2013 in paleobotany

none 2013 paleobotany paleontology arthropod paleontology paleoentomology paleomalacology reptile paleontology archosaur paleontology mammal paleontology paleoichthyology This list of 2013 in paleobotany records new fossil plant taxa that were described during 2013, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleobotany that occurred in the year. Chlorophyta Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCymatiosphaera scitulaR. Wicander G. Playford 2013 Marine and terrestrial palynofloras from transitional Devonian–Mississippian strata, Illinois Basin, U.S.A. Boletín Geológico y Minero 124 4 589–637 http://aiplanetatierra.igme.es/Boletin/2013/124_4/6_ARTICULO%205.pdf 2018-08-11 2021-02-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20180811031744/http://aiplanetatierra.igme.es/Boletin/2013/124_4/6_ARTICULO%205.pdf dead Sp. nov.ValidWicander & PlayfordDevonian (Famennian)Saverton ShaleUnited StatesA member of Chlorophyta belonging to the group Prasinophyceae. Bryophyta Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBrachytheciites sachalinensisMichael S. Ignatov Evgeny E. Perkovsky 2013 Mosses from Sakhalinian amber (Russian Far East) Arctoa: A Journal of Bryology 22 79–82 10.15298/arctoa.22.11 free Sp. novValidIgnatov & PerkovskyMiddle EoceneSakhalinian amberRussiaA moss belonging to the family Brachytheciaceae.BryiiditesRichard S. Barclay Jennifer C. McElwain Jeffrey G. Duckett Maarten H. van Es Anika S. Mostaert Silvia Pressel Bradley B. Sageman 2013 New methods reveal oldest known fossil epiphyllous moss: Bryiidites utahensis gen. et sp. nov. (Bryidae) American Journal of Botany 100 12 2450–2457 10.3732/ajb.1300209 24302691 2013AmJB..100.2450B 7217440 Gen. et sp. nov.ValidBarclay et al.Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian)Middle Dakota FormationUnited StatesA member of Bryidae of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type specimen is Bryiidites utahensis. Bryokhutuliinia crassimarginataMichael S. Ignatov Eugeny E. Karasev Sofia M. Sinitsa Elena V. Maslova 2013 New Bryokhutuliinia species (Bryophyta) with sporophytes from the Upper Jurassic of Transbaikalia Arctoa: A Journal of Bryology 22 69–78 10.15298/arctoa.22.10 free Sp. novValidIgnatov et al.Late JurassicRussiaA moss.CalymperitesMichael S. Ignatov Evgeny E. Perkovsky 2013 Mosses from Rovno amber (Ukraine), 2 Arctoa: A Journal of Bryology 22 83–92 10.15298/arctoa.22.12 free Gen. et sp. novValidIgnatov & PerkovskyLate EoceneRovno amberUkraineA moss belonging to the group Dicranales (sensu lato). Genus includes new species C. ucrainicus.PseudoleskeellitesGen. et sp. novValidIgnatov & PerkovskyMiddle EoceneSakhalinian amberRussiaA moss belonging to the order Hypnales. Genus includes new species P. obscurus. Ferns and fern allies Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAshicaulis beipiaoensisNing Tian Yongdong Wang Wu Zhang Zikun Jiang David L. Dilcher 2013 Ashicaulis beipiaoensis sp. nov., a New Osmundaceous Fern Species from the Middle Jurassic of Liaoning Province, Northeastern China International Journal of Plant Sciences 174 3 328–339 10.1086/668868 2013IJPlS.174..328T 83565443 Sp. novValidTian et al.Middle JurassicTiaojishan FormationChinaA member of Osmundaceae. Originally described as a species of Ashicaulis; transferred to the genus Millerocaulis by Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin (2017).Benjamin Bomfleur Guido W. Grimm Stephen McLoughlin 2017 The fossil Osmundales (Royal Ferns)—a phylogenetic network analysis, revised taxonomy, and evolutionary classification of anatomically preserved trunks and rhizomes PeerJ 5 e3433 10.7717/peerj.3433 28713650 5508817 free MygdykitiaL.B. Golovneva S.V. Shczepetov 2013 The Yana floristic assemblage from the Upper Cretaceous volcanic deposits of the northern coast of Sea of Okhotsk Paleobotanika 4 5–35 10.31111/palaeobotany/2013.4.5 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262918366 Gen. et sp. novValidGolovneva & ShczepetovLate Cretaceous (Campanian)Ola FormationRussiaA