2016 in paleobotany

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Bryophytes

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Bulbosphagnum[1]	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Maslova & Ignatov in Maslova et al.	Late Permian		Russia	A moss belonging to the order Protosphagnales. Genus includes new species B. polyrhizon and B. sublaeve.
Cynodontium eocenicum[2]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ignatov & Kučera in Ignatov et al.	Eocene	Baltic amber	Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast)	A moss.
Krassiloviella[3]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Shelton et al.	Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)		Canada ( British Columbia)	A Tricostaceae moss belonging to the superorder Hypnanae. The type species is K. limbelloides.
Pottiodicranum[4]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ignatov et al.	Late Eocene	Rovno amber	Ukraine	A moss belonging to the order Dicranales. Genus includes new species P. papillosum.
Taimyrobryum[5]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ignatov et al.	Late Cretaceous (Santonian)	Taimyr amber	Russia ( Krasnoyarsk Krai)	A Bryopsida moss. The type species is Taimyrobryum martynoviorum.

Ferns and fern allies

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Asterophyllites tayloriorum[6]	Sp. nov	Valid	Cleal & Shute	Carboniferous (Westphalian)		United Kingdom	A calamitacean sphenophyte.
Botryopteris sterzelii[7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Barthel	Early Permian	Döhlen Formation	Germany	A fern belonging to the group Coenopteridales, a species of Botryopteris.
Bowmanites haussei[7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Barthel	Early Permian	Döhlen Formation	Germany	A member of Sphenophyllales, a species of Bowmanites.
Cyclosorus scutum[8]	Sp. nov	Valid	Naugolnykh et al.	Eocene	Changchang Formation	China	A Cyclosorus species Thelypteridaceous fern.
Diodonopteris[9]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ma et al.	Permian (Cisuralian)		China	A fern belonging to the group Botryopteridaceae. The type specimen is D. gracilis.
Drynaria lanpingensis[10]	Sp. nov	Valid	Huang, Su & Zhou	Late Pliocene	Sanying Formation	China	A basket fern.
Ghoshispora bulbosa[11]	Sp. nov	Valid	Batten, Li & Peng	Late Cretaceous	Nenjiang Formation	China	A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably a water fern, described on the basis of megaspores.
Ghoshispora zhaoi[11]	Sp. nov	Valid	Batten, Li & Peng	Late Cretaceous	Yaojia Formation	China	A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably a water fern, described on the basis of megaspores.
Millerocaulis zamunerae[12]	Sp. nov	Valid	Sagasti et al.	Middle–Late Jurassic	La Matilde Formation	Argentina	A member of Osmundaceae.
Neolepisorus chingii[13]	Sp. nov	Valid	Xie et al.	Late Miocene	Bangmai Formation	China	A member of Polypodiaceae, a species of Neolepisorus.
Palaeostachya wagneri[6]	Sp. nov	Valid	Cleal & Shute	Carboniferous (Westphalian)		United Kingdom	A calamitacean sphenophyte.
Paragiridia[14]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Boardman, Iannuzzi & Dutra	Early Permian	Rio Bonito Formation	Brazil	A member of Sphenopsida. The type species is P. taioensis.
Krameropteris[15]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Schneider, Schmidt & Heinrichs	Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)		Myanmar	A member of Polypodiales belonging to the group Dennstaedtiaceae. The type species is Krameropteris resinatus.
Polymniopteris[16]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Sundue & Poinar	Eocene or Miocene	Dominican amber	Dominican Republic	A fern; a new genus for "Grammitis" succinea Gómez (1982).
Tecaropteris[17]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Rozefelds, Dettmann & Clifford in Rozefelds et al.	Paleogene	Redbank Plains Formation	Australia	A member of Pteridaceae belonging to the subfamily Parkerioideae (syn. Ceratopteridoideae). The type species is Tecaropteris aquaincola

