2012 in paleobotany

none 2012 paleobotany paleontology arthropod paleontology paleoentomology paleomalacology reptile paleontology archosaur paleontology mammal paleontology paleoichthyology This paleobotany list records new fossil plant taxa that were described during the year 2012, as well as other significant paleobotany discoveries and events which occurred during 2012. Bryophytes NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesBryokhutuliinia crassimarginataIgnatov M. S. Karasev E. V. Sinitsa S. M. Maslova E. V. New Bryokhutuliinia species (Bryophyta) with sporophytes from the Upper Jurassic of Transbaikalia. Arctoa 2013 22 69–78 10.15298/arctoa.22.10 free Sp novIgnatov et alLate JurassicUkurey formationRussiaA moss of uncertain placement. Lycophytes NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesWinslowiaMichael T. Dunn Prescott Atkinson James Lacefield Michael Rischbieter 2012 Winslowia tuscumbiana gen. et sp. nov. (Chaloneriaceae): A Cormose, Heterosporous, Ligulate Lycopsid Reconstructed from the Inside Out from the Pride Mountain Formation (Late Mississippian/Serpukhovian) of Northern Alabama International Journal of Plant Sciences 173 1 96–111 10.1086/662679 2012IJPlS.173...96D 85874193 Gen. et sp. novValidDunn et al.Carboniferous (Serpukhovian)Pride Mountain FormationUnited StatesA member of Isoetales belonging to the group Chaloneriaceae. Genus includes new species W. tuscumbiana. Marchantiophytes NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesRiccardiothallusCai-Qing Guo Dianne Edwards Peng-Cheng Wu Jeffrey G. Duckett Francis M. Hueber Cheng-Sen Li 2012 Riccardiothallus devonicus gen. et sp. nov., the earliest simple thalloid liverwort from the Lower Devonian of Yunnan, China Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 176–177 35–40 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.03.012 2012RPaPa.176...35G Gen. et sp. novValidGuo et al.Devonian (Pragian)Posongchong FormationChinaA liverwort belonging to the family Aneuraceae. Genus includes new species R. devonicus. Ferns and fern allies NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesKorallipterisEzequiel I. Vera Mauro G. Passalia 2012 Korallipteris, a new genus for Mesozoic Gleichenia-like fern fronds Geobios 45 4 421–428 10.1016/j.geobios.2011.09.002 2012Geobi..45..421V 11336/68155 free Gen. et comb. novValidVera & PassaliaTriassic to MioceneAntarctica Argentina Chile New ZealandJohn G. Conran Joseph A. Jackson Daphne E. Lee Elizabeth M. Kennedy 2017 Gleichenia-like Korallipteris alineae sp. nov. macrofossils (Polypodiophyta) from the Miocene Landslip Hill silcrete, New Zealand New Zealand Journal of Botany 55 3 258–275 10.1080/0028825X.2017.1317278 2017NZJB...55..258C 91077403 free A fern of uncertain phylogenetic placement.A new genus for "Gleichenia" argentinica (1962); Additional species were originally placed in Gleichenia, Gleichenites and Microphyllopteris.Millerocaulis tekeliliEzequiel I. Vera 2012 Millerocaulis tekelili sp. nov., a new species of osmundalean fern from the Aptian Cerro Negro Formation (Antarctica) Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 36 1 35–45 10.1080/03115518.2011.576541 2012Alch...36...35V 129810694 Sp. novValidVeraEarly Cretaceous (Aptian)Cerro Negro FormationAntarctica(Livingston Island)An Osmundaceae fern. Originally placed in Millerocaulis; Moved to Claytosmunda tekelili in (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 Osmundopsis rafaeliiIgnacio H. Escapa N. Rubén Cúneo 2012 Fertile Osmundaceae from the Early Jurassic of Patagonia, Argentina International Journal of Plant Sciences 173 1 54–66 10.1086/662652 2012IJPlS.173...54E 85319731 11336/194430 free Sp. novValidEscapa & CúneoEarly JurassicArgentinaA member of Osmundaceae.Todites cacereiiSp. novValidEscapa & CúneoEarly JurassicArgentinaA member of Osmundaceae. Bennettitales NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesAnomozamites harrisiAnna I. Kiritchkova Natalya V. Nosova 2012 Jurassic continental deposits of the Middle-Caspian Basin. Part 2: Facies, taphonomy, interregional correlations, flora (Pinophyta: Pteridospermae, Cycadales, Bennettitales, Ginkgoales, Czekanowskiales, Coniferales) 1–338 VNIGRl 978-5-88953-147-0 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236189616 