2015 in paleobotany

none 2015 paleobotany paleontology arthropod paleontology paleoentomology paleomalacology reptile paleontology archosaur paleontology mammal paleontology paleoichthyology This article records new taxa of fossil plants that were described during the year 2015, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleobotany that occurred in 2015. Algaes Charophytes Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesChara nikolskaeAlexander Borisovitch Doweld 2015 Chara nikolskae, a new name for Chara elliptica Nikolskaja (1984) non Fritzsche (1924) and Aclistochara elliptica (Fritzsche) comb. nov. (Characeae) Phytotaxa 226 2 199–200 10.11646/phytotaxa.226.2.11 2015Phytx.226..199D Nom. novValidDoweldHoloceneKazakhstanA green alga belonging to the group Charophyta and the family Characeae; a species of Chara. A replacement name for Chara elliptica Nikolskaja (1984) (preoccupied).Charaxis martinclosasiBruno Granier Dany Azar Sibelle Maksoud Raymond Gèze Roland Habchi 2015 New fossiliferous sites with Barremian Charophyta in the "Grès du Liban" auct. (Lebanon), with a critical perspective regarding the nature of Munieria Deecke, 1883 Carnets de Géologie 15 15 199–229 http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/1515/index.html 10.4267/2042/57947Sp. novValidGranier et al.Early Cretaceous (Barremian)LebanonA green alga belonging to the group Charophyta; a species of Charaxis. Chlorophytes Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBoueina? crassundiaDaniel Vachard Karl Krainer Spencer G. Lucas 2015 Late Early Permian (late Leonardian; Kungurian) algae, microproblematica, and smaller foraminifers from the Yeso Group and San Andres Formation (New Mexico; USA) Palaeontologia Electronica 18 1 Article number: 18.1.21A 10.26879/433 Sp. novValidVachard, Krainer & LucasPermian (Kungurian)Los Vallos Formation San Andres FormationUnited StatesA member of Codiaceae.Boueina? tubulataSp. novValidVachard, Krainer & LucasPermian (Kungurian)San Andres FormationUnited StatesA member of Codiaceae.Montenegrella? gracilisBranko Sokač Tonći Grgasović 2015 Montenegrella? gracilis n. sp., a new calcareous alga (Dasycladales) from the Upper Barremian of Mt. Biokovo (Dinarides Mts., Croatia) Geologia Croatica 68 3 173–178 10.4154/gc.2015.14 Sp. novValidSokač & GrgasovićEarly Cretaceous (Barremian)CroatiaA green alga belonging to the group Dasycladales, possibly a species of Montenegrella. Rhodophytes Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesGymnocodium? bacillumSp. novValidVachard, Krainer & LucasPermian (Kungurian)Los Vallos Formation San Andres FormationGuatemala United StatesA member of Gymnocodiaceae.Gymnocodium? johnsoniiSp. novValidVachard, Krainer & LucasPermian (Kungurian)Los Vallos Formation San Andres FormationUnited States China? Guatemala?A member of Gymnocodiaceae. Non-vascular plants Bryophyta Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesDitrichites ignotusFrahm J.-P. Gröhn C. 2015 Neue Nachweise von Moosen aus Baltischem Bernstein Archive for Bryology 175 1–8 http://www.archive-for-bryology.com/Archive%20175.pdf 0945-3466Sp. novvalidFrahm in Frahm & GröhnEocene (Priabonian)Baltic amberEuropeA member of Dicranales sensu lato.Muscites gracilisSp. novValidMays & Cantrill in Mays et al.Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Tupuangi FormationNew ZealandA leafy moss, a species of Muscites.TricostaGlenn W.K. Shelton Ruth A. Stockey Gar W. Rothwell Alexandru M.F. Tomescu 2015 Exploring the fossil history of pleurocarpous mosses: Tricostaceae fam. nov. from the Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, Canada American Journal of Botany 102 11 1883–1900 10.3732/ajb.1500360 26542845 2015AmJB..102.1883S Gen. et sp. novValidShelton et al.Early CretaceousCanadaA pleurocarpous moss. The type species is Tricosta plicata. Marchantiophyta Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnastrophyllum rovnoiYuriy S. Mamontov Jochen Heinrichs Jiri Váňa Michael S. Ignatov Evgeny E. Perkovsky 2015 Hepatics from Rovno amber (Ukraine), 3. Anastrophyllum rovnoi sp. nov. Arctoa 24 43–46 10.15298/arctoa.24.08 Sp. novValidMamontov et al.Late EoceneUkraineA liverwort found in Rovno amber, a species of Anastrophyllum.Cephalozia velteniiTomoyuki Katagiri 2015 First fossil record of the liverwort family Cephaloziaceae (Jungermanniales, Marchantiophyta) from Baltic amber Nova Hedwigia 101 3–4 347–354 10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2015/0276 2015NovaH.101..347K Sp. novValidKatagiriEoceneBaltic amberEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A liverwort belonging to the family Cephaloziaceae found in Baltic amber; a species of Cephalozia.Cephaloziella nadezhdaeYuriy S. Mamontov Jochen Heinrichs Jiří Váňa Michael S. Ignatov Evgeny E. Perkovsky 2015 Hepatics from Rovno amber (Ukraine), 5. Cephaloziella nadezhdae sp. nov. Arctoa 24 289–293 10.15298/arctoa.24.25 Sp. novValidMamontov, Heinrichs & Váňa in Mamontov et al.Late EoceneRovno amberUkraineA liverwort found in Rovno amber, a species of Cephaloziella.Ceratolejeunea sublaetefuscaJochen Heinrichs Elina Kettunen Gaik Ee Lee Giovanni Marzaro Tamás Pócs Eugenio Ragazzi Matt A.M. Renner Jouko Rikkinen Andrea Sass-Gyarmati Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp Armin Scheben Mónica M. Solórzano Kraemer Matthias Svojtka Alexander R. Schmidt 2015 Lejeuneaceae (Marchantiophyta) from a species-rich taphocoenosis in Miocene Mexican amber, with a review of liverworts fossilised in amber Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 221 59–70 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.05.007 2015RPaPa.221...59H Sp. novValidHeinrichs et al.MioceneMexican AmberMexicoA liverwort belonging to the family Lejeuneaceae, a species of Ceratolejeunea.Frullania riclefgrolleiYuriy S. Mamontov Jochen Heinrichs Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp Michael S. Ignatov Evgeny E. Perkovsky 2015 Hepatics from Rovno amber (Ukraine), 4. Frullania riclefgrollei, sp. nov Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 223 31–36 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.08.007 2015RPaPa.223...31M Sp. novValidMamontov et al.Late EoceneUkraineA liverwort found in Rovno amber, a species of Frullania.Mastigolejeunea extinctaSp. novValidHeinrichs et al.MioceneMexicoA liverwort belonging to the family Lejeuneaceae, a species of Mastigolejeunea.Microlejeunea miocenicaGaik Ee Lee Julia Bechteler Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp Jochen Heinrichs 2015 Microlejeunea miocenica sp. nov. (Porellales, Jungermanniopsida) in Dominican amber, the first fossil of a subcosmopolitan genus of leafy liverworts Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 222 16–21 