List of years in paleobotany
In paleontology
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
In arthropod paleontology
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
In paleoentomology
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
In paleomalacology
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
In reptile paleontology
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
In archosaur paleontology
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
In mammal paleontology
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
In paleoichthyology
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027

This paleobotany list records new fossil plant taxa that were to be described during the year 2024, as well as notes other significant paleobotany discoveries and events which occurred during 2024.

Algae

Phycological research

Ferns and fern allies

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Henanotheca qingyunensis[2]

Sp. nov

In press

Guo, Zhou & Feng in Guo et al.

Permian (Lopingian)

Xuanwei Formation

 China

A filicalean fern.

Palaeosorum siwalikum[3]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kundu, Hazra & Khan in Kundu et al.

Miocene

 India

A member of the family Polypodiaceae. Announced in 2023; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2024.

Conifers

Cupressaceae

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Amurodendron[4]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Sokolova et al.

Paleocene

 Russia
( Amur Oblast)

A conifer with affinities with the family Cupressaceae. The type species is A. pilosum. Published online in 2024, but the issue date is listed as December 2023.

Pinaceae

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Paranothotsuga[5]

Gen. et comb. nov

In press

Kowalski in Kowalski et al.

Oligocene to Pliocene

Cottbus Formation

 Germany

The type species is "Pseudotsuga" jechorekiae Czaja (2000).

Other conifers

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Cratoxylon[6]

Gen. et sp. nov

Conceição et al.

Early Cretaceous

Crato Formation

 Brazil

A member of Pinidae of uncertain affinities. The type species is C. placidoi. The name is preoccupied by Cratoxylon Blume.

Flowering plants

Monocots

Dioscoreales

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Dioscorea lindgrenii[7]

Sp. nov

In press

Herrera & Manchester

Eocene

Green River Formation

 United States
( Wyoming)

A species of Dioscorea.

Dioscorea shermanii[7]

Sp. nov

In press

Herrera & Manchester

Eocene

Green River Formation

 United States
( Wyoming)

A species of Dioscorea.

Poales

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Sparganium tuberculatum[5]

Sp. nov

In press

Kowalski in Kowalski et al.

Miocene

Spremberg Formation

 Germany

A species of Sparganium.

Superasterids

Ericales

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Pterosinojackia[5]

Gen. et sp. nov

In press

Kowalski in Kowalski et al.

Oligocene to Miocene

 Germany

A member of the family Styracaceae. The type species is P. lusatica.

Superrosids

Fagales

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Morella stoppii[5]

Comb. nov

In press

(Kirchheimer)

Miocene

 Germany

A member of the family Myricaceae; moved from Myrica stoppii Kirchheimer (1942).

Saxifragales

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Liquidambar nanningensis[8]

Sp. nov

Xu, Zdravchev, Maslova & Jin in Xu et al.

Oligocene

Yongning Formation

 China

A species of Liquidambar.

Other angiosperms

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Magnolia germanica[5]

Comb. nov

In press

(Mai)

Oligocene to Miocene

 Germany

A species of Magnolia; moved from Manglietia germanica Mai (1971).

Nothophylica[9]

Gen. et comb. nov

Beurel et al.

Cretaceous

Burmese amber

 Myanmar

A flowering plant of uncertain affinities. Oskolski et al. (2024) interpreted it as a flowering plant with an affinity to Rhamnaceae, possibly to an extint basal lineage;[10] on the other hand Beurel et al. (2024) interpreted it as a flowering plant with probable magnoliid affinities.[9] The type species is "Phylica" piloburmensis Shi et al. (2022).

Pabiania enochii[11]

Sp. nov

Rubalcava-Knoth & Cevallos-Ferriz

Late Cretaceous

Olmos Formation

 Mexico

A member of Laurales.

Other plants

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Sanfordiacaulis[13]

Gen. et sp. nov

Gastaldo et al.

Carboniferous (Tournaisian)

Albert Formation

 Canada
( New Brunswick)

A tree of uncertain affinities. The type species is S. densifolia.

Weltrichia huitzilopochtlii[14]

Comb. nov

(Wieland)

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

Rosario Formation

 Mexico

A member of Bennettitales. Moved from Williamsonia huitzilopochtli Wieland.