Sp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanAnomozamites heeriSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanAnomozamites villosusChristian Pott Stephen McLoughlin Shunqing Wu Else Marie Friis 2012 Trichomes on the leaves of Anomozamites villosus sp. nov. (Bennettitales) from the Daohugou beds (Middle Jurassic), Inner Mongolia, China: Mechanical defence against herbivorous arthropods Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 169 48–60 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.10.005 2012RPaPa.169...48P Sp. novValidPott et al.Probably late Middle JurassicDaohugou BedsChinaA member of Bennettitales. Originally described as a species of Anomozamites Moved to the Wielandiella villosus (2015).Christian Pott Wang Xiaoli Zheng Xiaoting 2015 Wielandiella villosa comb. nov. from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, China: More evidence for divaricate plant architecture in Williamsoniceae Botanica Pacifica 4 2 137–148 10.17581/bp.2015.04215 free Christian Pott Baoyu Jiang 2017 Plant remains from the Middle–Late Jurassic Daohugou site of the Yanliao Biota in Inner Mongolia, China Acta Palaeobotanica 57 2 185–222 10.1515/acpa-2017-0012 62827595 free Cycadolepis barnardiiSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanCycadolepis karatauensisSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanCycadolepis kirilliiSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanCycadolepis kokalensisSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanCycadolepis lataSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanCycadolepis maijaSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanCycadolepis multistomataSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanCycadolepis pachydermaticaSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanCycadolepis perfectaSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanCycadolepis prynadаеSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanCycadolepis schairensisSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanNilssoniopteris chirchilicaSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaMiddle Jurassic (Aalenian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanNilssoniopteris localisSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanNilssoniopteris saveljeviiSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaMiddle Jurassic (Aalenian)Tonasha FormationKazakhstanPterophyllum chagaenseSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanPterophyllum doludenkoaeSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanPterophyllum originalumSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanPterophyllum pаrvisegmentatumSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanPterophyllum pinniformeSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanPterophyllum valentinaeаSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanPterophyllum vsevolodiiSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanWilliamsonia antoniaSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanWilliamsonia baranovaeаSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanWilliamsonia chagaensеSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanWilliamsonia kokalensisSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanWilliamsonia vialovaeaSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstan "Pteridospermatophytes" NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesCtenozamites schweitzeriiSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaMiddle Jurassic (Bajocian)Karadiirmen' FormationKazakhstanA member of Pteridospermatophyta of uncertain affinities.Eretmonia macloughliniiPatricia E. Ryberg Edith L. Taylor Thomas N. Taylor 2012 The First Permineralized Microsporophyll of the Glossopteridales: Eretmonia macloughlinii sp. nov. International Journal of Plant Sciences 173 7 812–822 10.1086/666667 2012IJPlS.173..812R 1808/13676 54003097 free Sp. novValidRyberg, Taylor & TaylorLate PermianUpper Buckley FormationAntarcticaA member of Glossopteridales.KuvakospermumS.V. Naugolnykh A.A. Sidorov 2012 A new representative of gymnosperms of the order Peltaspermales from the Novy Kuvak locality (Kazanian stage; Samara region, Russia) S.V. Naugolnykh Palaeontology and evolution of the biodiversity in the Earth