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.07.002 2015RPaPa.222...16L Sp. novValidLee et al.MioceneDominican RepublicA liverwort belonging to the family Lejeuneaceae found in Dominican amber, a species of Microlejeunea.Notoscyphus balticusJochen Heinrichs Alexander R. Schmidt Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp Carsten Gröhn Matt A.M. Renner 2015 The leafy liverwort Notoscyphus balticus sp. nov. (Jungermanniales) in Eocene Baltic amber Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 217 39–44 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.02.006 2015RPaPa.217...39H Sp. novValidHeinrichs et al.EoceneBaltic amberEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A Jungermannial liverwort.Notoscyphus grolleiJiří Váňa Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp Julia Bechteler Alexander R. Schmidt Jochen Heinrichs 2015 Notoscyphus grollei sp. nov. in Bitterfeld amber rather than the extant Notoscyphus lutescens (Lehm. & Lindenb.) Mitt. Phytotaxa 222 2 151–154 10.11646/phytotaxa.222.2.8 2015Phytx.222..151V Sp. novValidVáňa et al.PaleogeneGermanyA Jungermannial liverwort found in Bitterfeld amber, a species of Notoscyphus.Tetralophozia groehniiJochen Heinrichs Armin Scheben Gaik Ee Lee Jiří Váňa Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp Michael Krings Alexander R. Schmidt 2015 Molecular and Morphological Evidence Challenges the Records of the Extant Liverwort Ptilidium pulcherrimum in Eocene Baltic Amber PLOS ONE 10 11 e0140977 10.1371/journal.pone.0140977 26536603 4633292 2015PLoSO..1040977H free Sp. novValidHeinrichs, Váňa & Schäfer-Verwimp in Heinrichs et al.EoceneBaltic amberEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A liverwort, a species of Tetralophozia. Ferns and fern allies Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAdiantitophyllumNathalie S. Nagalingum David J. Cantrill 2015 The Albian fern flora of Alexander Island, Antarctica Cretaceous Research 55 303–330 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.02.005 2015CrRes..55..303N Gen. et sp. novValidNagalingum & CantrillEarly CretaceousTriton Point FormationAntarctica (Alexander Island)A leptosporangiate fern of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Adiantitophyllum serratum. Possibly also including "Adiantites" lindsayoides from the Koonwarra flora in Australia.Arthropitys iannuzziiRodrigo Neregato Ronny Rößler Rosemarie Rohn Robert Noll 2015 New petrified calamitaleans from the Permian of the Parnaíba Basin, central-north Brazil. Part I Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 215 23–45 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.12.006 2015RPaPa.215...23N Sp. novValidNeregato, Rößler & Noll in Neregato et al.PermianMotuca FormationBrazilA member of Calamitaceae, a species of Arthropitys.Arthropitys isoramisSp. novValidNeregato, Rößler & Noll in Neregato et al.PermianMotuca FormationBrazilA member of Calamitaceae, a species of Arthropitys.Cladophlebis auriculipilosusChris Mays Anne-Marie P. Tosolini David J. Cantrill Jeffrey D. Stilwell 2015 Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) macroflora from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand: Bryophytes, lycophytes and pteridophytes Gondwana Research 27 3 1042–1060 10.1016/j.gr.2014.03.017 2015GondR..27.1042M Sp. novValidMays & Tosolini in Mays et al.Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Tupuangi FormationNew ZealandA fern of probable osmundalean affinity, a species of Cladophlebis.Cladophlebis dissectaSp. novValidNagalingum & CantrillEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Triton Point FormationAntarctica (Alexander Island)A leptosporangiate fern of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Cladophlebis.Cladophlebis drinnaniiSp. novValidNagalingum & CantrillEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Triton Point FormationAntarctica (Alexander Island)A leptosporangiate fern of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Cladophlebis.Cladophlebis macloughliniiSp. novValidNagalingum & CantrillEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Triton Point FormationAntarctica (Alexander Island)A leptosporangiate fern of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Cladophlebis.CrenulopterisJack Wittry Ian J. Glasspool Olivier Béthoux Rebecca Koll Christopher J. Cleal 2015 A revision of the Pennsylvanian marattialean fern Lobatopteris vestita auct. and related species Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13 8 615–643 10.1080/14772019.2014.936915 2015JSPal..13..615W 86414586 Gen. et comb. nov.ValidWittry et al.Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)A psaroniaceous marattialean fern. A new genus for "Pecopteris" acadica (1962). Also including "Pecopteris" micromiltoni (1951) and "Pecopteris" lamuriana (1865). EquisetocaulisGar W. Rothwell Sidney R. Ash 2015 Internal anatomy of the Late Triassic Equisetocaulis gen. nov., and the evolution of modern horsetails The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 142 1 27–37 10.3159/TORREY-D-14-00042.1 86841184 Gen. et sp. novValidRothwell & AshLate Triassic (Norian)United StatesA horsetail. The type species is Equisetocaulis muirii.Equisetum dimorphumAndrés Elgorriaga Ignacio H. Escapa Benjamin Bomfleur Rubén Cúneo Eduardo G. Ottone 2015 Reconstruction and phylogenetic significance of a new Equisetum Linnaeus species from the Lower Jurassic of Cerro Bayo (Chubut Province, Argentina) Ameghiniana 52 1 135–152 10.5710/AMGH.15.09.2014.2758 2015Amegh..52..135E 6134534 https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-1601 Sp. novValidElgorriaga et al.Early JurassicArgentinaA species of Equisetum.KwazulupterisEzequiel Ignacio Vera Rafael Herbst 2015 New cyathealean tree ferns from the Cretaceous of South Africa: Natalipteris wildei gen. et sp. nov. and Kwazulupteris schaarschmidtii gen. et sp. nov Journal of African Earth Sciences 101 56–69 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.08.017 2015JAfES.101...56V Gen. et sp. novValidVera & HerbstCretaceous (probably Albian–Turonian)Probably Mzinene FormationSouth AfricaA tree fern. The type species is Kwazulupteris schaarschmidtii.Lobifolia nanaA. O. Frolov I. M. Mashchuk 2015 A New Fern from Lower Jurassic Sediments of the Irkutsk Coal Basin (Eastern Siberia) Paleontological Journal 49 4 424–428 10.1134/S0031030115040073 2015PalJ...49..424F 131010697 Sp. novValidFrolov & MashchukEarly JurassicCheremkhovskaya FormationRussiaA fern, a species of Lobifolia.Marattiopsis patagonicaIgnacio H. Escapa Benjamin Bomfleur Néstor R. Cuneo Roberto Scasso 2015 A new marattiaceous fern from the Lower Jurassic of Patagonia (Argentina): the renaissance of Marattiopsis Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13 8 677–689 