Conifers

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Abies praefirma[18]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Pliocene		Japan	A fir cone scale species. A replacement name for Abies protofirma Tanai (1961).
Abiespollenites ananovae[18]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Miocene (Serravallian)		Russia ( Rostov Oblast)	A fir palynomorph a replacement name for Abies minor Ananova (1974).
Araucarioxylon wagadensis[19]	Sp. nov	Valid	Rai et al.	Middle Jurassic (Callovian)	Gadhada Formation	India	An Araucariaceae petrified wood species.
Araucarites alatisquamosus[20]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ohsawa & Nishida in Ohsawa et al.	Late Eocene – early Oligocene	Loreto Formation	Chile	A member of Araucariaceae.
Athrotaxites stockeyi[21]	Sp. nov	Valid	Escapa et al.	Late Cretaceous	Raritan Formation	United States ( New Jersey)	A member of Cupressaceae belonging to the subfamily Athrotaxoideae.
Circoporoxylon kotaense[22]	Sp. nov	Valid	Chinnappa & Rajanikanth	Jurassic	Kota Formation	India	A pinalean petrified wood species
Cunninghamia beardii[23]	Sp. nov	Valid	Buczkowski et al.	Eocene		Canada ( British Columbia)	A species of Cunninghamia.
Xenoxylon junggarensis[24]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wan et al.	Late Triassic (Norian)	Huangshanjie Formation	China	A gymnosperm, a species of Xenoxylon.
Elatides sandaolingensis[25]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wang & Sun in Wang et al.	Middle Jurassic	Xishanyao Formation	China	An Elatides species conifer belonging or related to the family Cupressaceae.
Juniperoxylon schneiderianum[26]	Sp. nov	Valid	Dolezych	Miocene	Brieske Formation	Germany	A member of Cupressaceae.
Laricioxylon erkovetskiense[27]	Sp. nov	Valid	Blokhina & Bondarenko	Miocene	Sazanka Formation	Russia ( Amur Oblast)	A member of Pinaceae.
Nidpuria falcatum[28]	Sp. nov	Valid	Parveen & Bhowmik	Triassic		India	A member of Coniferopsida, possibly a member of Voltziales; a species of Nidpuria.
Picea farjonii[29]	Sp. nov	Valid	Herrera et al.	Early Cretaceous		Mongolia	A spruce.
Pinus mundayi[30]	Sp. nov	Valid	Falcon-Lang, Mages & Collinson	Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)	Chaswood Formation	Canada ( Nova Scotia)	Falcon-Lang, Mages & Collinson (2016) considered it to be a species belonging to the genus Pinus;[30][31] Hilton, Riding & Rothwell (2016) considered it more likely to be a species belonging to the genus Protopinuxylon.[32]
Pinus pitsidiensis[33]	Sp. nov	Valid	Zidianakis et al.	Late Miocene		Greece	A pine.
Pinus priamurensis[34]	Sp. nov	Valid	Blokhina & Bondarenko	Miocene		Russia ( Amur Oblast)	A pine.
Pityostrobus stockeyae[29]	Sp. nov	Valid	Herrera et al.	Early Cretaceous		Mongolia	A member of Pinaceae, a species of Pityostrobus.
Podocarpoxylon donghuaiense[35]	Sp. nov	Valid	Li et al.	Late Eocene	Nadu Formation	China	A member of Podocarpaceae.
Podocarpoxylon gangtaensis[19]	Sp. nov	Valid	Rai et al.	Middle Jurassic (Callovian)	Gadhada Formation	India	A member of Podocarpaceae.
Protaxodioxylon patagonicum[36]	Sp. nov	Valid	Bodnar & Escapa	Early Jurassic	Cañadón Asfalto Basin	Argentina	A member of Cupressaceae described on the basis of fossil woods; might be part of the same plant as Austrohamia minuta.
Protocedroxylon shengjinbeigouense[37]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ding et al.	Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation	China	A conifer, a species of Protocedroxylon.
Protopiceoxylon yukonense[38]	Sp. nov	Valid	Dolezych & Reinhardt	Paleocene	Moose Channel Formation	Canada ( Yukon)	A conifer belonging to the group Protopinaceae.
Prototianshanoxylon[39]	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Wei & Zhang in Wei et al.	Permian		China	A member of Coniferopsida. The type species is Prototianshanoxylon erdaogouense; genus also contains Prototianshanoxylon hamiense.
Sequoiadendron tchucoticum[40]	Sp. nov	Valid	Sokolova in Sokolova & Moiseeva	Late Cretaceous (Santonian-early Campanian)		Russia ( Chukotka Autonomous Okrug)	A species of Sequoiadendron.
Stockeystrobus[41]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Rothwell & Ohana	Late Cretaceous (Conacian–Santonian)	Hoborogawa Formation	Japan	A member of Cupressaceae belonging to the subfamily Sequoioideae. Genus includes new species S. interdigitata.
Taxodioxylon heichengziense[37]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ding et al.	Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation	China	A conifer, a species of Taxodioxylon.
Thujoxylon beipiaoense[37]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ding et al.	Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation	China	A conifer, a species of Thujoxylon.
Xenoxylon guangyuanensis[42]	Sp. nov	Valid	Tian et al.	Late Triassic	Xujiahe Formation	China	A Coniferales petrified wood species.

Cycads

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Austrozamia[43]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Wilf, Stevenson & Cúneo	Early Eocene	Huitrera Formation	Argentina	A cycad belonging to the family Zamiaceae and the tribe Encephalarteae. Genus includes new species A. stockeyi.
Becklesia maulnyi[44]	Sp. nov	Valid	Le Couls et al.	Late Jurassic (early Oxfordian)		France	A cycad.
Encephalartites nipponensis[45]	Sp. nov	Valid	Takimoto & Ohana	Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)	Tochikubo Formation	Japan	A member of Cycadopsida.

Gingkophytes

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Baiera aquilonia[46]	Sp. nov	Valid	Pott, van der Burgh & van Konijnenburg-van Cittert	Early Cretaceous (Barremian–Aptian)	Helvetiafjellet Formation	Norway	A member of Ginkgoales, a species of Baiera.
Baiera baishanensis[47]	Sp. nov	Valid	Zhao et al.	Early Cretaceous	Yingzuilazi Formation	China	A member of Ginkgoales, a species of Baiera.
Baiera lebedevii[48]	Sp. nov	Valid	Golovneva	Late Cretaceous (Coniacian)	Amka Formation	Russia
Ginkgoxylon amurense[49]	Sp. nov	Valid	Afonin	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Russia ( Amur Oblast)	A member of Ginkgoaceae.
Ginkgoxylon liaoningense[50]	Sp. nov	Valid	Jiang, Wang, Philippe & Zhang in Jiang et al.	Middle to Late Jurassic	Tiaojishan Formation	China	A member of Ginkgoales of uncertain phylogenetic placement described on the basis of fossil wood.
Sphenobaiеra angarensis[51]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kirichkova, Kostina & Nosova	Middle Jurassic (Aalenian-Bajocian)	Prisayansk Formation	Russia	A member of Ginkgoales.
Sphenobaiеra irkutensis[51]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kirichkova, Kostina & Nosova	Early Jurassic (Toarcian?)	Cheremkhovo Formation	Russia	A member of Ginkgoales.

