electri[{{Cite journal|author1=George O. Poinar Jr |author2=Lena Struwe |year=2016 |title=An asterid flower from neotropical mid-Tertiary amber |journal=Nature Plants |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=Article number 16005 |doi=10.1038/nplants.2016.5 |pmid=27249345 |s2cid=205458561 }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Poinar & Struwe
|
Eocene or Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
A member of Loganiaceae found in Dominican amber, a species of Strychnos.
| |
Styrax mikii[{{Cite journal|author=Alexander B. Doweld |year=2016 |title=Styrax mikii and Styrax plionipponicus (Styracaceae), New Names of Pliocene Plants from Japanese Archipelago |journal=The Journal of Japanese Botany |volume=91 |issue=3 |pages=191–192 |url=http://www.jjbotany.com/pdf/JJB_091_191_192.pdf }}]
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Pliocene
|
|
{{Flag|Japan}}
|
A species of Styrax; a replacement name for Styrax laevigatus Miki (1941).
| |
Styrax plionipponicus|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Pliocene
|
|
{{Flag|Japan}}
|
A species of Styrax; a replacement name for Styrax rugosus Miki (1941).
| |
Suciacarpa[{{Cite journal|author=Brian A. Atkinson |year=2016 |title=Early diverging asterids of the Late Cretaceous: Suciacarpa starrii gen. et sp. nov. and the initial radiation of Cornales |journal=Botany |volume=94 |issue=9 |pages=759–771 |doi=10.1139/cjb-2016-0035 |doi-access=free }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Atkinson
|
Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
|
Cedar District Formation
|
{{Flag|United States}}
({{Flag|Washington}})
|
A member of Cornales of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes S. starrii.
| |
? Ternstroemites maritiae|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
|
Early Oligocene
|
Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A member of Ericales, possibly a member of the family Pentaphyllaceae.
| |
Trachelospermum kelleri|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
|
Early Oligocene
|
Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A species of Trachelospermum.
| |
Trapa duensis|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Tertiary
|
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
({{Flag|Sakhalin Oblast}})
|
A water caltrop; a replacement name for Trapa sachalinensis Vassiljev in Baranov (1954) (preoccupied).
| |
Trapa minor|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Pleistocene
|
|
{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|
A water caltrop; a replacement name for Trapa minuta Opravil (1966) (preoccupied).
| |
Trapa mionipponica[{{Cite journal|author =Alexander B. Doweld |year=2016 |title=New names of fossil Hemitrapa and Trapa (Lythraceae) |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=252 |issue=3 |pages=228–230 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.252.3.5 }}]
|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Japan}}
|
A water caltrop; a replacement name for Trapa mikii Suzuki (1961) (preoccupied).
| |
Trapa plioincisa|
Nom. nov
|
Valid
|
Doweld
|
Pliocene
|
|
{{Flag|Japan}}
|
A water caltrop; a replacement name for Trapa pseudoincisa Vassiljev in Baranov (1954) (preoccupied).
| |
Tricolpites tortuous[{{Cite journal|author1=Vera A. Korasidis |author2=Barbara E. Wagstaff |author3=Stephen J. Gallagher |author4=Ian R. Duddy |author5=Anne–Marie P. Tosolini |author6=David J. Cantrill |author7=Martin S. Norvick |year=2016 |title=Early angiosperm diversification in the Albian of southeast Australia: implications for flowering plant radiation across eastern Gondwana |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=232 |pages=61–80 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.04.005 |bibcode=2016RPaPa.232...61K }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Korasidis et al.
|
Early Cretaceous (Albian)
|
Eumeralla Formation
|
{{Flag|Australia}}
|
| |
Tricorniger[{{Cite journal|author=Alexander B. Doweld |year=2016 |title=Tricorniger, a replacement name for Schenkiella Wójcicki & Kvaček (Lythrales) |journal=Annales Botanici Fennici |volume=53 |issue=3–4 |pages=191–192 |doi=10.5735/085.053.0406 |s2cid=88604974 }}]
|
Nom. nov
|
|
Doweld
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a replacement name for Schenkiella Wójcicki & Kvaček (2002) (considered by Doweld to be a parahomonym of Schenckiella Hennings, 1893). The type species is "Trapa" credneri Schenk (1877).
| |
Verneda[{{Cite journal|author1=Jean-David Moreau |author2=Bernard Gomez |author3=Clément Coiffard |author4=Véronique Daviero-Gomez |author5=Paul Tafforeau |author6=Didier Néraudeau |year=2016 |title=Verneda hermaphroditica gen. & sp. nov.: A new flower head from the early Late Cretaceous (middle Cenomanian) of southeastern France |journal=Taxon |volume=65 |issue=4 |pages=823–838 |doi=10.12705/654.9 }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Moreau et al.
|
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
|
|
{{Flag|France}}
|
A relative of members of the family Platanaceae. Genus includes V. hermaphroditica.
| |
Vernifolium[{{Cite journal|author1=Nathan A. Jud |author2=Jae-Cheon Sohn |year=2016 |title=Evidence for an ancient association between leaf mining flies and herbaceous eudicot angiosperms |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=63 |pages=113–121 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.02.019 |bibcode=2016CrRes..63..113J |doi-access=free }}]
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Jud & Sohn
|
Early Cretaceous
|
Potomac Group
|
{{Flag|United States}}
({{Flag|Virginia}})
|
A herbaceous eudicot, possibly related to Ranunculales. The type species is Vernifolium tenuiloba.
| |
? Viscophyllum hendriksiae|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Kovar-Eder
|
Early Oligocene
|
Bodenheim Formation
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
|
Possibly a member of the family Loranthaceae.
| |
Zanthoxylum trachyspermum[{{Cite journal|author1=Hai Zhu |author2=Yong-Jiang Huang |author3=Xue-Ping Ji |author4=Tao Su |author5=Zhe-Kun Zhou |year=2016 |title=Continuous existence of Zanthoxylum (Rutaceae) in Southwest China since the Miocene |journal=Quaternary International |volume=392 |pages=224–232 |doi=10.1016/j.quaint.2015.05.020 |bibcode=2016QuInt.392..224Z }}]
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Zhu & Zhou in Zhu et al.
|
Late Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of Rutaceae, a species of Zanthoxylum.
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