10.1080/14772019.2014.936974 2015JSPal..13..677E 11336/18041 128544549 Sp. novValidEscapa et al.Early JurassicArgentinaA member of Marattiaceae, a species of Marattiopsis.MendozaphyllumGabriela G. Puebla Mercedes B. Prámparo María A. Gandolfo 2015 Aquatic ferns from the Upper Cretaceous Loncoche Formation, Mendoza, central-western, Argentina Plant Systematics and Evolution 301 2 577–588 10.1007/s00606-014-1096-7 2015PSyEv.301..577P 5814858 Gen. et sp. novValidPuebla, Prámparo & GandolfoLate Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian)Loncoche FormationArgentinaA member of Marsileaceae. The type species is Mendozaphyllum loncochense.NatalipterisGen. et sp. novValidVera & HerbstCretaceous (probably Albian–Turonian)Probably Mzinene FormationSouth AfricaA tree fern. The type species is Natalipteris wildei.Neocalamites grojecensisAgata Jarzynka Grzegorz Pacyna 2015 Fossil flora of Middle Jurassic Grojec clays (southern Poland). Raciborski's original material reinvestigated and supplemented. I. Sphenophytes Acta Palaeobotanica 55 2 149–181 10.1515/acpa-2015-0013 131558548 Sp. novValidJarzynka & PacynaMiddle Jurassic (Bathonian)PolandA member of Equisetopsida of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Neocalamites.NunatakiaGen. et sp. novValidNagalingum & CantrillEarly CretaceousTriton Point FormationAntarctica (Alexander Island) India?A leptosporangiate fern of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Nunatakia alexanderensis.Osmunda pulchellaBenjamin Bomfleur Guido W. Grimm Stephen McLoughlin 2015 Osmunda pulchella sp. nov. from the Jurassic of Sweden—reconciling molecular and fossil evidence in the phylogeny of modern royal ferns (Osmundaceae) BMC Evolutionary Biology 15 1 126 10.1186/s12862-015-0400-7 26123220 4487210 2015BMCEE..15..126B free Sp. novValidBomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlinEarly Jurassic (Pliensbachian)Djupadal FormationSwedenA member of Osmundaceae. Originally described as a species of Osmunda; transferred to the genus Osmundastrum 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 5508817 28713650 free Osmundacaulis bamfordaeRafael Herbst 2015 The Osmundaceae (Filices) from the Cretaceous of South Africa: new species and revision Palaeontologia Africana 49 25–41 10539/17369 Sp. novValidHerbstCretaceous (Albian-Turonian interval)Probably Mzinene FormationSouth AfricaA member of Osmundaceae, a species of Osmundacaulis.Osmundacaulis tidwelliiSp. novValidHerbstCretaceous (Albian-Turonian interval)Probably Mzinene FormationSouth AfricaA member of Osmundaceae, a species of Osmundacaulis.Osmundacaulis whittlesiiMacKenzie A. Smith Gar W. Rothwell Ruth A. Stockey 2015 Mesozoic Diversity of Osmundaceae: Osmundacaulis whittlesii sp. nov. in the Early Cretaceous of Western Canada International Journal of Plant Sciences 176 3 245–258 10.1086/679352 2015IJPlS.176..245S 83526212 Sp. novValidSmith, Rothwell & StockeyEarly CretaceousCanadaA member of Osmundaceae, a species of Osmundacaulis.Phlebopteris hazarensisS. V. Naugolnykh A. P. Pronin 2015 A new matoniaceous fern from the Upper Triassic of the Caspian Depression in the context of florogenetic processes of transition from the Paleozoic to Mesozoic Paleontological Journal 49 3 326–336 10.1134/S0031030115030090 2015PalJ...49..326N 130831655 Sp. novValidNaugolnykh & ProninLate Triassic (Rhaetian)KazakhstanA member of Matoniaceae, a species of Phlebopteris.Pleopeltis dominicensisHarald Schneider Alexander R. Schmidt Paul C. Nascimbene Jochen Heinrichs 2015 A new Dominican amber fossil of the derived fern genus Pleopeltis confirms generic stasis in the epiphytic fern diversity of the West Indies Organisms Diversity & Evolution 15 2 277–283 10.1007/s13127-015-0200-3 2015ODivE..15..277S 14021773 Sp. novValidSchneider, Heinrichs & Schmidt in Schneider et al.MioceneDominican RepublicA fern found in Dominican amber, a species of Pleopeltis.ShougangiaDe-Ming Wang Hong-He Xu Jin-Zhuang Xue Qi Wang Le Liu 2015 Leaf evolution in early-diverging ferns: insights from a new fern-like plant from the Late Devonian of China Annals of Botany 115 7 1133–1148 10.1093/aob/mcv049 25979918 4648459Gen. et sp. novValid Wang et al.Devonian (Famennian)Wutong FormationChinaA fern-like plant, a euphyllophyte of uncertain phylogenetic placement.De-Ming Wang Ying-Ying Zhang Le Liu Hong-He Xu Min Qin Lu Liu 2018 Reinvestigation of the Late Devonian Shougangia bella and new insights into the evolution of fern-like plants Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16 4 309–324 10.1080/14772019.2017.1289269 2018JSPal..16..309W 90226865 Genus includes new species Shougangia bella.Sphenopteris sinuosaSp. novValidNagalingum & CantrillEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Triton Point FormationAntarctica (Alexander Island)A leptosporangiate fern of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Sphenopteris. Bennettitales Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnomozamites sanjiaocunensisMiao Zhao Chunlin Sun David L. Dilcher Zhe Zhao Yuling Na 2015 Anomozamites (Bennettitales) from Middle Jurassic Haifanggou Formation，western Liaoning，China Global Geology (English Edition) 18 2 75–87 http://sjdz.jlu.edu.cn/Jweb_sjdz_en/EN/abstract/abstract8577.shtml 10.3969/j.issn.1673-9736.2015.02.01 Sp. novValidZhao et al.Middle JurassicHaifanggou FormationChinaA member of Bennettitales, a species of Anomozamites.Ptilophyllum cariaeGiovanni Giuseppe Scanu Evelyn Kustatscher Paola Pittau 2015 The Jurassic flora of Sardinia — A new piece in the palaeobiogeographic puzzle of the Middle Jurassic Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 218 80–105 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.08.008 2015RPaPa.218...80S Sp. novValidScanu, Kustatscher & PittauMiddle Jurassic (Bajocian–Bathonian)Genna Selole FormationItalyA member of Bennettitales, a species of Ptilophyllum.Williamsonia carolinensisChristian Pott Brian J. Axsmith 2015 Williamsonia carolinensis sp. nov. and Associated Eoginkgoites Foliage from the Upper Triassic Pekin Formation, North Carolina: Implications for Early Evolution in the Williamsoniaceae (Bennettitales) International Journal of Plant Sciences 176 2 174–185 10.1086/679471 2015IJPlS.176..174P 44559347 https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-1450 Sp. novValidPott & AxsmithLate TriassicPekin FormationUnited StatesA williamsoniaceous bennettitale. Lycophytes Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesLepidodendron wingfieldenseBarry A. Thomas Leyla J. Seyfullah 2015 A new look at Lepidodendron ophiurus Brongniart and the recognition of L. wingfieldense sp. nov. (Flemingitaceae, Lepidodendrales) from the Langsettian (Bashkirian) of Derbyshire, East Midlands, UK Palaeontographica Abteilung B 292 1–3 