"Pteridospermatophytes"

Glossopteridales

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Glossopteris pubescens[52]	Nom. nov	Valid	Degani-Schmidt & Guerra-Sommer	Permian (Sakmarian)	Rio Bonito Formation	Brazil	A Glossopteridaceous species. A replacement name for Glossopteris papillosa (1992).
Karingbalia[53]	Gen. et comb. et sp. nov	Valid	McLoughlin	Permian		Australia	A member of Glossopteridales. Genus includes K. inglisensis McLoughlin comb. nov., as well as new species K. nychumensis.
Ottokaria minor[54]	Sp. nov	Valid	Marques-de-Souza & Iannuzzi	Permian (Cisuralian)	Rio Bonito Formation	Brazil	A glossopteridalean species

Medullosales

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Cyrillopteris[55]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Laveine & Oudoire	Carboniferous		France	A member of Medullosales; a new genus for "Odontopteris" genuina.
Neuropteris riazanensis[56]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mosseichik in Mosseichik & Paramonov	Carboniferous (late Bashkirian – early Moscovian)		Russia ( Ryazan Oblast)	A medullosalean species
Wagneropteris[57]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Álvarez-Vázquez & Cleal	Carboniferous (Westphalian)		Spain	A member of Medullosales, possibly a member of the family Cyclopteridaceae. Genus includes new species W. minima.

Other pteridospermatophytes

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Parkvillia[58]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Serbet et al.	Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)	Bonner Springs Shale, Kansas City Group	United States ( Missouri)	A member of Lyginopteridaceae. Genus includes new species P. northcuttii.
Xylopteris rotundipinnulia[59]	Sp. nov	Valid	Barboni, Dutra & Faccini	Triassic	Santa Maria Formation	Brazil	A member of Corystospermaceae.
Ptilozamites tibeticus[60]	Sp. nov	Valid	Yang in Yang & Li	Early Cretaceous	Linbuzong Formation	China	A seed fern.

Other seed plants

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Buckya[61]	Gen. et sp. et comb. nov	Valid	Herbst & Crisafulli	Triassic to Cretaceous	Laguna Colorada Formation	Argentina	A williamsoniaceous bennettitale. The type species is B. austroamericana. Other species are "Bucklandia" indica (1917), "Bucklandia" sahnii (1953), "Bucklandia" guptai (1967), "Bucklandia" dichotoma (1969), "Bucklandia" choschiensis (1969), "Bucklandia" kerae (1999) and "Bucklandia" tsuruokae (1983).
Cordaianthus yongchangensis[62]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wang & Sun in Wang et al.	Early Permian		China	A member of Cordaitopsida.
Euanthus[63]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Liu & Wang	Jurassic (probably Callovian or Oxfordian)	Jiulongshan Formation	China	A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally described as an early flowering plant; Herendeen et al. (2017) considered the holotype specimen to be more probably a fragment of slightly disintegrated conifer cone.[64] The type species is Euanthus panii.
Galeacornea guayaguensis[65]	Sp. nov	Valid	Prámparo, Narváez & Mego	Early Cretaceous (probably Albian)	Lagarcito Formation	Argentina	A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a member or a relative of Gnetophyta; a species of Galeacornea.
Harrisiophyllum lanceolatus[66]	Sp. nov	Valid	Chinnappa, Rajanikanth & Rao	Early Cretaceous (Berriasian-Aptian)	Gangapur Formation	India	A gymnosperm of uncertain phylogenetic placement described on the basis of a fossil leaf.
Juraherba[67]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Han & Wang in Han et al.	Middle Jurassic	Jiulongshan Formation	China	Originally described as an early flowering plant, resembling members of Hydatellaceae in general morphology and habit; Herendeen et al. (2017) considered the holotype specimen to be inadequately preserved for critical assessment of the relationships of the taxon.[64] The type species is Juraherba bodae.
Lesleya iberiensis[68]	Sp. nov	Valid	Correia et al.	Carboniferous (early Gzhelian)	Douro Carboniferous Basin	Portugal	A seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement (a member of Pteridospermopsida or a cycad).
Phoenicopsis (Windwardia) daohugouensis[69]	Sp. nov	Valid	Huang et al.	Middle Jurassic	Jiulongshan Formation	China	A member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Phoenicopsis.
Pseudoephedra[70]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Liu & Wang	Early Cretaceous (Barremian–Aptian)	Yixian Formation	China	An Ephedra-like seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Pseudoephedra paradoxa.
Umkomasia mongolica[71]	Sp. nov	Valid	Shi et al.	Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian)	Tevshiin Govi Formation	Mongolia	First proposed as a member of Umkomasiales (also known as Corystospermales) and a species of Umkomasia; Moved to Doylea mongolica in (paleobotany), an incertae sedis genus.[72]
Welsbergia[73]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Pott et al.	Late Triassic (Rhaetian)		Germany	A member of Bennettitales. The type species is Welsbergia bursigera (Harris).