fern belonging to the family Dipteridaceae. Genus includes new species M. ochotica.PalaeosorumFrédéric M. B. Jacques Tao Su Zhe-Kun Zhou 2013 The first fossil Microsoroid fern (Palaeosorum ellipticum gen. et sp. nov.) from the middle Miocene of Yunnan, SW China Journal of Systematics and Evolution 51 6 758–764 10.1111/jse.12030 2013JSyEv..51..758J 82491404 Gen. et sp. novValidJacques & Zhou in Jacques, Su & ZhouMioceneDajie FormationChinaA member of Polypodiaceae. The type specimen is Palaeosorum ellipticum.Todea amissaMónica R. Carvalho Peter Wilf Elizabeth J. Hermsen Maria A. Gandolfo N. Rubén Cúneo Kirk R. Johnson 2013 First record of Todea (Osmundaceae) in South America, from the early Eocene paleorainforests of Laguna del Hunco (Patagonia, Argentina) American Journal of Botany 100 9 1831–1848 10.3732/ajb.1200637 24018858 11336/5393 free Sp. nov.ValidCarvalho in Carvalho et al.Early EoceneArgentinaA species of Todea. YavannaEzequiel Ignacio Vera 2013 New cyathealean tree fern, Yavanna chimaerica gen. et sp. nov., from the Early Cretaceous of Livingston Island, Antarctica Cretaceous Research 44 214–222 10.1016/j.cretres.2013.04.011 2013CrRes..44..214V 11336/8854 free Gen. et sp. novValidVeraEarly Cretaceous (Aptian)Cerro Negro FormationAntarctica(Livingston Island)A cyathealean of uncertain placement. Type species is Y. chimaerica. Ginkgophytes Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAllicospermum angrenicumNatalya Nosova 2013 Revision of the genus Grenana Samylina from the Middle Jurassic of Angren, Uzbekistan Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 197 226–252 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2013.06.005 2013RPaPa.197..226N Sp. nov.ValidNosovaMiddle JurassicAngren FormationUzbekistanA Ginkgo-like plant described on the basis of seeds.NagreniaGen. et sp. nov.ValidNosovaMiddle JurassicAngren FormationUzbekistanA member of Ginkgoales described on the basis of peduncles furcating into several pedicels. Genus includes new species N. samylinae. Gnetophyta Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesChengiaYong Yang Longbiao Lin Qi Wang amp 2013 Chengia laxispicata gen. et sp. nov., a new ephedroid plant from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, Northeast China: evolutionary, taxonomic, and biogeographic implications BMC Evolutionary Biology 13 1 72 10.1186/1471-2148-13-72 23530702 3626868 2013BMCEE..13...72Y free Gen. et sp. nov.ValidYang, Lin & WangEarly Cretaceous (Aptian)Yixian FormationChinaA member of Ephedraceae. The type specimen is Chengia laxispicata.Friedsellowia gracilifoliaLöwe S. Mohr B.A.R. Coiffard C. Bernardes-de-Oliveira M.E.C. 2013 Friedsellowia gracilifolia gen. nov. et sp. nov., a new gnetophyte from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation (Brazil) Palaeontographica Abteilung B 289 4–6 139–177 http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/palb/detail/289/80732/Friedsellowia_gracilifolia_gen_nov_et_sp_nov_a_newGen. nov. et sp. nov.ValidLöwe et al.Early CretaceousCrato FormationBrazilA gnetophyte. The type of a new genus. ItajubaDecember 2019 removed citation to predatory publisher contentGen. et sp. novValidRicardi-Branco et al.Early Cretaceous (Aptian or Albian)Crato Member of the Santana FormationBrazilA member of Gnetales. The type specimen is Itajuba yansanae. Pachytestopsida Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesStephanospermum braidwoodensisAlan R.T. Spencer Jason Hilton Mark D. Sutton 2013 Combined methodologies for three-dimensional reconstruction of fossil plants preserved in siderite nodules: Stephanospermum braidwoodensis nov. sp. (Medullosales) from the Mazon Creek lagerstätte Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 188 1–17 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.09.001 2013RPaPa.188....1S Sp. nov.ValidSpencer, Hilton & SuttonCarboniferousMazon Creek fossil bedsUnited StatesA member of Medullosales, a species of Stephanospermum.Stephanospermum shuichengensisAlan R.T. Spencer Shi-Jun Wang Michael T. Dunn