23–32 10.1127/palb/292/2015/23 2015PalAB.292...23T Sp. novValidThomas & SeyfullahCarboniferous (Bashkirian)United KingdomA flemingitaceous lepidodendraleLobodendronLe Liu Deming Wang Jinzhuang Xue Meicen Meng 2015 An anatomically preserved lycopsid from the Upper Devonian of South China Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology 27 3–4 308–315 10.1080/08912963.2014.897344 2015HBio...27..308L 140189546 Gen. et sp. novValidLiu et al.Late Devonian (Famennian)Wutong FormationChinaA Lycopsida of uncertain affinities. The type species is L. fanwanense.Paurodendron stellatumStephen McLoughlin Andrew N. Drinnan Ben J. Slater Jason Hilton 2015 Paurodendron stellatum: A new Permian permineralized herbaceous lycopsid from the Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 220 1–15 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.04.004 2015RPaPa.220....1M 128611321 Sp. novValidMcLoughlin et al.Permian (Guadalupian)AntarcticaAn herbaceous Isoetales species.ReticuspinosporitesSam M. Slater Wilson A. Taylor David J. Batten Christopher R. Hill Charles H. Wellman 2015 Morphology and wall ultrastructure of a new and highly distinctive megaspore from the Middle Jurassic of Yorkshire, UK Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 216 33–43 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.01.009 2015RPaPa.216...33S Gen. et sp. novValidSlater et al.Middle Jurassic (Bathonian)Scalby FormationUnited KingdomPossibly a member or a relative of lycophytes. The type species is R. whytei.Retitriletes polygonatusFiroozeh Hashemi-Yazdi Freshteh Sajjadi Afsaneh Dehbozorgi 2015 A new lycophyte miospore species from the Middle Jurassic of Iran Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 18 2 251–260 10.4072/rbp.2015.2.06 2015RvBrP..18..251H Sp. novValidHashemi-Yazdi, Sajjadi & DehbozorgiMiddle JurassicDalichai FormationIranA lycophyte spore morphospecies. Czekanowskiales Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCzekanowskia (Harrisella) ordosensisChunlin Sun Hongshan Wang David L. Dilcher Tao Li Yunfeng Li Yuling Na 2015 A New Species of Czekanowskia (Czekanowskiales) from the Middle Jurassic of Ordos Basin, China Botanica Pacifica 4 2 149–155 10.17581/bp.2015.04210 Sp. novValidSun et al.Middle JurassicYan'an FormationChinaA member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Czekanowskia.Phoenicopsis neimengguensisChunlin Sun Yuling Na David L. Dilcher Hongshan Wang Tao Li Yunfeng Li 2015 A new species of Phoenicopsis subgenus Windwardia (Florin) Samylina (Czekanowskiales) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 89 1 55–69 http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201501007&flag=1 10.1111/1755-6724.12394 2015AcGlS..89...55S 129431493 Sp. novValidSun, Na, Dilcher, Wang & Li in Sun et al.Middle JurassicZhaogou FormationChinaA member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Phoenicopsis.Phoenicopsis (Phoenicopsis) odorsensisTao Li Yunfeng Li Yuling Na Wei Huang Xiao Tan Chunlin Sun 2015 First report of subgenus Phoenicopsis (Czekanowskiales) from Middle Jurassic of Ordos，China and its paleoclimatic implications Global Geology (English Edition) 18 3 145–154 10.3969/j.issn.1673-9736.2015.03.01 Sp. novValidLi & Sun in Li et al.Middle JurassicYan'an FormationChinaA Phoenicopsis species Czekanowskiales. The name is spelled Phoenicopsis ordosensis on some pages; which is preoccupied by Phoenicopsis (Culgoweria) ordosensis (2014).Solenites baishanensisYunfeng Li Chunlin Sun Tao Li Yuling Na Yuejun Chen Dehe Xing 2015 Solenites (Czekanowskiales) from the Late Mesozoic Jehol Biota of Southeastern Jilin, China and its Paleoclimatic Implications Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 89 4 1088–1102 http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201504003&flag=1 10.1111/1755-6724.12516 2015AcGlS..89.1088L 128730017 Sp. novValidLi et al.Early CretaceousYingzuilazi FormationChinaA member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Solenites.Solenites gracilisSp. novValidLi et al.Early CretaceousYingzuilazi FormationChinaA member of Czekanowskiales, a species of Solenites. Ginkgophytes Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAllicospermum budantseviiN. V. Gordenko 2015 New interpretation of seeds Grenana Samylina (Gymnospermae) from the Middle Jurassic of Angren, Uzbekistan Paleontological Journal 49 1 100–110 10.1134/S0031030115010049 2015PalJ...49..100G 84542635 Sp. novValidGordenkoMiddle JurassicUzbekistanA possible ginkgoalean gymnosperm seed.Ginkgo badamgaraviiElena I. Kostina Alexei B. Herman Tatiana M. Kodrul 2015 Early Middle Jurassic (possibly Aalenian) Tsagan-Ovoo Flora of Central Mongolia Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 220 44–68 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.04.010 2015RPaPa.220...44K Sp. novValidKostina & Herman in Kostina, Herman & KodrulMiddle Jurassic (possibly Aalenian)Bakhar FormationMongoliaA relative of the ginkgo.Ginkgoidium nundichiiM. Patricia Velasco-de León Diego E. Lozano-Carmona Miguel A. Flores Barragan O. Daniel Martínez Paniagua A. Silva Pineda 2015 Two new species of Ginkgoales from the Middle Jurassic of Mexico Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology 27 3–4 366–373 10.1080/08912963.2013.874423 2015HBio...27..366P 84573375 Sp. novValidVelasco-de León et al.Middle JurassicMexicoA member of Ginkgoales, a species of Ginkgoidium.Pseudotorellia gobienseSp. novValidKostina & Herman in Kostina, Herman & KodrulMiddle Jurassic (possibly Aalenian)Bakhar FormationMongoliaA member of Ginkgoales, a species of Pseudotorellia.Pseudotorellia mongolicaSp. novValidKostina & Herman in Kostina, Herman & KodrulMiddle Jurassic (possibly Aalenian)Bakhar FormationMongoliaA member of Ginkgoales, a species of Pseudotorellia.Sphenobaiera mixtecaSp. novValidVelasco-de León et al.Middle JurassicMexicoA member of Ginkgoales, a species of Sphenobaiera. Conifers Araucariaceae Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAraucariacites mildenhalliiChris Mays 2015 A late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) south polar palynoflora from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 47 1–92 https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=235468988205604;res=IELNZC Sp. novValidMaysLate Cretaceous Cenomanian to TuronianTupuangi FormationNew ZealandAn araucariaceous pollen.Araucarites raghavapurensisCh. Chinnappa A. Rajanikanth Y.V. Rao 2015 Early Cretaceous plant diversity and ecology in the Krishna-Godavari Basin, East Coast Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 60 1 73–96 10.1177/0971102320150106 2015JPalS..60...73C Sp. novValidChinnappa, Rajanikanth & RaoEarly CretaceousRaghavapuram FormationIndiaAn araucariaceous conifer.Balmeiopsis discaSp. novValidMaysLate Cretaceous Cenomanian to Early TuronianTupuangi FormationNew ZealandAn araucariaceous pollen. Cupressaceae Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAcanthostrobusAshley A. Klymiuk Ruth A. Stockey Gar W. Rothwell 2015 Plant-Arthropod Interactions in Acanthostrobus edenensis (Cupressaceae), a New Conifer from the Upper Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, British Columbia International Journal of Plant Sciences 176 4 378–392 10.1086/680684 2015IJPlS.176..378K 55669491 https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/1957/55826/1/StockeyRuthPlantBotanyPlantPathologyArthropod%20Interactions.