2025 in paleobotany
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This paleobotany list records new fossil plant taxa that were to be described during the year 2025, as well as notes other significant paleobotany discoveries and events which occurred during 2025.
Algae
[edit]Chlorophytes
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Schlagintweit, Xu & Zhang |
A member of Dasycladales belonging to the family Triploporellaceae. |
Lycophytes
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
Huang & Xue in Huang et al. |
Ferns and fern allies
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
Li in Li & Meng |
A member of the family Dennstaedtiaceae. |
Conifers
[edit]Pinaceae
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
Song & Wu in Song et al. |
A pine. |
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Sp. nov |
Akkemik & Mantzouka |
Miocene |
A member of the family Pinaceae. |
Podocarpaceae
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
Conceição et al. |
Flowering plants
[edit]Basal eudicots
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
Kumar, Manchester & Khan |
A member of the family Menispermaceae. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Carpenter & McLoughlin |
Paleogene |
A member of the family Proteaceae. The type species is P. araucoensis. |
Superasterids
[edit]Icacinales
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
Hung, Huang & Li in Hung et al. |
Miocene |
A species of Miquelia. |
Superrosids
[edit]Fabales
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
Zhao, Wang & Huang in Zhao et al. |
A species of Peltophorum. |
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Sp. nov |
Cao & Xie in Cao et al. |
Miocene |
A species of Pueraria. |
Superrosid research
[edit]- Hazra & Khan (2025) report the discovery of a diverse assemblage of legume fruits and leaflet remains from the Rajdanda Formation (India), interpreted as evidence of the presence of a warm and humid tropical environment during the Pliocene.[12]
Other plants
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Jiang et al. |
Jurassic |
Fossil wood of a corystosperm. The type species is F. sinense. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Šimůnek & Haldovský |
Carboniferous (Bashkirian) |
A member of Callistophytales. The type species is N. scandens. |
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Sp. nov |
Correia & Góis-Marques |
A progymnosperm belonging to the group Noeggerathiales. |
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Sp. nov |
Wang & Wan in Wang et al. |
A cordaitalean. |
Other plant research
[edit]- Partial leaf representing the first record of a fossil Cycas from Australia is described from the Miocene Stuarts Creek site by Greenwood, Conran & West (2025).[17]
Palynology
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Nom. nov |
DeBenedetti et al. |
Late Cretaceous-Paleocene (Maastrichtian-Danian) |
Sparganiaceaepollenites annulatus Thakre et al. 2024 (junior homonym of S. annulatus De Benedetti, 2023). |
Fossil pollen; a replacement name for Sparganiaceaepollenites reticulatus Samant et al. (2022). |
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Nom. nov |
DeBenedetti et al. |
Miocene |
Fossil pollen; a replacement name for Sparganiaceaepollenites microreticulatus Grabowska & Ważyńska (2009). |
Palynological research
[edit]- Evidence from the study of palynofloral assemblages from the Germig Section (Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau; Tibet, China), interpreted as indicative of a shift from floras dominated by seed ferns and conifers to floras dominated by cheirolepids during the Triassic-Jurassic transition, is presented by Li et al. (2025).[19]
- A study on palynofloral assemblages from the Las Loras UNESCO Global Geopark (Spain), providing evidence of gradual shift from conifer-dominated floras to ones with increased presence of flowering plants through the Albian–Cenomanian, is published by Rodríguez-Barreiro et al. (2025).[20]
- Evidence from the study of palynomorph and palynofacies from the Bahariya Formation (Egypt), interpreted as indicative of warm and humid climate during the early-middle Cenomanian with a short episode of semi-arid to arid conditions during the late early Cenomanian, is presented by Abdelhalim et al. (2025).[21]
- Rull (2025) revises purported fossil pollen records of Pelliciera found outside the Neotropics, and argues that only a subset of Cenozoic pollen records from tropical West Africa can be confirmed as likely fossils of members of Pelliciera.[22]
General research
[edit]- Evidence of the presence of a plant community dominated by ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae, similar to extant plant communities such as those from swamp settings from the Parana Forest in northeastern Argentina, is reported from the Jurassic La Matilde Formation (Argentina) by García Massini et al. (2025).[23]
- Evidence from the study of phytoliths from the Lunpola Basin of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, interpreted as indicative of presence mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forest during the late Oligocene–Early Miocene, is presented by Zhang et al. (2025).[24]
- A study on ancient DNA from sediment cores from lakes in Alaska and Siberia, providing evidence of plant extinctions associated with environmental changes during the Pleistocene–Holocene transition, is published by Courtin et al. (2025).[25]
References
[edit]- ^ Schlagintweit, F.; Xu, Y.; Zhang, S. (2025). "Calcareous green algae (Dasycladales, Halimedaceae) from the Upper Cretaceous of the western Tarim Basin, NW China: Systematic palaeontology, microfacies, and palaeobiogeographic significance". Carnets Geol. 25 (4): 89–108. doi:10.2110/carnets.2025.2504.
- ^ Huang, P.; Wang, J.-S.; Wang, Y.-L.; Liu, L.; Zhao, J.-Y.; Xue, J.-Z. (2025). "The smallest Zosterophyllum plant from the Lower Devonian of South China and the divergent life-history strategies in zosterophyllopsids". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 292 (2038). 20242337. doi:10.1098/rspb.2024.2337. PMC 11732410. PMID 39809313.