Flowering plants

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Afrocasia[74]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Coiffard & Mohr	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)		Egypt	A member of the family Araceae. Genus includes new species A. kahlertiana.
Alatonucula[75]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Hermsen & Gandolfo	Early Eocene		Argentina	A member of Juglandaceae. The type specimen is A. ignis.
Andiroxylon thanobolensis[76]	Sp. nov	Valid	Khan et al.	Miocene	Manchar Formation	Pakistan	A member of Fabaceae, a species of Andiroxylon.
Annulites[77]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Poinar	Late Oligocene-early Miocene		Mexico	A member of Orchidaceae belonging to the tribe Cranichideae and the subtribe Cranichidinae. Genus includes A. mexicana.
Antiquifloris[78]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Poinar & Buckley in Poinar, Buckley & Chen	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)	Burmese amber	Myanmar	A eumagnoliid of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type specimen is A. latifibris.
Aporosa ecocenicus[79]	Sp. nov	Valid	Shukla et al.	Early Eocene	Palana Formation	India	A species of Aporosa.
Archeampelos yellowstonica[80]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Paleocene		United States ( Montana)	A replacement name for Populus cordata Newberry (1868).
Banksia cooksoniae[81]	Nom. nov	Valid	Carpenter, Jordan & Hill	Cenozoic		Australia	A species of Banksia; a replacement name for Banksieaephyllum acuminatum Cookson & Duigan (1950).
Banksieaefolia[81]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Carpenter, Jordan & Hill	Cenozoic		Australia	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).
? Berchemia altorhenana[82]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kovar-Eder	Early Oligocene	Bodenheim Formation	Germany	Possibly a member of the family Rhamnaceae.
Boreocarya[83]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Doweld	Miocene		Russia ( Sverdlovsk Oblast)	A member of the family Juglandaceae; a new genus for "Sphaerocarya" uralensis Dorofeev (1970).
Brevitrimaris[84]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Chambers & Poinar	Eocene or Miocene	Dominican amber	Dominican Republic	A monocotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a relative of the family Haemodoraceae. The type specimen is B. arcuatus.
Caliciflora[85]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Friis, Pedersen & Crane	Late Cretaceous (early Cenomanian)	Potomac Group (Elk Neck Beds)	United States ( Maryland)	A eudicot, probably a member or a relative of rosids. Genus includes new species is C. mauldiniensis
Camellia nanningensis[86]	Sp. nov	Valid	Huang et al.	Late Oligocene	Yongning Formation	China	A species of Camellia.
Campopetala[87]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Poinar & Chambers	Eocene or Miocene	Dominican amber	Dominican Republic	A member of Mimosoideae. The type specimen is C. dominicana.
Carpolithus boldensis[88]	Sp. nov	Valid	Blanchard, Wang & Dilcher	Early Eocene	Tallahatta Formation	United States ( Mississippi)	A fossil fruit, probably a monocot (grass) fruit.
Catalpa hispaniolae[89]	Sp. nov	Valid	Poinar	Eocene to Miocene	Dominican amber	Dominican Republic	A species of Catalpa.
Cecilanthus[90]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Herendeen et al.	Late Cretaceous (early Cenomanian)	Potomac Group	United States ( Maryland)	A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species C. polymerus.
Celastrus caducidentatus[91]	Sp. nov	Valid	Liang & Zhou in Liang et al.	Miocene		China	A species of Celastrus.
Cinnamomophyllum vicente-castellum[92]	Sp. nov	Valid	Marmi	Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian)	Tremp Formation	Spain	A member of Laurales of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
Cissus andrewsii[93]	Sp. nov	Valid	Adams, Collinson, Smith & Bamford in Adams et al.	Early Miocene	Hiwegi Formation	Kenya	A species of Cissus.
Cissus psilata[93]	Sp. nov	Valid	Adams, Collinson, Smith & Bamford in Adams et al.	Early Miocene	Hiwegi Formation	Kenya	A species of Cissus.
Cissus rusingensis[93]	Sp. nov	Valid	Adams, Collinson, Smith & Bamford in Adams et al.	Early Miocene	Hiwegi Formation	Kenya	A species of Cissus.
Cladites vesiculaeferens[82]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kovar-Eder	Early Oligocene	Bodenheim Formation	Germany	A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
Cobbania hickeyi[94]	Sp. nov	Valid	Stockey, Rothwell & Johnson	Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian)	Hell Creek Formation	United States ( South Dakota)	A member of Araceae.
Cylindrocites[77]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Poinar	Eocene-Miocene	El Mamey Formation (Dominican amber)	Dominican Republic	A member of Orchidaceae belonging to the tribe Cranichideae and the subtribe Spiranthinae. Genus includes C. browni.
Dalembia argentea[95]	Sp. nov	Valid	Yudova & Golovneva in Yudova, Golovneva & Alekseev	Late Cretaceous (Turonian-Coniacian)	Chingandzha Formation	Russia
Dalembia jiayinensis[96]	Sp. nov	Valid	Sun et al.	Late Cretaceous (Santonian)	Yong'ancun Formation	China	A member of Magnoliopsida of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
Dicotylophyllum badense[82]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kovar-Eder	Early Oligocene	Bodenheim Formation	Germany	A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
Dicotylophyllum bohemicum[97]	Nom. nov	Valid	Halamski & Kvaček	Late Cretaceous (Coniacian)		Czech Republic	A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a replacement name for Rhus cretacea Velenovský (1885).
Dicotylophyllum oechsleri[82]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kovar-Eder	Early Oligocene	Bodenheim Formation	Germany	A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
Dicotylophyllum vesiculaeferens[82]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kovar-Eder	Early Oligocene	Bodenheim Formation	Germany	A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