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidKlymiuk, Stockey & RothwellCretaceousConiacianComox FormationDunsmuir MemberCanadaBritish ColumbiaA basal cupressaceous genus. The type species is Acanthostrobus edenensis.Cupressinoxylon zamuneraeJosefina Bodnar Daniela Paula Ruiz Analía Emilia Artabe Eduardo Manuel Morel Daniel Ganuza 2015 Voltziales and Pinales (= Coniferales) from Cortaderita Formation (Middle Triassic), Argentina, and their implication in the reconstruction of Triassic conifers Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 18 1 141–160 10.4072/rbp.2015.1.10 Sp. novjr synonymBodnar et al.Middle TriassicCortaderita FormationArgentinaA Cupressaceae sensu lato wood. First described in Cupressinoxylon Moved to Juniperoxylon zamunerae (2019).Daniela P. Ruiz Josefina Bodnar 2019 The oldest record of Juniperoxylon, a cupressaceous fossil wood from the Middle Triassic of Argentina Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64 3 481–488 10.4202/app.00597.2019 199777424 Protaxodioxylon jianchangenseNing Tian AoWei Xie YongDong Wang ZiKun Jiang LiQin Li YaLei Yin ZhiPeng Zhu JiaJia Wang 2015 New records of Jurassic petrified wood in Jianchang of western Liaoning, China and their palaeoclimate implications Science China Earth Sciences 58 12 2154–2164 10.1007/s11430-015-5208-1 2015ScChD..58.2154T Sp. novValidTian & Wang in Tian et al.Late Middle Jurassic to early Late JurassicTiaojishan FormationChinaA member of Cupressaceae, a species of Protaxodioxylon.ScitistrobusAlan R. T. Spencer Gene Mapes Richard M. Bateman Jason Hilton Gar W. Rothwell 2015 Middle Jurassic evidence for the origin of Cupressaceae: A paleobotanical context for the roles of regulatory genetics and development in the evolution of conifer seed cones American Journal of Botany 102 6 942–961 10.3732/ajb.1500121 26101419 6564718 Gen. et sp. novValidSpencer, Mapes, Hilton & Rothwell in Spencer et al.Middle Jurassic (Aalenian)Bearreraig SandstoneUnited KingdomA member of Cupressaceae. The type species is Scitistrobus duncaanensis.Sequoia maguanensisJian-Wei Zhang Ashalata D'Rozario Jonathan M. Adams Ya Li Xiao-Qing Liang Frédéric M. Jacques Tao Su Zhe-Kun Zhou 2015 Sequoia maguanensis, a new Miocene relative of the coast redwood, Sequoia sempervirens, from China: Implications for paleogeography and paleoclimate American Journal of Botany 102 1 103–118 10.3732/ajb.1400347 25587153Sp. novValidZhang & Zhou in Zhang et al.Late MioceneXiaolongtan FormationChinaA relative of the coast redwood.Sequoia ochoticaD.A. Yudova L.B. Golovneva 2015 New species of the genus Sequoia Endl. (Cupressaceae) from the Late Cretaceous deposits of the Northeastern Russia Paleobotanika 6 80–95 10.31111/palaeobotany/2015.6.80 https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=25346269 2218-7235 Sp. novValidYudova & GolovnevaLate Cretaceous (Turonian-Coniacian)Arman Formation Chingandzha FormationRussiaA species of Sequoia. Pinaceae Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPinus maomingensisQingqing Xu Wenjun Zhou Tatiana M. Kodrul Serge V. Naugolnykh Jianhua Jin 2015 Late Eocene white pines (Pinus subgenus Strobus) from southern China Scientific Reports 5 16390 10.1038/srep16390 free 26548658 4637882 2015NatSR...516390X Sp. novValidXu et al.Late EoceneHuangniuling FormationChinaA Pinus subgenus Strobus pine.Pinus mikiiToshihiro Yamada Mariko Yamada Minoru Tsukagoshi 2015 Taxonomic revision of Pinus fujiii (Yasui) Miki (Pinaceae) and its implications for the phytogeography of the section Trifoliae in East Asia PLOS ONE 10 12 e0143512 10.1371/journal.pone.0143512 26673795 4689564 2015PLoSO..1043512Y free Sp. novValidYamada, Yamada & TsukagoshiLate MioceneTokiguchi FormationJapanA pine.Pinus preyunnanensisXiao-Hui Xu Zi-Xi Wang Guo-Lin Yang Jin Wang Yi Yang Fu-Jun Ma Qiu-Jun Wang Rui-Yun Li Bai-Nian Sun 2015 Two Pinus species from the upper Miocene in Zhejiang, China and their palaeobiogeographic significance Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 215 68–75 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.01.003 2015RPaPa.215...68X Sp. novValidXu & Sun in Xu et al.Late MioceneShengxian FormationChinaA pine.Tsuga nanfengensisHaobo Wang Olesia V. Bondarenko Frédéric M. B. Jacques Yuehua Wang Zhekun Zhuo 2015 A New Species of Tsuga (Pinaceae) based on Lignified Wood from the Late Miocene of Central Yunnan, China, and Its Paleoenvironmental Implications Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 89 5 1429–1439 http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201505002&flag=1 10.1111/1755-6724.12555 2015AcGlS..89.1429W 130310084 Sp. novValidBondarenko, Wang & Zhou in Wang et al.Late MioceneXiaolongtan FormationChinaA species of Tsuga. Other conifers Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBrachyoxylon baqueroensisEzequiel I. Vera Silvia N. Césari 2015 New species of conifer wood from the Baqueró Group (Early Cretaceous) of Patagonia Ameghiniana 52 4 468–471 10.5710/AMGH.23.06.2015.2853 2015Amegh..52..468V 11336/46349 127544937 Sp. novValidVera & CésariEarly CretaceousBaqueró GroupArgentinaA cheirolepidiaceous conifer wood.Cordaites principaloidesZbyněk Šimůnek 2015 Cuticles of the Polish type material of Cordaites palmaeformis (Göppert) Weiss and a Cordaites principalis-like form from Germany, Pennsylvanian Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 223 50–70 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.09.001 2015RPaPa.223...50S Sp. novValidŠimůnekCarboniferous(Pennsylvanian)Saale BasinGermanyA Cordaitaceous conifer.Cordaites theodoriiZbynek Šimunek Jan Haldovský 2015 Contribution to the knowledge of Cordaites species from the Kladno-Rakovník Basin, Middle Pennsylvanian (Bolsovian), Czech Republic Geologia Croatica 68 2 93–111 10.4154/gc.2015.11 2015GeolC..68...93S Sp. novValidŠimunek & HaldovskýCarboniferous(Pennsylvanian)Kladno-Rakovník BasinCzech RepublicA Cordaitaceous conifer.Cordaites yongchangensisHaofei Wang Wenjia Wang Ruiyun Li Xiaohui Xu Guolin Yang Jin Wang Bainian Sun 2015 Cuticular structure of two Lower Permian species of Cordaites Ung. from Yongchang, Gansu, Northwestern