history (in museum context). Collection of scientific articles GEOS 71–78 978-5-89118-575-3 Gen. et sp. novValidNaugolnykh & SidorovPermian (Wordian)RussiaA seed fern belonging to the family Peltaspermaceae. Genus includes new species K. pedatum.LidgettoniopsisPatricia E. Ryberg Edith L. Taylor Thomas N. Taylor 2012 Antarctic glossopterid diversity on a local scale: The presence of multiple megasporophyll genera, Upper Permian, Mt. Achernar, Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica American Journal of Botany 99 9 1531–1540 10.3732/ajb.1200142 22922397 2012AmJB...99.1531R Gen. et sp. novValidRyberg, Taylor & TaylorLate PermianBeacon Supergroup (upper Buckley Formation)AntarcticaA seed fern belonging to the group Dictyopteridiales and the family Eretmoniaceae. Genus includes new species L. ramulus.Scutum leiophyllumSp. novValidRyberg, Taylor & TaylorLate PermianBeacon Supergroup (upper Buckley Formation)AntarcticaA member of Glossopteridales belonging to the family Dictyopteridiaceae.VetlugospermumSerge V. Naugolnykh 2012 Vetlugospermum and Vetlugospermaceae: A new genus and family of peltasperms from the Lower Triassic of Moscow syneclise (Russia) Geobios 45 5 451–462 10.1016/j.geobios.2011.10.009 2012Geobi..45..451N Gen. et sp. novValidNaugolnykhEarly TriassicRussiaA seed fern belonging to the group Peltaspermales. Genus includes new species V. rombicum. Ginkgoales NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesBaiera kazachstanicaSp. novValidNosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanBaieroxylon rocablanquenseSilvia Gnaedinger 2012 Ginkgoalean woods from the Jurassic of Argentina: Taxonomic considerations and palaeogeographical distribution Geobios 45 2 187–198 10.1016/j.geobios.2011.01.007 2012Geobi..45..187G 11336/25674 free Sp. novValidGnaedingerEarly JurassicRoca Blanca FormationArgentinaGinkgo craneiZhou Z. Quan C. Liu Y-S 86289858 2012 Tertiary Ginkgo ovulate organs with associated leaves from North Dakota, U.S.A., and their evolutionary significance International Journal of Plant Sciences 173 1 67–80 10.1086/662651 2012IJPlS.173...67Z Sp. novValidZhou, Quan, & Liuupper PaleoceneSentinel Butte FormationUSANorth DakotaAn extinct species in the modern genus GinkgoGinkgo gomolitzkyanaNosova Natalya 2012 Женские репродуктивные структуры Ginkgo gomolitzkyana N. Nosova, sp. nov. из среднеюрских отложений Ангрена (Узбекистан) / Female reproductive structures of Ginkgo gomolitzkyana N. Nosova, sp. nov. from the Middle Jurassic of Angren (Uzbekistan) Paleobotanika 3 62–91 10.31111/palaeobotany/2012.3.62 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236863254 Sp. novValidNosovaMiddle JurassicAngren FormationUzbekistanA member of Ginkgoales.Ginkgo huolinhensisMan Dong Ge Sun 2012 Ginkgo huolinhensis sp. nov. from the Lower Cretaceous of Huolinhe Coal Field, Inner Mongolia, China Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 86 1 11–19 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2012.00607.x 2012AcGlS..86...11D 129029365 Sp. novValidDong & SunEarly CretaceousHuolinhe FormationChinaGinkgoites barnardianusSp. novValidNosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & NosovaMiddle Jurassic (Aalenian)Кokala SuiteKazakhstanGinkgoites irdalicusSp. novValidNosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & NosovaEarly JurassicErgozi SuiteKazakhstanGinkgoites kelendensisSp. novValidNosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & NosovaMiddle Jurassic (Aalenian)Tonasha FormationKazakhstanGinkgoites ketovianusSp. novValidNosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & NosovaMiddle Jurassic (Bathonian)Sarydiirmeny SuiteKazakhstanLeptotoma asiaticaSp. novValidNosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & NosovaMiddle Jurassic (Bajocian)Karadiirmen' FormationKazakhstanPseudotorellia karadiirmenicaSp. novValidNosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & NosovaMiddle Jurassic (Bajocian)Karadiirmen' FormationKazakhstan Conifers Araucariaceae Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesEmwadeaMary E. Dettmann H. Trevor Clifford Mark Peters 2012 Emwadea microcarpa gen. et sp. nov.