Dicotylophyllum ziegleri[82]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kovar-Eder	Early Oligocene	Bodenheim Formation	Germany	A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
Dipelta bovayensis[88]	Sp. nov	Valid	Blanchard, Wang & Dilcher	Early Eocene	Tallahatta Formation	United States ( Mississippi)	A species of Dipelta.
Dipterocarpus churiensis[98]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Prasad & Gautam	Late Miocene	Middle Churia Formation	Nepal	A species of Dipterocarpus.
Dipterocarpus miocenicus[98]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Prasad & Gautam	Late Miocene	Middle Churia Formation	Nepal	A species of Dipterocarpus.
Dipterocarpus nepalensis[98]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Prasad & Gautam	Late Miocene	Middle Churia Formation	Nepal	A species of Dipterocarpus.
Distylium metzleri[82]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kovar-Eder	Early Oligocene	Bodenheim Formation	Germany	A species of Distylium
Dryobalanoxylon neyveliensis[citation needed] Sp. nov	Valid	Kumarasamy & Elayaraja	Miocene	Neyveli Lignite Formation	India	A member of Dipterocarpaceae.
Ekrixanthera[99]	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Poinar, Kevan & Jackes	Eocene to Miocene		Dominican Republic  Mexico	A member of Urticaceae. Genus includes E. hispaniolae and E. ehecatli.
Elodeophyllum[100]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Nagrale et al.	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Deccan Intertrappean Beds	India	A member of the family Hydrocharitaceae described on the basis of a fossil leaf. Genus includes new species E. deccanii.
Entada hispaniolae[87]	Sp. nov	Valid	Poinar & Chambers	Eocene or Miocene	Dominican amber	Dominican Republic	A member of Mimosoideae belonging to the genus Entada.
Ettingshausenia vetviensis[101]	Sp. nov	Valid	Herman in Herman & Sokolova	Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Coniacian)	Vetvinskaya Member (Chalbugchan Group)	Russia ( Kamchatka Krai)	A member of Platanofolia, a species of Ettingshausenia.
Eydeia[102]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Stockey, Nishida & Atkinson	Late Cretaceous (Coniacian-Santonian)	Haborogawa Formation	Japan	A member of Cornales. Genus includes new species E. hokkaidoensis.
Ficus obtusatoides[103]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Oligocene (Chattian)		Switzerland	A species of Ficus; a replacement name for Ficus obtusata Heer (1856) (preoccupied).
Ficus tethyca[103]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Eocene		United Kingdom	A species of Ficus; a replacement name for Ficus lucida Chandler (1962) (preoccupied).
Globocarya[83]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Miocene		Russia ( Tomsk Oblast)	A member of the family Juglandaceae; a replacement name for Sphaerocarya Dorofeev (1970).
Globosites[104]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Poinar	Eocene or Miocene		Dominican Republic	A member of Orchidaceae known from Dominican amber. The type species is Globosites apicola.
Hedycarya pluvisilva[105]	Sp. nov	Valid	Bannister, Conran, Mildenhall & Lee in Conran et al.	Early Miocene		New Zealand	A species of Hedycarya.
Hedycaryoxylon burmeisteri[106]	Sp. nov	Valid	Egerton, Williams & Lacovara	Late Cretaceous (late Campanian to early Maastrichtian)	Cerro Fortaleza Formation	Argentina	A member of Monimiaceae, a species of Hedycaryoxylon.
Humulago[107]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Oligocene		Russia	A member of Cannabaceae; a replacement name for Humularia Dorofeev (1982).
Itaquixylon[108]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Benicio et al.	Late Pleistocene	Touro Passo Formation	Brazil	A member of the family Fabaceae belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae. Genus includes new species I. heterogenum.
Jamesrosea[109]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Crepet et al.	Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian)		Myanmar	A member of Laurales, probably related to Atherospermataceae and Gomortegaceae. The type species is Jamesrosea burmensis.
Jusinghipollis ticoensis[110]	Sp. nov	Valid	Llorens & Perez Loinaze	Early Cretaceous (Aptian)	Anfiteatro de Ticó Formation	Argentina	A flowering plant known from pollen grains, a species of Jusinghipollis.
Koelreuteria quasipaniculata[111]	Sp. nov	Valid	Li, Xiao & He in Li et al.	Miocene	Garang Formation	China	A species of Koelreuteria.
Laurinoxylon chalatenangensis[112]	Sp. nov	Valid	Cevallos-Ferriz, Cerón López & Flores Rocha	Miocene	Chalatenango Formation	El Salvador	A member of Lauraceae, a species of Laurinoxylon.
Laurophyllum rauenbergense[82]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kovar-Eder	Early Oligocene	Bodenheim Formation	Germany	A member of the family Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil leaves.
Lobocyclas[113]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Chambers & Poinar	Eocene or Miocene	Dominican amber	Dominican Republic	A member of Celastraceae belonging to the subfamily Hippocrateoideae. The type specimen is L. anomala.
Lonchocarpus miocenicus[114]	Sp. nov	Valid	Hernández-Damián et al.	Miocene		Mexico	A species of Lonchocarpus.
Lunania floresi[115]	Sp. nov	Valid	Hernández-Damián, Calvillo-Canadell & Cevallos-Ferriz	Miocene		Mexico	A species of Lunania.
Machilus maomingensis[116]	Sp. nov	Valid	Jin & Tang in Tang et al.	Eocene	Youganwo Formation	China	A species of Machilus.
Mahonia mioasiatica[117]	Sp. nov	Valid	Huang et al.	Late Miocene	Xiaolongtan Formation	China	A species of Mahonia.
Maladenodiscus[118]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Poinar, Chambers & Brown	Eocene	Baltic amber	Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast)	A dicotyledon of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species M. acanthinus.
Malloranga dentata[119]	Sp. nov	Valid	Conran, Lee & Reichgelt	Miocene		New Zealand	A member of Euphorbiaceae belonging to the subfamily Acalyphoideae, a species of Malloranga.
Mciveriella[80]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Paleocene	Paskapoo Formation	Canada ( Alberta)	A replacement name for Harmsia McIver & Basinger (1993).