China and palaeoatmospheric CO2 reconstruction Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 32 3 243–254 http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?filename=WSGT201503003&DBName=cjfqtotal&dbcode=cjfq Sp. novValidWang et al.Early PermianChinaA Cordaitaceous conifer.Cordaixylon andresiiSilvia N. Césari Carmen Álvarez-Vázquez Isabel Méndez-Bedia Diego Álvarez-Laó Pablo Turrero Miguel Arbizu 2015 First report of permineralised plants in the Stephanian of Arnao (Asturias, northwestern Spain) Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 440 475–486 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.09.028 2015PPP...440..475C 11336/85071 Sp. novValidCésari et al.Carboniferous (Stephanian)SpainA Cordaitaceous conifer woodElatocladus velenovskyiJiří Kvaček 2015 Elatocladus velenovskyi nom. nov., a characteristic conifer of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin Palaeontographica Abteilung B 292 1–3 79–93 10.1127/palb/292/2015/79 2015PalAB.292...79K Nom. novValidKvačekLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Peruc-Korycany FormationCzech RepublicA conifer; a replacement name for "Sequoia" heterophylla (1885). Moved to Elatocladus by Kvaček (2015); however, the name was a junior homonym of Elatocladus heterophylla Halle (1913).EstellencsiaJosé Juárez Ruiz Michael Wachtler Early-Middle Triassic (Anisian) Fossil Flora from Majorca (Spain) Dolomythos Museum 1–40 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278673933 Fam., Gen. et sp. nov ValidRuiz & WachtlerMiddle Triassic (Anisian)SpainAn Estellencsiaceous Abietoidea pinophyte. The type species is Estellencsia saezii.Glenrosa carentonensisJean-David Moreau Didier Néraudeau Paul Tafforeau Éric Dépré 2015 Study of the Histology of Leafy Axes and Male Cones of Glenrosa carentonensis sp. nov. (Cenomanian Flints of Charente-Maritime, France) Using Synchrotron Microtomography Linked with Palaeoecology PLOS ONE 10 8 e0134515 10.1371/journal.pone.0134515 26288019 4546065 2015PLoSO..1034515M free Sp. novValidMoreau et al.Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)FranceA member of Coniferales of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Glenrosa.JunggaropitysXiao Shi Jianxin Yu Jean Broutin Denise Pons 2015 Junggaropitys, a new gymnosperm stem from the Middle-Late Triassic of Junggar Basin, Northwest China, and its palaeoecological and palaeoclimatic implications Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 223 10–20 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.07.013 2015RPaPa.223...10S Gen. et sp. novValidShi et al.Middle-Late TriassicKaramay FormationChinaA conifer. The type species is Junggaropitys dalongkouensis.KrassiloviaFabiany Herrera Gongle Shi Andrew B. Leslie Patrick Knopf Niiden Ichinnorov Masamichi Takahashi Peter R. Crane Patrick S. Herendeen 2015 A New Voltzian Seed Cone from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia and Its Implications for the Evolution of Ancient Conifers International Journal of Plant Sciences 176 8 791–809 10.1086/683060 2015IJPlS.176..791H 87178439 Gen. et sp. novValidHerrera et al.Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian)Tevshiin Govi FormationMongoliaA member of Voltziales. The type species is Krassilovia mongolica.MegasylvellaS. V. Naugolnykh 2015 Fossil flora from the Kazanian (Middle Permian) Iva-Gora locality, Soyana River, Arkhangelsk Region, Russia Paleontological Journal 49 11 1193–1205 10.1134/S0031030115110076 2015PalJ...49.1193N 86266397 Gen. et sp. novValidNaugolnykhMiddle Permian (Kazanian)RussiaA member of Pinophyta belonging to the group Vojnovskyales. The type species is M. ivagorica.Mirovia pethioricaN. V. Nosova A. I. Kiritchkova 2015 The first finding of the leaves of Mirovia Reymanówna (Pinopsida) in the Middle Jurassic of the Pechora River (North of European Russia) Paleontological Journal 49 2 211–218 10.1134/S0031030115020057 2015PalJ...49..211N 128426579 Sp. novValidNosova & KiritchkovaMiddle Jurassic (Aalenian–Bathonian)Sysola FormationRussiaA conifer, a species of Mirovia.Nageia maomingensisXiao-Yan Liu Qi Gao Jian-Hua Jin 2015 Late Eocene leaves of Nageia (section Dammaroideae) from Maoming Basin, South China and their implications on phytogeography Journal of Systematics and Evolution 53 4 297–307 10.1111/jse.12133 2015JSyEv..53..297L 83810731 Sp. novValidLiu, Gao & JinLate EoceneMaoming BasinChinaA species of Nageia.Ortiseia colliiSp. nov ValidRuiz & WachtlerMiddle Triassic (Anisian)SpainA member of Coniferales belonging to the family Ortiseiaceae, a species of Ortiseia.Pityospermum godavarianumSp. novValidChinnappa, Rajanikanth & RaoEarly CretaceousRaghavapuram FormationIndiaA member of Coniferales, a species of Pityospermum.Podocarpidites microradiatusSp. novValidMaysLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian to early Turonian)Tupuangi FormationNew ZealandA conifer.Podocarpoxylon atuelensisSilvia C. Gnaedinger Juan L. García Massini Florencia Bechis Ana M. Zavattieri 2015 Coniferous woods and wood-decaying fungi from the El Freno Formation (Lower Jurassic), Neuquen Basin, Mendoza Province, Argentina Ameghiniana 52 4 447–467 10.5710/AMGH.12.05.2015.2868 2015Amegh..52..447G 129496940 Sp. novValidGnaedinger et al.Early JurassicEl Freno FormationArgentinaA member of Podocarpaceae, a species of Podocarpoxylon.PrumnopityoxylonMJ Franco M Brea 2015 First extra-Patagonian record of Podocarpaceae fossil wood in the Upper Cenozoic (Ituzaingó Formation) of Argentina New Zealand Journal of Botany 53 2 103–116 10.1080/0028825X.2015.1029055 2015NZJB...53..103F 82676553 Gen. et sp. novValidFranco & BreaLate CenozoicItuzaingó FormationArgentinaA member of Podocarpaceae. The type species is Prumnopityoxylon gnaedingerae.Pseudofrenelopsis capillataPaula Andrea Sucerquia Mary E.C. Bernardes-de-Oliveira Barbara A.R. Mohr 2015 Phytogeographic, stratigraphic and paleoclimatic significance of Pseudofrenelopsis capillata sp. nov. from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation, Brazil Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 222 116–128 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.07.012 2015RPaPa.222..116S Sp. novValidSucerquia, Bernardes-de-Oliveira & MohrEarly CretaceousCrato FormationBrazilA member of Cheirolepidiaceae, a species of Pseudofrenelopsis.Taxus guyangensisXiao-Hui Xu Bai-Nian Sun De-Fei Yan Jin Wang Chong Dong 2015 A Taxus leafy branch with attached ovules from the Lower Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, North China Cretaceous Research 54 266–282 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.12.014 2015CrRes..54..266X Sp. novValidXu et al.Early CretaceousGuyang FormationChinaA species of Taxus.Xenoxylon yunnanensisZhuo Feng Hai-Bo Wei Chun-Ling