Other plant research

Palynology

Palynological research

References

  1. ^ LoDuca, S. T. (2024). "Reinterpretation of Voronocladus from the Silurian of Ukraine as a bryopsidalean alga (Chlorophyta): The outlines of a major early Paleozoic macroalgal radiation begin to come into focus". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 322. 105064. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2024.105064. S2CID 267155829.
  2. ^ Guo, Y.; Zhou, Y.; Pšenička, J.; Bek, J.; Votočková Frojdová, J.; Feng, Z. (2024). "Henanotheca qingyunensis sp. nov., a filicalean fern from the Lopingian of Southwest China". Palaeontographica Abteilung B. doi:10.1127/palb/2024/0082. S2CID 267118129.
  3. ^ Kundu, S.; Hazra, T.; Chakraborty, T.; Bera, S.; Taral, S.; Khan, M. A. (2023). "First Cenozoic macrofossil record of Polypodiaceae from India, and its biogeographic implications". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 185 (1): 71–88. doi:10.1086/727457. S2CID 260996816.
  4. ^ Sokolova, A. B.; Zavialova, N. E.; Moiseeva, M. G.; Kodrul, T. M. (2024). "The New Genus Amurodendron (Cupressaceae s.l.) from the Paleocene Boguchan Flora of the Amur Region (Russian Far East)". Paleontological Journal. 57 (10): 1188–1211. doi:10.1134/S0031030123100052.
  5. ^ a b c d e Kowalski, R.; Tietz, O.; Worobiec, E.; Worobiec, G. (2024). "New floras from the Tetta Clay Pit, Upper Lusatia, late Oligocene–Early Miocene, Germany" (PDF). Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae. 94. doi:10.14241/asgp.2024.01.
  6. ^ Conceição, D. M.; Gobo, W. V.; Batista, M. E. P.; Oliveira, N. C.; Mastroberti, A. A.; Iannuzzi, R.; Bamford, M. K.; Kunzmann, L. (2024). "Expanding the diversity of conifer xyloflora from Early Cretaceous Crato Fossil Lagerstätte, Brazil". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 322. 105061. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2024.105061. S2CID 267118634.
  7. ^ a b Herrera, F.; Manchester, S. R. (2024). "Earliest Dioscorea fruits (Dioscoreaceae) from North America". International Journal of Plant Sciences. doi:10.1086/729607. S2CID 267284371.
  8. ^ Xu, S.-L.; Maslova, N.; Kodrul, T.; Zdravchev, N.; Kachkina, V.; Liu, X.-Y.; Wu, X.-K.; Jin, J.-H. (2024). "Structurally Preserved Liquidambar Infructescences, Associated Pollen, and Leaves from the Late Oligocene of the Nanning Basin, South China". Plants. 13 (2). 275. doi:10.3390/plants13020275. PMC 10819801. PMID 38256828.
  9. ^ a b Beurel, S.; Bachelier, J. B.; Schmidt, A. R.; Sadowski, E.-M. (2024). "Novel three-dimensional reconstructions of presumed Phylica (Rhamnaceae) from Cretaceous amber suggest Lauralean affinities". Nature Plants: 1–5. doi:10.1038/s41477-023-01592-w. PMID 38278948. S2CID 267267851.
  10. ^ Oskolski, A. A.; Morris, B. B.; Severova, E. E.; Sokoloff, D. D. (2024). "Flowers from Myanmar amber confirm the Cretaceous age of Rhamnaceae but not of the extant genus Phylica". Nature Plants: 1–4. doi:10.1038/s41477-023-01591-x. PMID 38278949. S2CID 267267981.
  11. ^ Rubalcava-Knoth, M. A.; Cevallos-Ferriz, S. R. S. (2024). "Trilobated Lauraceous leaves from the Upper Cretaceous Olmos Formation, Coahuila, Northern Mexico". Cretaceous Research. 105820. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105820. S2CID 266968247.
  12. ^ Beurel, S.; Bachelier, J. B.; Munzinger, J.; Shao, F.; Hammel, J. U.; Shi, G.; Sadowski, E.-M. (2024). "First flower inclusion and fossil evidence of Cryptocarya (Laurales, Lauraceae) from Miocene amber of Zhangpu (China)". Fossil Record. 27 (1): 1–11. Bibcode:2024FossR..27....1B. doi:10.3897/fr.27.109621.
  13. ^ Gastaldo, R. A.; Gensel, P. G.; Glasspool, I. J.; Hinds, S. J.; King, O. A.; McLean, D.; Park, A. F.; Stimson, M. R.; Stonesifer, T. (2024). "Enigmatic fossil plants with three-dimensional, arborescent-growth architecture from the earliest Carboniferous of New Brunswick, Canada". Current Biology. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.011. PMID 38309270.
  14. ^ Lozano-Carmona, D. E.; Velasco-de León, M. P.; Jiménez-Rentería, J. (2024). "Reproductive organs of Early Jurassic Bennettitales from the collection of the Community Geological Museum of Rosario Nuevo "Ing. Jorge Jiménez Rentería", Oaxaca, Mexico". Paleontología Mexicana. 13 (1): 17–33.
  15. ^ Durieux, T.; Decombeix, A.-L.; Harper, C.; Galtier, J. (2024). "Re-investigation of Stauroxylon beckii, a possible aneurophytalean progymnosperm from the Mississippian of France". International Journal of Plant Sciences. doi:10.1086/729412. S2CID 267099585.
  16. ^ Zhang, B.; Xin, C.; Yang, D.; Jiao, Z.; Liu, S.; Di, G.; Zhao, H. (2024). "Numerical taxonomy and genus-species identification of Czekanowskiales in China based on machine learning". Palaeontologia Electronica. 27 (1). 27.1.a10. doi:10.26879/1357.
  17. ^ Naugolnykh, S. V.; Mitta, V. V. (2024). "A first record of possible caytonialean pteridosperms from the Upper Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) of Northern Caucasus, Russia". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 310 (2): 133–146. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2023/1174.
  18. ^ Balarino, M. L.; Gutiérrez, P. R.; Prevec, R.; Ruffo Rey, L.; Cariglino, B. (2024). "First palynological record for the Lebombo Basin, South Africa with implications for Guadalupian (middle Permian) palaeofloras and palaeoenvironments". Gondwana Research. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2023.12.020. S2CID 267271195.
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