Menispermophyllum isonensis[92]	Sp. nov	Valid	Marmi	Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian)	Tremp Formation	Spain	A eudicot of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
Metrosideros leunigii[120]	Sp. nov	Valid	Tarran, Wilson & Hill	Eocene-Early Oligocene		Australia	A species of Metrosideros.
Myrica obliquifolia[82]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kovar-Eder	Early Oligocene	Bodenheim Formation	Germany	A species of Myrica.
Nymphaea elisabethae[121]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gee & Taylor	Late Oligocene		Germany	A species of Nymphaea.
Ochnaceoxylon[122]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Ramteke & Kapgate	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)–Paleogene	Deccan Intertrappean Beds	India	A member of the family Ochnaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species O. tertiera.
Oleinites altorhenana[82]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kovar-Eder	Early Oligocene	Bodenheim Formation	Germany	A member of the family Oleaceae.
Oleinites rauenbergensis[82]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kovar-Eder	Early Oligocene	Bodenheim Formation	Germany	A member of the family Oleaceae.
Ormosioxylon chinjiensis[123]	Sp. nov	Valid	Soomro et al.	Miocene	Chinji Formation	Pakistan	A member of Fabaceae, a species of Ormosioxylon.
Palaeocarya lincangensis[124]	Sp. nov	Valid	Shao & Xie in Shao et al.	Late Miocene	Bangmai Basin	China
Palaeocarya longipedicelata[125]	Sp. nov	Valid	Dong & Sun in Dong et al.	Oligocene	Ningming Formation	China	A member of Juglandaceae, a species of Palaeocarya.
Paleopanax boldensis[88]	Sp. nov	Valid	Blanchard, Wang & Dilcher	Early Eocene	Tallahatta Formation	United States ( Mississippi)	A member of Araliaceae.
Paraquercus[126]	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Grímsson et al.	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)-Eocene	Allenby Formation Eagle Formation	Canada ( British Columbia)  Greenland  United States ( Wyoming)	A member of the family Fagaceae described on the basis of pollen. Genus includes new species P. campania and P. eocaena.
Parinari panamensis[127]	Sp. nov	Valid	Jud, Nelson & Herrera	Early Miocene	Culebra Formation Cucaracha Formation La Boca Formation	Panama	A species of Parinari.
Parvileguminophyllum penzhinense[101]	Sp. nov	Valid	Herman in Herman & Sokolova	Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Coniacian)	Vetvinskaya Member (Chalbugchan Group)	Russia ( Kamchatka Krai)	A member of Legumifolia, a species of Parvileguminophyllum.
Patocarpus[128]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Cevallos-Ferriz & Vázquez-Rueda	Late Cretaceous	Cerro del Pueblo Formation	Mexico	A member of Proteales of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species P. coahuilensis.
Perforatocarpum[129]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Stull, Adams, Manchester & Collinson in Stull et al.	Eocene		United Kingdom	A member of Icacinaceae related to members of the tribe Phytocreneae. Genus includes "Icacinicarya" echinata Chandler (1961).
Persea miogamblei[130]	Sp. nov	Valid	Khan & Bera	Middle Miocene	Gish Clay Formation	India	A species of Persea.
Persea neovillosa[130]	Sp. nov	Valid	Khan & Bera	Middle Miocene	Gish Clay Formation	India	A species of Persea.
Phyrtandrus[131]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Chambers & Poinar	Uncertain (Eocene to Miocene)	Dominican amber	Dominican Republic	A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species P. pentalepidus.
Planarpollenites[105]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Mildenhall in Conran et al.	Early Miocene		New Zealand	A pollen of a member of the family Monimiaceae. Genus includes new species P. fragilis.
Populus zhenyuanensis[132]	Sp. nov	Valid	Liang & Zhou in Liang et al.	Miocene	Dajie Formation	China	A species of Populus.
Portulacaceocarpon[133]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Borkar et al.	Late Cretaceous-Paleogene	Deccan Intertrappean beds	India	Fossil fruit with similarities to fruits of members of the family Portulacaceae. Genus includes new species P. bhuterensis.
Potamogeton baluevae[134]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Miocene (Burdigalian)		Russia ( Tomsk Oblast)	A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton decipiens Nikitin (preoccupied).
Potamogeton borsukiae[134]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Miocene (Burdigalian)		Russia ( Tomsk Oblast)	A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton carinatus Nikitin (preoccupied).
Potamogeton gorbunovii[134]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Middle Pleistocene		Russia ( Voronezh Oblast)	A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton pseudofriesii Dorofeev (preoccupied).
Potamogeton jakubovskajae[134]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Pliocene (Piacenzian)		Belarus	A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton praenatans Dorofeev (preoccupied).
Potamogeton kasakorum[134]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Pliocene (Piacenzian)		Russia ( Rostov Oblast)	A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton pliocenicus Dorofeev (preoccupied).
Potamogeton kolesnikovae[134]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Pliocene (Piacenzian)		Russia ( Bashkortostan)	A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton stylatus Dorofeev & Wieliczkiewicz in Dorofeev (preoccupied).
Potamogeton kondinskajae[134]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Pleistocene (Gelasian)		Russia ( Tambov Oblast)	A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton obtusus Dorofeev (preoccupied).
Potamogeton novorossicus[134]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Miocene (Messinian)		Ukraine	A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton corniculatus Negru (preoccupied).
Potamogeton pashkovii[134]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Pleistocene (Gelasian)		Russia ( Lipetsk Oblast)	A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton striatus Dorofeev (preoccupied).