Wang Yu-Xuan Chen Jia-Jia Shen Ji-Yuan Yang 2015 Wood decay of Xenoxylon yunnanensis Feng sp. nov. from the Middle Jurassic of Yunnan Province, China Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 433 60–70 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.05.021 2015PPP...433...60F Sp. novValidFeng in Feng et al.Middle JurassicShaximiao FormationChinaApossible Miroviaceous pinophyte. Conifer research A study on the morphology, identity and affinity of the purported Cretaceous pitcher plant Archaeamphora longicervia is published by Wong et al. (2015), who interpret the supposed pitchers as insect-induced leaf galls, and consider A. longicervia to be insect-galled leaves of the gymnosperm species Liaoningocladus boii.William Oki Wong David Leonard Dilcher Conrad C. Labandeira Ge Sun Andreas Fleischmann 2015 Early Cretaceous Archaeamphora is not a carnivorous angiosperm Frontiers in Plant Science 6 326 10.3389/fpls.2015.00326 25999978 4423337 2015FrPS....6..326W free Other seed plants Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCarpolithes phoenixnordensisSp. novValidSmith et al.Late EoceneGermanyA seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic affinity.Ctenis clarnoensisBoglárka Edrei Steven R. Manchester 2015 Ctenis clarnoensis sp. n., an Unusual Cycadalean Foliage from the Eocene Clarno Formation, Oregon International Journal of Plant Sciences 176 1 31–43 10.1086/678467 2015IJPlS.176...31E 85225125 https://real.mtak.hu/94917/1/Erdei_Manchester_Ctenis_IJPS.pdf Sp. novValidEdrei & ManchesterEoceneClarno FormationUnited StatesA cycad, a species of Ctenis.Ephedra multinerviaYong Yang Longbiao Lin David K. Ferguson 2015 Parallel evolution of leaf morphology in gnetophytes Organisms Diversity & Evolution 15 4 651–662 10.1007/s13127-015-0226-6 2015ODivE..15..651Y 14753171 Sp. novValidYang & Lin in Yang, Lin & FergusonEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA species of Ephedra.GolondriniaBárbara Cariglino 2015 New glossopterid polysperms from the Permian La Golondrina Formation (Santa Cruz Province, Argentina): potential affinities and biostratigraphic implications Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 18 3 379–390 10.4072/rbp.2015.3.04 2015RvBrP..18..379C Gen. et sp. novValidCariglinoPermian (Guadalupian?-Lopingian)La Golondrina FormationArgentinaA member of Glossopteridales belonging to the family Arberiaceae. The type species is Golondrinia archangelskyi.LatisemeniaDe-Ming Wang James F. Basinger Pu Huang Le Liu Jin-Zhuang Xue Mei-Cen Meng Ying-Ying Zhang Zhen-Zhen Deng 2015 Latisemenia longshania, gen. et sp. nov., a new Late Devonian seed plant from China Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 1817 20151613 10.1098/rspb.2015.1613 26468245 4633874Gen. et sp. novValidWang et al.Devonian (Famennian)Wutong (Wutung) FormationChinaAn early seed plant. The type species is Latisemenia longshania.NanshanopterisMingli Wan Jun Wang 2015 Nanshanopteris nervosa gen. et sp. nov., a glenopterid foliage from the Changhsingian Sunan Formation in Yumen, western China Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 219 39–51 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.03.009 2015RPaPa.219...39W Gen. et sp. novValidWan & WangLate Permian (Changhsingian)Sunan FormationChinaA seed fern belonging to the group Peltaspermales. The type species is Nanshanopteris nervosa.Peltaspermopsis nebritoviiL.M. Bukhman N.S. Bukhman A.V. Gomankov 2015 New species of Peltaspermopsis Gomankov from the Permian of the Subangara Area Paleobotanika 6 5–13 10.31111/palaeobotany/2015.6.5 https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=25346264 2218-7235 Sp. novValidBukhman, Bukhman & GomankovLate PermianRussiaA seed fern.PlacothecaDeming Wang Le Liu Yun Guo Jinzhuang Xue Meicen Meng 2015 A Late Devonian Fertile Organ with Seed Plant Affinities from China Scientific Reports 5 10736 10.1038/srep10736 free 26022973 4448223 2015NatSR...510736W Gen. et sp. novValidWang et al.Devonian (Famennian)Wutong FormationChinaA member of Lagenospermopsida (a group of plants of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably spermatophytes). The type species is Placotheca minuta.Radicites trimorphusSp. novValidNaugolnykhMiddle Permian (Kazanian)RussiaA seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement described on the basis of isolated roots.Sagenopteris nadaliiSp. novValidRuiz & WachtlerMiddle Triassic (Anisian)SpainA member of Caytoniales, a species of Sagenopteris.Taeniopteris novomundensisChristian Pott Ahti Launis 2015 Taeniopteris novomundensis sp. nov. – "cycadophyte" foliage from the Carnian of Switzerland and Svalbard reconsidered: How to use Taeniopteris? Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 275 1 19–31 10.1127/njgpa/2015/0446 2015NJGPA.275...19P 128980384 https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-1449 Sp. novValidPrestianni et al.Late Triassic (Carnian)Norway SwitzerlandA seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably a member of Cycadophyta; a species of Taeniopteris.ThoreziaCyrille Prestianni Philippe Gerrienne 2015 Thorezia vezerensis gen. et sp. nov., a new seed plant with multiovulate cupules from the Late Devonian of Belgium Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology 27 3–4 316–324 10.1080/08912963.2014.901315 2015HBio...27..316P 87427704 Gen. et sp. novValidPrestianni & GerrienneLate DevonianBelgiumA spermatophyte of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Thorezia vezerensis.Thinnfeldia vemavaramensisSp. novValidChinnappa, Rajanikanth & RaoEarly CretaceousVemavaram FormationIndiaA seed fern belonging to the group Corystospermales, a species of Thinnfeldia.Warsteinia sancheziaeC. Prestianni J.J. Rustán D. Balseiro E. Vaccari A.F. Sterren P. Steemans C. Rubinstein R.A. Astini 2015 Early seed plants from Western Gondwana: Paleobiogeographical and ecological implications based on Tournaisian (Lower Carboniferous) records from Argentina Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 417 210–219 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.10.039 2015PPP...417..210P 11336/32062 https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/175336/1/prestianni%20et%20al%202015.pdf Sp. novValidPrestianni et al.Carboniferous (Tournaisian)ArgentinaAn early seed plant, a species of Warsteinia.YiduxylonDeming Wang Le Liu 2015 A new Late Devonian genus with seed plant affinities BMC Evolutionary Biology 15 1 28 10.1186/s12862-015-0292-6 25887625 4341886 2015BMCEE..15...28W free Gen. et sp. novValidWang & LiuDevonian (Famennian)Tizikou FormationChinaA plant of uncertain phylogenetic affinity, an early seed plant or a taxon closely related to seed plants. The type species is Yiduxylon trilobum. Flowering plants Basal angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesEuryale yunnanensisYongjiang Huang Xueping Ji Tao Su Li Wang Chenglong Deng Wenqi Li Hongfen Luo Zhekun Zhou 2015 Fossil seeds of Euryale (Nymphaeaceae) indicate a lake or swamp environment in the late Miocene Zhaotong Basin of southwestern China Science Bulletin 60 20 1768–1777 10.1007/s11434-015-0870-4 2015SciBu..60.1768H 128508064 Sp. novValidHuang et al.Late MioceneZhaotong BasinChinaA member of Nymphaeaceae related to Euryale ferox.Nuphar carlquistiiDeVore ML Taylor W Pigg KB 2015 Nuphar carlquistii sp. nov. (Nymphaeaceae): A Water Lily from the Latest Early Eocene, Republic, Washington International Journal of Plant Sciences 176 4 365–377 10.1086/680482 2015IJPlS.176..365D 84149074 Sp. novValidDeVore, Taylor, & PiggEoceneYpresianKlondike Mountain FormationUnited StatesWashingtonA water lilythumb|center|upright|Nuphar carlquistii Unplaced non-eudicots Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCanrightiopsisElse Marie Friis Guido W. Grimm Mário Miguel Mendes Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen 2015 Canrightiopsis, a new Early Cretaceous fossil with Clavatipollenites-type pollen bridge the gap between extinct Canrightia and extant Chloranthaceae Grana 54 3 184–212 10.1080/00173134.2015.1060750 2015Grana..54..184F 55101625 https://pure.au.dk/ws/files/96130598/00173134_2E2015_2E1060750.pdf Gen. et 3 sp. novValidFriis et al.Early Cretaceous (late Barremian–early Albian)Almargem Formation Figueira da Foz FormationPortugalA member of Chloranthaceae. The type species is Canrightiopsis intermedia; genus also contains Canrightiopsis crassitesta and Canrightiopsis dinisii. Magnoliids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesArtabotrys siwalicusM. Prasad A.K. Kannaujia Alok Sanjai Kumar Singh 2015 Plant megaflora from the Siwalik (Upper Miocene) of Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India and its palaeoclimatic and phytogeographic significance The Palaeobotanist 64 1 13–94 10.54991/jop.2015.103 free 252299607 Sp. nov.ValidPrasad et al.Late MioceneGeabdat Sandstone FormationIndiaA species of Artabotrys.Cryptocaryoxylon oleiferumRita Soledad Ramos Mariana Brea Daniela Kröhling 2015 Primer registro de Cryptocaryoxylon Leisman, una Lauraceae de la Formación El Palmar (Pleistoceno tardío), Entre Ríos, Argentina Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Nueva Serie 17 1 59–70 https://revista.macn.gob.ar/ojs/index.php/RevMus/article/view/396 Sp. novValidRamos, Brea & KröhlingLate PleistoceneEl Palmar FormationArgentinaA member of Lauraceae, a species of Cryptocaryoxylon.Meiogyne sevokensisSp. nov.ValidPrasad et al.Late MioceneGeabdat Sandstone FormationIndiaA species of Meiogyne.Paraperseoxylon septatumMaría Jimena Franco Mariana Brea Esteban Passeggi Leandro Martín Pérez 2015 The first record of Lauraceae fossil woods from the Cretaceous Puerto Yeruá Formation of eastern Argentina and palaeobiogeographic implications Cretaceous Research 56 388–398 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.05.014 2015CrRes..56..388F 11336/42166 Sp. novValidFranco et al.CretaceousPuerto Yeruá FormationArgentinaA member of Lauraceae, a species of Paraperseoxylon.Piper margaritaeCamila Martínez Mónica R. 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Malvids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAcer lincangenseYunfeng Wang Yang Shao Binke Li Kenan Liu Sanping Xie 2015 Acer Leaves and Samaras from the Late Miocene of Lincang, Yunnan Province Geological Journal of China Universities 21 1 105–116 10.16108/j.issn1006-7493.2014114 Sp. novValidWang et al.MioceneBangmai FormationChinaA maple.Bombax palaeomalabaricumSp. nov.ValidPrasad et al.Late MioceneGeabdat Sandstone FormationIndiaA species of Bombax.Buchanania palaeosessilifoliaSp. nov.ValidPrasad et al.Late MioceneGeabdat Sandstone FormationIndiaA species of Buchanania.Burretiodendron miocenicumJulie Lebreton Anberrée Steven R. Manchester Jian Huang Shufeng Li Yuqing Wang Zhe-Kun Zhou 2015 First Fossil Fruits and Leaves of Burretiodendron s.l. 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(Staphyleaceae) from North America, and its biogeographic implications Plant Systematics and Evolution 301 9 2203–2218 10.1007/s00606-015-1224-z 2015PSyEv.301.2203H 18211003 Sp. novValidHuang et al.Latest Miocene to earliest PlioceneGray Fossil SiteUnited StatesA member of Staphyleaceae, a species of Staphylea.Sterculia miocolorataSp. nov.ValidPrasad et al.Late MioceneGeabdat Sandstone FormationIndiaA species of Sterculia.Sterculia mioparvifloraSp. nov.ValidPrasad et al.Late MioceneGeabdat Sandstone FormationIndiaA species of Sterculia.Sterculia siwalicaSp. nov.ValidPrasad et al.Late MioceneGeabdat Sandstone FormationIndiaA species of Sterculia.Toddalia miocenicaSp. nov.ValidPrasad et al.Late MioceneGeabdat Sandstone FormationIndiaA member of the family Rutaceae.Vatica prenitidaSp. nov.ValidPrasad et al.Late MioceneGeabdat Sandstone FormationIndiaA species of Vatica.Vatica siwalicaSp. nov.ValidPrasad et al.Late MioceneGeabdat Sandstone FormationIndiaA species of Vatica.Ventilago lincangensisKe-Nan Liu San-Ping Xie Steven R. 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Miller 2015 Spore assemblages from Upper Ordovician and lowermost Silurian sediments recovered from the Qusaiba-1 shallow core hole, Qasim region, central Saudi Arabia Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 212 111–126 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.09.003 2015RPaPa.212..111W 2268/117842 http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/handle/2268/117842 Sp. novValidWellman, Steemans & MillerLate Ordovician and early SilurianQasim Formation Sarah FormationSaudi ArabiaAn early land plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Chelinospora.CryptotetrasPaul K. Strother Alfred Traverse Marco Vecoli 2015 Cryptospores from the Hanadir Shale Member of the Qasim Formation, Ordovician (Darriwilian) of Saudi Arabia: taxonomy and systematics Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 212 97–110 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.08.018 2015RPaPa.212...97S Gen. et 2 sp. novValidStrother, Traverse & VecoliOrdovician (Darriwilian to Late Ordovician)Ghelli Formation Qasim FormationIranMohammad Ghavidel-Syooki 2017 Cryptospore and trilete spore assemblages from the Late Ordovician (Katian–Hirnantian) Ghelli Formation, Alborz Mountain Range, Northeastern Iran: Palaeophytogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 244 217–240 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2017.05.010 2017RPaPa.244..217G Saudi ArabiaAn early land plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. 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