—anatomically preserved araucarian seed cones from the Winton Formation (late Albian), western Queensland, Australia Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 36 2 217–237 10.1080/03115518.2012.622155 2012Alch...36..217D 129171237 Gen. et sp. novValidDettmann, Clifford & PetersEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Winton FormationAustraliaA member of the family Araucariaceae. Genus includes new species E. microcarpa. Cheirolepidiaceae Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDuarteniaMohr B.A.R. Schultka S. Süss H. Bernardes-de-Oliveira M.E.C. 2012 A new drought resistant gymnosperm taxon Duartenia araripensis gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Cheirolepidiaceae?) from the Early Cretaceous of Northern Gondwana. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 289 1–3 1–25 http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/palb/detail/289/79289/A_new_drought_resistant_gymnosperm_taxon_Duartenia 2013-03-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20130426013110/http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/palb/detail/289/79289/A_new_drought_resistant_gymnosperm_taxon_Duartenia 2013-04-26 dead 10.1127/palb/289/2012/1 2012PalAB.289....1M subscription Gen. et sp. novValidMohr et al.Early CretaceousCrato FormationBrazilA possible member of Cheirolepidiaceae. The type species is Duartenia araripensis.Glenrosa falcataGomez Bernard Ewin Timothy A.M. Daviero-Gomez Véronique 2012 The conifer Glenrosa falcata sp. nov. from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain and its palaeoecology Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 172 21–32 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.01.009 2012RPaPa.172...21G Sp. novValidGomez, Ewin & Daviero-GomezEarly Cretaceous (Barremian)Calizas de La Huergina FormationSpainA conifer. Cupressaceae Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCalocedrus huashanensisShi G. Zhou Z. Xie Z. 2012 A new Oligocene Calocedrus from south China and its implications for transpacific floristic exchanges. American Journal of Botany 99 1 108–120 10.3732/ajb.1100331 22223689 2012AmJB...99..108S Sp. novValidShi, Zhou, & XieOligoceneNingming FormationChinaA Calocedrus speciesFokienia shengxianensisWenlong He Bainian Sun Yu-Sheng (Christopher) Liu 2012 Fokienia shengxianensis sp. nov. (Cupressaceae) from the late Miocene of eastern China and its paleoecological implications Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 176–177 24–34 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.03.013 2012RPaPa.176...24H Sp. novValidHe, Sun & LiuLate MioceneShengxian Formation Xiaolongtan FormationChinaOriginally placed in Fokienia. Moved to Calocedrus shengxianensis in (2015).Jian-Wei Zhang Jian Huang Ashalata D'Rozario Jonathan M. Adams Zhe-Kun Zhou 2015 Calocedrus shengxianensis, a late Miocene relative of C. macrolepis (Cupressaceae) from South China: Implications for paleoclimate and evolution of the genus Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 222 1–15 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.07.004 2015RPaPa.222....1Z Pinaceae Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesEathiestrobusGar W. Rothwell Gene Mapes Ruth A. Stockey Jason Hilton 2012 The seed cone Eathiestrobus gen. nov.: Fossil evidence for a Jurassic origin of Pinaceae American Journal of Botany 99 4 708–720 10.3732/ajb.1100595 22491001 2012AmJB...99..708R Gen. et sp. novValidRothwell et al.Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)Kimmeridge Clay FormationUnited KingdomA member of Pinaceae. The type species is Eathiestrobus mackenziei.Picea burtoniiAshley A. Klymiuk Ruth A. Stockey 2012 A Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian) seed cone provides the earliest fossil record for Picea (Pinaceae) American Journal of Botany 99 6 1069–1082 10.3732/ajb.1100568 22623610 2012AmJB...99.1069K free Sp. novValidKlymiuk & StockeyEarly Cretaceous (Valanginian)CanadaA spruce species seed cone.Pinus yorkshirensisPatricia E. Ryberg Gar W. Rothwell Ruth A. Stockey Jason Hilton Gene Mapes James B. Riding 2012 Reconsidering Relationships among Stem and Crown Group Pinaceae: Oldest Record of the Genus Pinus from the Early Cretaceous of Yorkshire, United Kingdom International Journal of Plant Sciences 173 8 917–932 10.1086/667228 2012IJPlS.173..917R 85402168 Sp. novValidRyberg et al.Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian-Barremian)Speeton Clay FormationUnited KingdomA pine. Podocarpaceae Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDacrycarpus puertaePeter Wilf 2012 Rainforest conifers of Eocene Patagonia: Attached cones and foliage of the extant Southeast Asian and Australasian genus Dacrycarpus (Podocarpaceae) American Journal of Botany 99 3 562–584 10.3732/ajb.1100367 22334450 2012AmJB...99..562W Sp. novValidWilfEoceneArgentinaA species of Dacrycarpus Taxaceae Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesMarskea kazachstanicaSp. novValidNosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Kokala SuiteKazakhstanTorreya kazachstanicaSp. novValidNosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Kokala SuiteKazakhstan Other conifers Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesElatocladus bulakusSp. novValidNosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Kokala SuiteKazakhstanA conifer of uncertain affinities.PlyophyllioxylonZhuo Feng Jun Wang Lu-Jun Liu Ronny Rößler 2012 A novel coniferous tree trunk with septate pith from the Guadalupian (Permian) of China: Ecological and evolutionary significance International Journal of Plant Sciences 173 7 835–848 10.1086/666660 2012IJPlS.173..835F 83603254 Gen. et sp. novValidFeng et al.Permian (Roadian/Wordian)Lower Shihhotse FormationChinaA conifer of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species P. hulstaiense. Other gymnosperms NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesNilssonia prosvirjakovaeaSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaMiddle Jurassic (Bajocian)Karadiirmen' FormationKazakhstanA cycad.RehezamitesChristian Pott Stephen McLoughlin Anders Lindström Wu Shunqing Else Marie Friis 2012 Baikalophyllum lobatum and Rehezamites anisolobus: Two Seed Plants with "Cycadophyte" Foliage from the Early Cretaceous of Eastern Asia International Journal of Plant Sciences 173 2 192–208 10.1086/663276 2012IJPlS.173..192P 84539093 Gen. et sp. novValidPott et al.Early Cretaceous (Aptian)Yixian FormationChinaA seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species R. anisolobus. Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesArchaeampelos senonicaAlekseev P.I. 2012 New angiosperm species from the Late Cretaceous Antibes flora Paleobotanika 3 12–22 10.31111/palaeobotany/2012.3.12 https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=18777134 subscription Sp. novValidAlekseevLate CretaceousRussiaBaasiaEmilio Estrada-Ruiz Garland R. Upchurch Jr. Elisabeth A. Wheeler Greg H. Mack 2012 Late Cretaceous Angiosperm Woods from the Crevasse Canyon and McRae Formations, South-Central New Mexico, USA: Part 1 International Journal of Plant Sciences 173 4 412–428 10.1086/664714 2012IJPlS.173..412E 83998771 Gen. et sp. novValidEstrada-Ruiz et al.Late Cretaceous (probably early to middle Maastrichtian)McRae FormationUnited StatesA member of the family Celastraceae. Genus includes new species B. armendarisense.BertilanthusElse Marie Friis Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen 2012 Bertilanthus scanicus, a New Asterid Flower from the Late Cretaceous (Late Santonian–Early Campanian) of Scania, Sweden International Journal of Plant Sciences 173 3 318–330 10.1086/663973 2012IJPlS.173..318F 84272620 Gen. et sp. novValidFriis & PedersenLate CretaceousSwedenAn asterid. Genus includes new species B. scanicus.Camptodromites sibiricusSp. novValidAlekseevLate CretaceousRussiaCelastrinites lanceolatusSp. novValidAlekseevLate CretaceousRussiaChaneya hainanensisXinXin Feng JianHua Jin 2012 First record of extinct fruit genus Chaneya in low-latitude tropic of South China Science China Earth Sciences 55 5 728–732 10.1007/s11430-012-4395-2 2012ScChD..55..728F 128883591 Sp. novValidFeng & JinEoceneChangchang BasinChinaA fossil fruit.Cissites basicordatusSp. novValidAlekseevLate CretaceousRussiaCissus lombardiiSteven R. Manchester Iju Chen Terry A. Lott 2012 Seeds of Ampelocissus, Cissus, and Leea (Vitales) from the Paleogene of Western Peru and Their Biogeographic Significance International Journal of Plant Sciences 173 8 933–943 10.1086/667233 2012IJPlS.173..933M 84998585 Sp. novValidManchester, Chen & LottEarly OligoceneMancora FormationPeruA species of Cissus.Eucalyptus caldericolaElizabeth J. Hermsen María A. Gandolfo María del Carmen Zamaloa 