Potamogeton rutiloides[134]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Pleistocene (Gelasian)		Russia ( Tambov Oblast)	A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton palaeorutilus Dorofeev (preoccupied).
Potamogeton snigirevskajae[134]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Pliocene (Piacenzian)		Russia ( Rostov Oblast)	A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton microcarpus Dorofeev (preoccupied).
Potamogeton volgensis[134]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Pliocene (Piacenzian)		Russia ( Tatarstan)	A species of Potamogeton; a replacement name for Potamogeton tataricus Dorofeev & Wieliczkiewicz in Dorofeev (preoccupied).
Pseudobanksia[81]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Carpenter, Jordan & Hill	Cenozoic		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).
Pterocarya rhoifolioides[135]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Miocene		Japan  Russia ( Primorsky Krai  Sakhalin Oblast)	A species of Pterocarya; a replacement name for Juglans japonica Tanai (1961).
Quercus tibetensis[136]	Sp. nov	Valid	Xu, Su & Zhou in Xu et al.	Late Miocene	Lawula Formation	China	An oak.
Rariglanda[137]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Martínez & Choo in Martínez et al.	Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Coniacian)	Raritan Formation	United States ( New Jersey)	A member of Ericales related to the family Clethraceae. Genus includes new species R. jerseyensis.
Rhamnica[80]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Paleocene	Denver Formation	United States ( Colorado)	A member of Rhamnaceae; a replacement name for Rhamnites Forbes ex McIver & Basinger (1993).
Rourea miocaudata[138]	Sp. nov	Valid	Khan & Bera	Miocene	Dafla Formation	India	A member of Connaraceae, a species of Rourea.
Rosa fortuita[139]	Sp. nov	Valid	Su & Zhou in Su et al.	Late Miocene		China	A species of rose.
Rudiculites[104]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Poinar	Eocene or Miocene		Dominican Republic	A member of Orchidaceae known from Dominican amber. The type species is Rudiculites dominicana.
Saliciphyllum serratum[92]	Sp. nov	Valid	Marmi	Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian)	Tremp Formation	Spain	A possible member of the family Salicaceae.
Sapindopsis turolensis[140]	Sp. nov	Valid	Sender et al.	Early Cretaceous (Albian)		Spain	A member of Platanaceae, a species of Sapindopsis.
Shorea bhalukpongensis[141]	Sp. nov	Valid	Khan, Spicer & Bera in Khan et al.	Pliocene		India	A species of Shorea.
Shorea chandernagarensis[141]	Sp. nov	Valid	Khan, Spicer & Bera in Khan et al.	Late Pliocene-early Pleistocene		India	A species of Shorea.
Shorea mioobtusa[141]	Sp. nov	Valid	Khan, Spicer & Bera in Khan et al.	Miocene		India	A species of Shorea.
Shorea pinjoliensis[141]	Sp. nov	Valid	Khan, Spicer & Bera in Khan et al.	Miocene		India	A species of Shorea.
Shorea pliotumbuggaia[141]	Sp. nov	Valid	Khan, Spicer & Bera in Khan et al.	Pliocene		India	A species of Shorea.
Silene novorossica[142]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Miocene (Tortonian)		Ukraine	A species of Silene; a replacement name for Silene mirabilis Negru (1986).
Strychnos electri[143]	Sp. nov	Valid	Poinar & Struwe	Eocene or Miocene		Dominican Republic	A member of Loganiaceae found in Dominican amber, a species of Strychnos.
Styrax mikii[144]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Pliocene		Japan	A species of Styrax; a replacement name for Styrax laevigatus Miki (1941).
Styrax plionipponicus[144]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Pliocene		Japan	A species of Styrax; a replacement name for Styrax rugosus Miki (1941).
Suciacarpa[145]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Atkinson	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Cedar District Formation	United States ( Washington)	A member of Cornales of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes S. starrii.
? Ternstroemites maritiae[82]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kovar-Eder	Early Oligocene	Bodenheim Formation	Germany	A member of Ericales, possibly a member of the family Pentaphyllaceae.
Trachelospermum kelleri[82]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kovar-Eder	Early Oligocene	Bodenheim Formation	Germany	A species of Trachelospermum.
Trapa duensis[146]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Tertiary		Russia ( Sakhalin Oblast)	A water caltrop; a replacement name for Trapa sachalinensis Vassiljev in Baranov (1954) (preoccupied).
Trapa minor[146]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Pleistocene		Czech Republic	A water caltrop; a replacement name for Trapa minuta Opravil (1966) (preoccupied).
Trapa mionipponica[146]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Miocene		Japan	A water caltrop; a replacement name for Trapa mikii Suzuki (1961) (preoccupied).
Trapa plioincisa[146]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Pliocene		Japan	A water caltrop; a replacement name for Trapa pseudoincisa Vassiljev in Baranov (1954) (preoccupied).
Tricolpites tortuous[147]	Sp. nov	Valid	Korasidis et al.	Early Cretaceous (Albian)	Eumeralla Formation	Australia
Tricorniger[148]	Nom. nov		Doweld	Miocene		Czech Republic  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[149]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Moreau et al.	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)		France	A relative of members of the family Platanaceae. Genus includes V. hermaphroditica.
Vernifolium[150]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Jud & Sohn	Early Cretaceous	Potomac Group	United States ( Virginia)	A herbaceous eudicot, possibly related to Ranunculales. The type species is Vernifolium tenuiloba.
? Viscophyllum hendriksiae[82]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kovar-Eder	Early Oligocene	Bodenheim Formation	Germany	Possibly a member of the family Loranthaceae.
Zanthoxylum trachyspermum[151]	Sp. nov	Valid	Zhu & Zhou in Zhu et al.	Late Miocene		China	A member of Rutaceae, a species of Zanthoxylum.