Jason Hilton 2013 Species of the medullosan ovule Stephanospermum from the Lopingian (late Permian) floras of China Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 76 59–69 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.07.030 2013JAESc..76...59S Sp. nov.ValidSpencer et al.Permian (Lopingian)Wangjiazhai FormationChinaA member of Medullosales, a species of Stephanospermum. Pinophyta Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBancroftiastrobusGar W. Rothwell Gene Mapes Ruth A. Stockey Jason Hilton amp 2013 Diversity of ancient conifers: the Jurassic seed cone Bancroftiastrobus digitata gen. et sp. nov. (Coniferales) International Journal of Plant Sciences 174 6 937–946 10.1086/670368 2013IJPlS.174..937R 85605229 http://pure-oai.bham.ac.uk/ws/files/9880605/IJPS_Bancroftiastrobus_2013.pdf Gen. et sp. nov.ValidRothwell et al.Late Jurassic (early Kimmeridgian)Kimmeridge Clay FormationUnited KingdomA pinophyte of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Type species is B. digitata.Brachyoxylon currumiliiJosefina Bodnar Ignacio Escapa Néstor Rubén Cúneo Silvia Gnaedinger 2013 First record of conifer wood from the Cañadón Asfalto Formation (Early-Middle Jurassic), Chubut Province, Argentina Ameghiniana 50 2 227–239 10.5710/AMGH.26.04.2013.620 2013Amegh..50..227B 11336/3391 130814427 free Sp. nov.ValidBodnar et al.Early–Middle JurassicCañadón Asfalto FormationArgentinaA member of Pinophyta described on the basis of fossil wood.Cunninghamia tayloriiRudolph Serbet Benjamin Bomfleur Gar W. Rothwell amp 2013 Cunninghamia taylorii sp. nov., a Structurally Preserved Cupressaceous Conifer from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Western North America International Journal of Plant Sciences 174 3 471–488 10.1086/668695 2013IJPlS.174..471S 83890547 Sp. nov.ValidSerbet, Bomfleur & RothwellLate Cretaceous (Campanian)Horseshoe Canyon FormationCanadaA species of Cunninghamia. Elatocladus anoroviiSp. novValidGolovneva & ShczepetovLate Cretaceous (Campanian)Ola FormationRussiaA conifer of uncertain phylogenetic placement.Pagiophyllum heshanenseLu-jun Liu Zhao-qi Yao 2013 The conifer-remains from the Permian of South China Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 52 2 182–201 http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=62&CurRec=4&filename=GSWX201302006&dbname=CJFD2013 Sp. nov.ValidLiu & YaoPermianChinaA species of Pagiophyllum. Pararaucaria delfueyoiIgnacio H. Escapa Néstor R. Cúneo Gar Rothwell Ruth A. Stockey 2013 Pararaucaria delfueyoi sp. nov. from the Late Jurassic Cañadón Calcáreo Formation, Chubut, Argentina: Insights into the Evolution of the Cheirolepidiaceae International Journal of Plant Sciences 174 3 458–470 10.1086/668612 2013IJPlS.174..458E 11336/1531 54809961 free Sp. nov.ValidEscapa et al.Late JurassicCañadón Calcáreo FormationArgentinaA member of Pinophyta belonging to the family Cheirolepidiaceae, a species of Pararaucaria. Picea yanensisSp. novValidGolovneva & ShczepetovLate Cretaceous (Campanian)Ola FormationRussiaA spruce.Prumnopitys anglicaDavid R. Greenwood Christopher R. Hill John G. Conran amp 2013 Prumnopitys anglica sp. nov. (Podocarpaceae) from the Eocene of England Taxon 62 3 565–580 10.12705/623.15 2013Taxon..62..565G free Sp. nov.ValidGreenwood, Hill & ConranEoceneBranksome FormationUnited KingdomA species of Prumnopitys.Schizolepidopsis canicularisAndrew B. Leslie Ian Glasspool Patrick S. Herendeen Niiden Ichinnorov Patrick Knopf Masamichi Takahashi Peter R. Crane 2013 Pinaceae-like reproductive morphology in Schizolepidopsis canicularis sp. nov. from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) of Mongolia American Journal of Botany 100 12 2426–2436 10.3732/ajb.1300173 24285570 2013AmJB..100.2426L Sp. nov.ValidLeslie et al.Early Cretaceous (probably Aptian-Albian)Tevshiin Govi FormationMongoliaA member of Pinophyta, possibly a member of the stem group of Pinaceae; a species of Schizolepidopsis. XuanweioxylonJian He Shi-Jun Wang Jason Hilton Longyi Shao 2013 Xuanweioxylon scalariforme gen. et sp. nov.: Novel Permian coniferophyte stems with scalariform bordered pitting on secondary xylem tracheids Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 197 152–165 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2013.05.010 2013RPaPa.197..152H free Gen. et sp. nov.ValidHe et al.Permian (late Wuchiapingian-Changhsingian)Xuanwei FormationChinaA member of Pinophyta. Genus includes new species X. scalariforme. Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnonaspermum warmanensisHongshan Wang Jane Blanchard David L. Dilcher 2013 Fruits, seeds, and flowers from the Warman clay pit (middle Eocene Claiborne Group), western Tennessee, USA Palaeontologia Electronica 16 3 Article number 16.3.31A http://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2013/545-eocene-plants-from-tennessee Sp. nov.ValidWang, Blanchard & DilcherEoceneCockfield FormationUnited StatesA member of Annonaceae.AtliSelena Y. Smith Stefan A. Little Ranessa L. Cooper Robyn J. Burnham Ruth A. Stockey 2013 A Ranunculalean Liana Stem from the Cretaceous of British Columbia, Canada: Atli morinii gen. et sp. nov. International Journal of Plant Sciences 174 5 818–831 10.1086/669925 2013IJPlS.174..818S 84787422 Gen. et sp. nov.ValidSmith et al.Late Cretaceous (Campanian)CanadaA ranunculalean known from a stem with lianoid anatomy. The type specimen is Atli morinii. BambusiculmusLi Wang Frédéric M.B. Jacques Tao Su Yaowu Xing Shitao Zhang Zhekun Zhou 2013 The earliest fossil bamboos of China (middle Miocene, Yunnan) and their biogeographical importance Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 197 253–265 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2013.06.004 2013RPaPa.197..253W Gen. et 2 sp. nov.ValidWang & Zhou in Wang et al.MioceneDajie FormationChinaA bamboo. The type specimen is Bambusiculmus angustus; genus also includes Bambusiculmus latus.Bambusium angustifoliaSp. nov.ValidWang & Zhou in Wang et al.MioceneDajie FormationChinaA bamboo, a species of Bambusium.Bambusium latifoliaSp. nov.ValidWang & Zhou in Wang et al.MioceneDajie FormationChinaA bamboo, a species of Bambusium.BombacacioxylonRakesh Chandra Mehrotra R. P. Tiwari Gaurav Srivastava Anumeha Shukla 2013 Further contribution to the Neogene petrified wood forest of Mizoram, India Chinese Science Bulletin 58 Supplement I 104–110 10.1360/tb-2013-suppl006 https://www.academia.edu/7903479 Gen. et sp. nov.ValidMehrotra et al.Late Miocene to early PlioceneTipam GroupIndiaA possible relative of Bombax. The type specimen is Bombacacioxylon tertiarum. Carpolithus warmanensisSp. nov.ValidWang, Blanchard & DilcherEoceneCockfield FormationUnited StatesA fossil fruit.CornerocarponGen. et sp. nov.ValidGrote in Wang, Blanchard & DilcherEoceneCockfield FormationUnited StatesA member of Rosales belonging or related to the family Moraceae. Genus includes new species C. copiosum.Corylopsis groteiSp. nov.ValidWang, Blanchard & DilcherEoceneCockfield FormationUnited StatesA species of Corylopsis.Diospyros neyveliensisDebi Mukherjee Mahesh Prasad 2013 An ebenaceous fossil wood from the Neyveli lignite, South Arcot District, Tamil Nadu, India Geophytology 42 2 127–133 Sp. nov.ValidMukherjee & PrasadMioceneNeyveli FormationIndiaA member of the family Ebenaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. Originally described as a species of Diospyros; Srivastava et al. (2018) transferred this species to the genus Ebenoxylon.Gaurav Srivastava R. C. Mehrotra C. Srikarni 2018 Fossil wood flora from the Siwalik Group of Arunachal Pradesh, India and its climatic and phytogeographic significance Journal of Earth System Science 127 1 2 10.1007/s12040-017-0903-2 2018JESS..127....2S 134314695 free Firmiana oligocenicaGaurav Srivastava Rakesh Chandra Mehrotra 2013 Further contribution to the low latitude leaf assemblage from the late Oligocene sediments of Assam and its phytogeographical significance Journal of Earth System Science 122 5 1341–1357 10.1007/s12040-013-0354-3 2013JESS..122.1341S 128613123 free Sp. nov.ValidSrivastava & MehrotraOligocene (Chattian)Tikak Parbat FormationIndiaA species of Firmiana. GroteaGen. et sp. nov.ValidWang, Blanchard & DilcherEoceneCockfield FormationUnited StatesA member of the family Bignoniaceae. Genus includes new species G. warmanensis.Guadua morroneiMariana Brea Alejandro F. Zucol María Jimena Franco 2013 A new Bambusoideae (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae: Guaduinae) from the Ituzaingó Formation (Pliocene–Pleistocene), Entre Ríos, Argentina Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 192 1–9 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.12.006 2013RPaPa.192....1B 11336/78560 free Sp. nov.ValidBrea, Zucol & FrancoPliocene–PleistoceneItuzaingó FormationArgentinaA bamboo, a species of Guadua.Hamamelis warmanensisSp. nov.ValidWang, Blanchard & DilcherEoceneCockfield FormationUnited StatesA witch-hazel.IndovitisSteven R. Manchester Dashrath K. Kapgate Jun Wen 2013 Oldest fruits of the grape family (Vitaceae) from the Late Cretaceous Deccan Cherts of India American Journal of Botany 100 9 1849–1859 10.3732/ajb.1300008 24036414Gen. et sp. nov.ValidManchester, Kapgate & WenLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Deccan Intertrappean BedsIndiaA member of the family Vitaceae. Genus includes new species I. chitaleyae. IterophyllumAbel Barral Bernard Gomez Taylor S. Feild Clément Coiffard Véronique Daviero-Gomez 2013 Leaf architecture and ecophysiology of an early basal eudicot from the Early Cretaceous of Spain Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 173 4 594–605 10.1111/boj.12095 free Gen. et sp. nov.ValidBarral et al.Early Cretaceous (late Barremian)SpainA basal eudicot. The type specimen is Iterophyllum lobatum. Jaguariba wiersemanaCoiffard C. Mohr B.A.R. Bernardes-de-Oliveira M.E.C. 2013 Jaguariba wiersemana gen. nov. et sp. nov., an Early Cretaceous member of crown group Nymphaeales (Nymphaeaceae) from northern Gondwana Taxon 62 1 141–151 10.1002/tax.621012 2013Taxon..62..141C Gen. nov. et sp. nov.ValidCoiffard, Mohr & Bernardes-de-OliveiraEarly CretaceousCrato FormationBrazilFossil Nymphaeales. Lagerstroemia corvinusiiMahesh Prasad 2013 Record of leaf impressions from Middle Churia Formation of Arjun Khola area in the Sub-Himalayan zone of Nepal and their palaeoclimatic and palaeophytogeographical implications Himalayan Geology 34 2 158–167 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286341115 Sp. nov.ValidPrasadMio-PlioceneChuria FormationNepalA species of Lagerstroemia.Laurelia otagoensisJohn G. Conran Jennifer M. Bannister Daphne E. Lee 2013 Fruits and leaves with cuticle of Laurelia otagoensis sp. nov. (Atherospermataceae) from the early Miocene of Otago (New Zealand) Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 37 4 496–509 10.1080/03115518.2013.798765 2013Alch...37..496C 140637946 Sp. novValidConran, Bannister & LeeEarly MioceneNew ZealandA species of Laurelia.LauroflorumGen. et sp. nov.ValidWang, Blanchard & DilcherEoceneCockfield FormationUnited StatesA member of Lauraceae. Genus includes new species L. warmanensis. Lindera acuminatissimaKequn Dao Junlin Chen Peihong Jin Chong Dong Yi Yang Xiaohui Xu Jingyu Wu Sanping Xie Zhicheng Lin Bainian Sun 2013 A New Material of Lindera (Lauraceae) of the Late Pliocene from Tengchong, Yunnan and the Genus' Biogeography Significance Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 87 3 690–706 http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201303007&flag=1 10.1111/1755-6724.12081 2013AcGlS..87..690D 129635617 subscription Sp. novValidDao & Sun in Dao et al.Late PlioceneMangbang FormationChinaA species of Lindera."Magnolia" szakmanycsabaeSp. nov.ValidHablyLate MioceneHungaryA plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a relative of Magnoliaceae–Lauraceae.MicropetasosGeorge O. Poinar, Jr. Kenton L. Chambers Joerg Wunderlich 2013 Micropetasos, a new genus of angiosperms from mid-cretaceous Burmese amber Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 7 2 745–750 Gen. et sp. novValidPoinar, Chambers & WunderlichLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarAn early flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species M. burmensis.MyrtineoxylonAlexei A. Oskolski Xin-Xin Feng Jian-Hua Jin 2013 Myrtineoxylon gen. nov.: The first fossil wood record of the tribe Myrteae (Myrtaceae) in eastern Asia Taxon 62 4 771–778 10.12705/624.7 2013Taxon..62..771O Gen. et sp. nov.ValidOskolski, Feng & JinLate EoceneYouganwo FormationChinaA member of Myrtaceae described on the basis of fossil wood. Genus includes new species M. maomingensis.Palmoxylon vastanensisM. Prasad H. Singh S. K. Singh Debi Mukherjee Emilio Estrada Ruiz 2013 Early Eocene arecoid palm wood, Palmoxylon vastanensis n. sp. from Vastan Lignite, Gujarat, India: its palaeoenvironmental implications Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 58 1 115–123 10.1177/0552936020130112 2013JPalS..58..115P http://palaeontologicalsociety.in/aug14/vol58_1/12.pdf Sp. nov.ValidPrasad et al.EoceneCambay Shale FormationIndiaA palm tree, a species of Palmoxylon. Paranephelium makumensisSp. nov.ValidSrivastava & MehrotraOligocene (Chattian)Tikak Parbat FormationIndiaA species of Paranephelium. Poeciloneuron preindicumGaurav Srivastava R C Mehrotra 2013 Endemism due to climate change: Evidence from Poeciloneuron Bedd. (Clusiaceae) leaf fossil from Assam, India Journal of Earth System Science 122 2 283–288 10.1007/s12040-013-0277-z 2013JESS..122..283S 67769307 free Sp. nov.ValidSrivastava & MehrotraLate OligoceneIndiaA species of Poeciloneuron. Pongamia arjunkholaensisSp. nov.ValidPrasadMio-PlioceneChuria FormationNepalA species of Pongamia.PotomacapnosNathan A. Jud Leo J. Hickey 2013 Potomacapnos apeleutheron gen. et sp. nov., a new Early Cretaceous angiosperm from the Potomac Group and its implications for the evolution of eudicot leaf architecture American Journal of Botany 100 12 2437–2449 10.3732/ajb.1300250 24287268 2013AmJB..100.2437J Gen. et sp. nov.ValidJud & HickeyEarly Cretaceous (Aptian)Potomac GroupUnited StatesA close relative of ranunculalean eudicots. The type specimen is Potomacapnos apeleutheron. Pterygota palaeoalataSp. nov.ValidSrivastava & MehrotraOligocene (Chattian)Tikak Parbat FormationIndiaA species of Pterygota. Sapindus palaeoemarginatusSp. nov.ValidSrivastava & MehrotraOligocene (Chattian)Tikak Parbat FormationIndiaA species of Sapindus. Schima nanlinensisYa Li Nilamber Awasthi Jian Yang Cheng-Sen Li 2013 Fruits of Schima (Theaceae) and seeds of Toddalia (Rutaceae) from the Miocene of Yunnan Province, China Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 193 119–127 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2013.01.008 2013RPaPa.193..119L Sp. nov.ValidLi et al.MioceneNanlin FormationChinaA species of Schima.Spixiarum kipeaCoiffard C. Mohr B.A.R. Bernardes-de-Oliveira M.E.C. 2013 The Early Cretaceous Aroid, Spixiarum kipea gen. et sp nov. and implications on early dispersal and ecology of basal monocots Taxon 62 5 997–1008 10.12705/625.21 2013Taxon..62..997C free Gen. nov. et sp. nov.ValidCoiffard, Mohr & Bernardes-de-OliveiraEarly CretaceousCrato FormationBrazilFossil Aroid. Toddalia nanlinensisSp. nov.ValidLi et al.MioceneNanlin FormationChinaA species of Toddalia.Trapa pannonicaLilla Hably 2013 The Late Miocene Flora of Hungary Geologica Hungarica Series Palaeontologica 59 1–175 https://epa.oszk.hu/02900/02989/00044/pdf/EPA02989_geologica_hungarica_ser_paleo_59_2013.pdf Sp. nov.ValidHablyLate MioceneHungaryA water caltrop.Trapa rozsaszentmartoniSp. nov.ValidHablyLate MioceneHungaryA water caltrop.Virola dominicanaGeorge Poinar Jr. Royce Steeves 2013 Virola dominicana sp. nov. (Myristicaceae) from Dominican amber Botany 91 8 530–534 10.1139/cjb-2013-0019 2013Botan..91..530P Sp. nov.ValidPoinar & SteevesCenozoic (Eocene or Miocene)Dominican RepublicA member of Myristicaceae found in Dominican amber, a species of Virola. Vitis szakmanygyorgyiSp. nov.ValidHablyLate MioceneHungaryA species of Vitis. Other seed plants Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDonponoxylonWilliam D. Tidwell Brooks B. Britt W. Walton