2012 The fossil record of Eucalyptus in Patagonia American Journal of Botany 99 8 1356–1374 10.3732/ajb.1200025 22859652 2012AmJB...99.1356H Sp. novValidHermsen, Gandolfo & ZamaloaEocene (Ypresian)ArgentinaA species of Eucalyptus.Eucalyptus frenguellianaSp. novValidGandolfo & Zamaloa in Hermsen, Gandolfo & ZamaloaEocene (Ypresian)ArgentinaA species of Eucalyptus.Eucalyptus lynchiaeSp. novValidGandolfo & Hermsen in Hermsen, Gandolfo & ZamaloaEocene (Ypresian)ArgentinaA species of Eucalyptus.FulleroxylonGen. et sp. novValidEstrada-Ruiz et al.Late Cretaceous (probably early to middle Maastrichtian)McRae FormationUnited StatesA member of the family Myrtaceae. Genus includes new species F. armendarisense.Juglandiphyllites microdentatusSp. novValidAlekseevLate CretaceousRussiaLaurinoxylon stichkaiNareerat Boonchai Steven R. Manchester 2012 Systematic Affinities of Early Eocene Petrified Woods from Big Sandy Reservoir, Southwestern Wyoming International Journal of Plant Sciences 173 2 209–227 10.1086/663161 2012IJPlS.173..209B 84604851 Sp. novValidBoonchai & ManchesterEarly EoceneBridger FormationUnited StatesA member of Lauraceae described on the basis of fossil wood.Laurophyllum calicarioidesSp. novValidBannister, Conran & LeeEarly MioceneNew ZealandA member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Litsea.Laurophyllum lacustrisSp. novValidBannister, Conran & LeeEarly MioceneNew ZealandA member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Beilschmiedia.Laurophyllum maarensisBannister Jennifer M. Conran John G. Lee Daphne E. 2012 Lauraceae from rainforest surrounding an early Miocene maar lake, Otago, southern New Zealand Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 178 13–34 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.03.015 2012RPaPa.178...13B Sp. novValidBannister, Conran & LeeEarly MioceneNew ZealandA member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Cryptocarya.Laurophyllum microphyllumSp. novValidBannister, Conran & LeeEarly MioceneNew ZealandA member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Cryptocarya.Laurophyllum otagoensisSp. novValidBannister, Conran & LeeEarly MioceneNew ZealandA member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Beilschmiedia.Laurophyllum sylvestrisSp. novValidBannister, Conran & LeeEarly MioceneNew ZealandA member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Beilschmiedia.Laurophyllum taieriensisSp. novValidBannister, Conran & LeeEarly MioceneNew ZealandA member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Cryptocarya.Laurophyllum vulcanicolaSp. novValidBannister, Conran & LeeEarly MioceneNew ZealandA member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Beilschmiedia.Laurophyllum waipiataSp. novValidBannister, Conran & LeeEarly MioceneNew ZealandA member of Lauraceae with affinities to members of the genus Cryptocarya.Litseopsis nova-zelandiaeSp. novValidBannister, Conran & LeeEarly MioceneNew ZealandA member of Lauraceae.Mahonia grimmiiTuncay H. Güner Thomas Denk 2012 The genus Mahonia in the Miocene of Turkey: Taxonomy and biogeographic implications Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 175 32–46 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.02.005 2012RPaPa.175...32G Sp. novValidGüner & DenkMioceneEskihisar FormationTurkeyA species of Mahonia.Mahonia somaensisSp. novValidGüner & DenkMioceneSoma FormationTurkeyA species of Mahonia.Morinda chinensisXianggang Shi Jianhua Jin Chuangxing Ye Weiqiu Liu 2012 First fruit fossil record of Morinda (Rubiaceae) from China Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 179 13–16 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.04.001 2012RPaPa.179...13S Sp. novValidShi et al.EoceneChangchang FormationChinaA species of Morinda.Newtonia mushensisAaron D. Pan Ellen D. Currano Bonnie F. Jacobs Mulugeta Feseha Neil Tabor Patrick S. Herendeen 84215509 2012 Fossil Newtonia (Fabaceae: Mimoseae) Seeds from the Early Miocene (22–21 Ma) Mush Valley in Ethiopia International Journal of Plant Sciences 173 3 290–296 10.1086/663967 2012IJPlS.173..290P Sp. novValidPan et al.Early MioceneEthiopiaA species of Newtonia.Palaeophytocrene hammeniiGregory W. Stull Fabiany Herrera Steven R. Manchester Carlos Jaramillo Bruce H. 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