Other plants

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Adinosporus[152]	Gen. et 3 sp. nov	Valid	Strother	Cambrian		United States ( Tennessee)	A green alga belonging to the group Charophyta. The type species is Adinosporus voluminosus; genus also contains Adinosporus bullatus and Adinosporus geminus.
Anatolipora macroporelloidea[153]	Sp. nov	Valid	Vachard & Cózar in Vachard et al.	Carboniferous (Mississippian)		France	A green alga, possibly a member of Ulotrichales.
Brabantophyton[154][155]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Momont, Gerrienne & Prestianni	Devonian (mid Givetian to earliest Frasnian)		Belgium	A member of Stenokoleales (a group of plants of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly related to the seed plants). The type species is Brabantophyton runcariense.
Charites badamica[156]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gereltsetseg	Late Oligocene		Mongolia	A green alga belonging to the group Charophyta.
Dyadospora asymmetrica[157]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ghavidel-Syooki	Ordovician (Katian-Hirnantian)	Ghelli Formation	Iran	An early land plant described on the basis of cryptospores.
Dyadospora verrucata[157]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ghavidel-Syooki	Ordovician (Katian-Hirnantian)	Ghelli Formation	Iran	An early land plant described on the basis of cryptospores.
Guangnania minor[158]	Sp. nov	Valid	Edwards, Geng & Li	Early Devonian	Pingyipu Group	China	A member of Zosterophyllopsida.
Imperfectotriletes persianense[157]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ghavidel-Syooki	Ordovician (Katian-Hirnantian)	Ghelli Formation	Iran	An early land plant described on the basis of cryptospores.
Lundbladispora punctata[159]	Sp. nov	Valid	Césari & Colombi	Late Triassic	Ischigualasto Formation	Argentina	A lycophyte described on the basis of spores.
Melvillipteris[160]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Xue & Basinger	Devonian (Famennian)		Canada ( Nunavut)	A member of Rhacophytales. The type species is Melvillipteris quadriseriata.
Mesochara magna[161]	Sp. nov	Valid	Trabelsi & Martín-Closas in Trabelsi et al.	Early Cretaceous	Kebar Formation	Tunisia	A green alga belonging to the group Charophyta.
Microlejeunea nyiahae[162]	Sp. nov	Valid	Heinrichs, Lee, Schäfer-Verwimp & Schmidt in Heinrichs et al.	Eocene (Ypresian)	Cambay amber	India	A liverwort belonging to the family Lejeuneaceae; a species of Microlejeunea.
Neoradiosphaeroporella[153]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Cózar & Vachard in Vachard et al.	Carboniferous (Mississippian)		France  Spain	A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales, possibly a member of the family Polyphysaceae. The type specimen is N. aprica.
Pallaviciniites sandaolingensis[163]	Sp. nov	Valid	Li et al.	Middle Jurassic	Xishanyao Formation	China	A thalloid liverwort, a species of Pallaviciniites.
Paraepimastopora somervillei[153]	Sp. nov	Valid	Vachard & Cózar in Vachard et al.	Carboniferous (Mississippian)		Algeria  France  Ireland  Morocco  Slovakia  Spain  United Kingdom	A green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales and the family Seletonellaceae.
Radicites gobiensis[164]	Sp. nov	Valid	Naugolnykh	Late Cretaceous	Djadochta Formation	Mongolia	A vascular plant described on the basis of isolated roots.
Radix[165]	Gen. et sp. nov		Hetherington, Dubrovsky & Dolan	Carboniferous (Bashkirian)		United Kingdom	A vascular plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is R. carbonica.
Radula baltica[166]	Sp. nov	Valid	Heinrichs et al.	Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe (Baltic Sea coast)	A liverwort, a species of Radula.
Rebouliothallus[167]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Li & Sun in Li et al.	Early Cretaceous	Huolinhe Formation	China	A liverwort belonging to the family Aytoniaceae. The type specimen is R. huolinhensis.
Reticella[168]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Agić	Early Cambrian	Lükati Formation	Estonia	A member of Chlorophyta belonging to the group Prasinophyceae. Genus includes new species R. corrugata.
Retusotriletes herbstii[159]	Sp. nov	Valid	Césari & Colombi	Late Triassic	Ischigualasto Formation	Argentina	A lycophyte described on the basis of spores.
Rimosotetras granulata[157]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ghavidel-Syooki	Ordovician (Katian-Hirnantian)	Ghelli Formation	Iran	An early land plant described on the basis of cryptospores.
Rimosotetras punctata[157]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ghavidel-Syooki	Ordovician (Katian-Hirnantian)	Ghelli Formation	Iran	An early land plant described on the basis of cryptospores.
Segestrespora iranense[157]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ghavidel-Syooki	Ordovician (Katian-Hirnantian)	Ghelli Formation	Iran	An early land plant described on the basis of cryptospores.
Sigillariostrobus barkeri[169]	Sp. nov	Valid	Thomas & Seyfullah	Carboniferous (Bolsovian)		United Kingdom	A lycophyte belonging to the group Sigillariostrobaceae, a species of Sigillariostrobus.
Sigillariostrobus saltwellensis[169]	Sp. nov	Valid	Thomas & Seyfullah	Carboniferous (Langsettian–Duckmantian)		United Kingdom	A lycophyte belonging to the group Sigillariostrobaceae, a species of Sigillariostrobus.
Spissuspora[152]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Strother	Cambrian		United States ( Tennessee)	A green alga belonging to the group Charophyta. The type species is Spissuspora laevigata.
Vidalgea[152]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Strother	Cambrian		United States ( Tennessee)	A green alga belonging to the group Charophyta. The type species is Vidalgea maculata.
Vittella[170]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Filipiak & Zatoń	Devonian (early Famennian)		Poland	A possible member of Bryopsidales. The type species is V. dixii.
Walcottophycus[171]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Wu & LoDuca in Wu et al.	Cambrian	Burgess Shale Kaili Formation	Canada  China	A possible member of Chlorophyta. The type species is "Bosworthia" gyges Walcott (1919).
Yanmenia[158]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Edwards, Geng & Li	Early Devonian	Pingyipu Group	China	A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a lycophyte; a new genus for "Zosterophyllum" longa Wang (2007).

Research

• Extensive plant traces preserved in fossil soils are described from Early Devonian deposits of Xujiachong Formation in Yunnan (China) by Xue et al. (2016), who interpret the traces as belowground rhizomes of the basal lycopsid Drepanophycus.^[172]
• A description of the rooting system preserved in basal lycophyte fossils from the Devonian Beartooth Butte Formation (Wyoming, United States) is published by Matsunaga & Tomescu (2016).^[173]
• Fossils of the fern Acrostichum lanzaeanum are described from the Oligocene La Val fossil site (Huesca Province, Spain) by Moreno-Domínguez et al. (2016), who interpret the fossils as indicating that in Oligocene Acrostichum grew and developed as a pioneering plant in disturbed environments, such as floodplain areas.^[174]
• A study on the phylogenetic relationships of Pseudoasterophyllites cretaceus is published by Kvaček et al. (2018).^[175]
• Fossil fruit of a member of the genus Cornus related to Cornus piggae is described from the Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) Spray Formation (British Columbia, Canada) by Atkinson, Stockey & Rothwell (2016).^[176]