Wright 2013 Donponoxylon gen. nov., a new spermatophyte axis from the Middle to Late Jurassic of Australia and New Zealand Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 196 36–50 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2013.03.008 2013RPaPa.196...36T Gen. et 2 sp. nov.ValidTidwell, Britt & WrightMiddle to Late JurassicAustralia New ZealandA seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type specimen is Donponoxylon bennettii; genus also contains Donponoxylon jacksonii. Dordrechtites arcanusJulie A. Bergene Edith L. Taylor Thomas N. Taylor 2013 Dordrechtites arcanus sp. nov., an Anatomically Preserved Gymnospermous Reproductive Structure from the Middle Triassic of Antarctica International Journal of Plant Sciences 174 2 250–265 10.1086/668792 2013IJPlS.174..250B 1808/13678 73561042 free Sp. nov.ValidBergene, Taylor & Taylor Middle Triassic (Anisian)Fremouw FormationAntarcticaA gymnosperm of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Other plants Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAcinosporites tristratusPierre Breuer Philippe Steemans Philippe Steemans Devonian spore assemblages from northwestern Gondwana: taxonomy and biostratigraphy Special Papers in Palaeontology 89 5–163 10.1111/pala.12031 4 July 2025 https://www.palass.org/publications/special-papers-palaeontology/archive/89/article_pp1-163Sp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJubah FormationSaudi ArabiaA trilete spore.Alatisporites? trisacculusSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJauf FormationSaudi ArabiaA trilete spore.Biornatispora elegantulaSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJauf FormationBelgium Germany Saudi ArabiaA trilete spore.Biornatispora microclavataSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJauf FormationSaudi ArabiaA trilete spore.Brochotriletes crameriSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJauf Formation Jubah FormationSaudi ArabiaA trilete spore.Brochotriletes tenellusSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJauf FormationSaudi ArabiaA trilete spore.Brochotriletes tripapillatusSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianAwaynat Wanin II FormationLibyaA trilete spore.Camarozonotriletes asperulusSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianAwaynat Wanin I Formation Awaynat Wanin II Formation Awaynat Wanin III FormationBrazil TunisiaA trilete spore.Chelinospora carnosaSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJauf FormationSaudi ArabiaA trilete spore.Chelinospora condensataSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJauf FormationSaudi ArabiaA trilete spore.Chelinospora densaSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJauf FormationSaudi ArabiaA trilete spore.Chelinospora laxaSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJauf FormationSaudi ArabiaA trilete spore.Chelinospora vulgataSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJauf FormationSaudi ArabiaA trilete spore.Coronaspora inornataSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJauf FormationSaudi ArabiaA trilete spore.Cristatisporites streeliiSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianAwaynat Wanin II FormationBrazil TunisiaA trilete spore.Cymbosporites variabilisSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJauf FormationSaudi ArabiaA trilete spore.Cymbosporites variegatusSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianAwaynat Wanin II FormationBrazil Libya Saudi Arabia Tunisia United KingdomA trilete spore.Cymbosporites wellmaniiSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJauf FormationSaudi ArabiaA trilete spore.Cyrtospora tumidaSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianAwaynat Wanin I Formation Awaynat Wanin II Formation Awaynat Wanin III FormationSaudi Arabia TunisiaA trilete spore.Diaphanospora milleriSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJauf Formation Ouan Kasa FormationSaudi ArabiaA trilete spore.Dibolisporites tuberculatusSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianAwaynat Wanin I Formation Awaynat Wanin II Formation Jauf Formation Jubah FormationBrazil Libya Saudi Arabia Spain Tunisia United StatesA trilete spore.Dibolisporites verecundusSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJauf FormationSaudi ArabiaA trilete spore.Dictyotriletes hemeriSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJubah FormationSaudi Arabia SpainA trilete spore.Dictyotriletes marshalliiSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJauf Formation Ouan Kasa FormationSaudi ArabiaA trilete spore.Elenisporis gondwanensisSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianAwaynat Wanin I Formation Awaynat Wanin II Formation Jubah FormationSaudi Arabia TunisiaA trilete spore.Emphanisporites laticostatusSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianAwaynat Wanin III Formation Jubah FormationBrazil Saudi Arabia TunisiaA trilete spore.Emphanisporites plicatusSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJauf Formation Jubah FormationSaudi ArabiaA trilete spore.FranhueberiaLaurel A. Hoffman Alexandru M. F. Tomescu 2013 An early origin of secondary growth: Franhueberia gerriennei gen. et sp. nov. from the Lower Devonian of Gaspé (Quebec, Canada) American Journal of Botany 100 4 754–763 10.3732/ajb.1300024 23535772Gen. et sp. nov.ValidHoffman & TomescuDevonian (Emsian)Battery Point FormationCanadaA basal member of Euphyllophytina. The type specimen is F. gerriennei. Geminospora convolutaSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianAwaynat Wanin II Formation Jubah FormationSaudi ArabiaA trilete spore.Grandispora mauraSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianAwaynat Wanin I Formation Awaynat Wanin II Formation Awaynat Wanin III FormationSaudi Arabia TunisiaA trilete spore.Granulatisporites concavusSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianAwaynat Wanin I Formation Awaynat Wanin II Formation Jauf Formation Jubah FormationLibya Saudi Arabia SpainA trilete spore.Hystricosporites brevispinusSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianAwaynat Wanin II FormationTunisiaA trilete spore.Raistrickia commutataSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianAwaynat Wanin II Formation Awaynat Wanin III FormationSaudi Arabia TunisiaA trilete spore.Raistrickia jaufensisSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJauf FormationSaudi ArabiaA trilete spore.Retusotriletes atratusSp. nov ValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJauf Formation Jubah FormationAustralia Saudi Arabia SpainAlexander J. Askew Charles H. Wellman 2019 An endemic flora of dispersed spores from the Middle Devonian of Iberia Papers in Palaeontology 5 3 415–459 10.1002/spp2.1245 2019PPal....5..415A free A trilete spore.Retusotriletes celatusSp. novValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJauf FormationSaudi ArabiaA trilete spore.Samarisporites tunisiensisSp. novValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianOuan Kasa FormationTunisiaA trilete spore.Verrucosisporites nafudensisSp. novValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJauf FormationSaudi ArabiaA trilete spore.Verrucosisporites onustusSp. novValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJauf FormationSaudi ArabiaA trilete spore.Verrucosisporites stictusSp. novValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJauf Formation Ouan Kasa FormationSaudi ArabiaA trilete spore.Zonotriletes brevivelatusSp. novValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianAwaynat Wanin I Formation Jauf Formation Jubah Formation Ouan Kasa FormationAlgeria Libya Saudi Arabia TunisiaA trilete spore.Zonotriletes rotundusSp. novValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianAwaynat Wanin I Formation Awaynat Wanin II Formation Ouan Kasa FormationBrazil TunisiaA trilete spore.Zonotriletes venatusSp. novValidBreuer & SteemansDevonianJauf Formation Ouan Kasa FormationAlgeria Brazil Saudi Arabia TunisiaA trilete spore. 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