- ^ Li, C.X.; Meng, F.W. (2025). "A New Species of Krameropteris (Dennstaedtiaceae) from Mid-Cretaceous Myanmar Amber". Taxonomy. 5 (1). 3. doi:10.3390/taxonomy5010003.
- ^ Song, Z.-H.; Wang, Z.-E.; Cao, R.; Wang, Z.-S.; Wang, H.; Chen, G.-H.; Wu, J.-Y. (2025). "Fossil wood of Pinus from the Pliocene of western Yunnan, China and its palaeoclimatic implications". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 334. 105279. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2024.105279.
- ^ Akkemik, Ü.; Mantzouka, D. (2025). "A review of the Early Miocene Pinuxylon species of Türkiye with a new species". Turkish Journal of Botany. 49 (1): 52–63. doi:10.55730/1300-008X.2841.
- ^ Conceição, D. M.; Esperança Júnior, M. G. F.; Gobo, W. V.; Iannuzzi, R.; Batista, M. E. P.; Nascimento Jr., D. R.; Silva Filho, W. F.; Horodysk, R. S.; Bamford, M. K.; Kunzmann, L. (2025). "Unique conifer assemblage from Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous deposits (NE Brazil) unveils the paleoclimate and paleobiogeography in the interior of equatorial Gondwana". Cretaceous Research. 106099. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2025.106099.
- ^ Kumar, S.; Manchester, S. R.; Khan, M. A. (2024). "Oldest menispermaceous endocarp fossil from the Deccan Intertrappean Beds of Central India and its biogeographic implications". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 334. 105249. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2024.105249.
- ^ Carpenter, R. J.; McLoughlin, S. (2025). "A new leaf species of Proteaceae and other Gondwanan elements from the early Paleogene Lota–Coronel flora of south–central Chile". Australian Systematic Botany. doi:10.1071/SB24033.
- ^ Hung, N. B.; Huang, J.; Del Rio, C.; Hoa, N. T. M.; Truong, D. V.; Pha, P. D.; Su, T.; Li, S.-F. (2025). "First endocarp record of Miquelia (Icacinaceae) from the late Miocene of northern Vietnam and its phytogeographical and paleoecological implications". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 105285. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2025.105285.
- ^ Zhao, Y.-S.; Wang, T.-X.; Xiao, S.-M.; Li, S.-F.; Huang, J. (2025). "Fossil pods of tropical tree Peltophorum (Caesalpinioideae, Fabaceae) from southwestern China". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 105282. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2025.105282.
- ^ Cao, Z.-D.; Xie, S.-P.; Liu, L.-M.; Li, X.-M.; Zhang, S.-H.; Zhang, Y.-H.; Yan, D.-F. (2025). "A moderate elevation and warm-humid climate of the Wulan Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau in the Middle Miocene indicated by Pueraria macrofossils". Journal of Palaeogeography. doi:10.1016/j.jop.2024.08.012.
- ^ Hazra, T.; Khan, M. A. (2025). "Late Neogene diversity of Fabaceae in the Chotanagpur Plateau, eastern India: palaeoecological implications". Earth History and Biodiversity. doi:10.1016/j.hisbio.2025.100020.
- ^ Jiang, Z.; Tian, N.; Wang, Y.; Li, F.; Pei, J.; Uhl, D.; Li, Y.; Wu, H.; Ning, Z.; Hao, R. (2025). "A new exceptionally preserved corystosperm wood from the Jurassic of East Asia". Science China Earth Sciences. doi:10.1007/s11430-024-1480-6.
- ^ Šimůnek, Z.; Haldovský, J. (2025). "New callistophytalean species from the Duckmantian of the Kladno-Rakovník Basin, Czech Republic". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 105283. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2025.105283.
- ^ Correia, P.; Góis-Marques, C. A. (2025). "Palaeopteridium andrenelii sp. nov., a new noeggerathialean species from the Middle Pennsylvanian of Portugal with new insights on the Noeggerathiales". Geological Magazine. 162. e1. doi:10.1017/S0016756824000438.
- ^ Wang, K.; Jia, G.; Dong, L.; Wang, J.; Wang, S.; Wang, J.; Wan, M. (2025). "Shanxioxylon yangquanense sp. nov., a new Kasimovian cordaitalean axis from the Benxi Formation (Pennsylvanian, Carboniferous) of Yangquan City, Shanxi Province, North China". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 105287. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2025.105287.
- ^ Greenwood, D. R.; Conran, J. G.; West, C. K. (2025). "A Cycas L. (Cycadaceae) Leaf from the Miocene of Northern South Australia". International Journal of Plant Sciences: 1–14. doi:10.1086/733819.
- ^ a b DeBenedetti, F.; Zamaloa, M. C.; Gandolfo, M. A.; Cúneo, N. R.; Fensome, R. A.; Gravendyck, J. (2025). "Nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on the fossil pollen genus Sparganiaceaepollenites Thiergart 1937". Palynology. doi:10.1080/01916122.2025.2463407.
- ^ Li, J.-H.; Peng, J.-G.; Slater, S. M.; Vajda, V. (2025). "Palynofloras across the Triassic–Jurassic boundary on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Southwest China". Palaeoworld. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2025.200910.
- ^ Rodríguez-Barreiro, I.; Santos, A. A.; Villanueva-Amadoz, U.; Hernández, J. M.; McLoughlin, S.; Diez, J. B. (2025). "Angiosperm radiation, diversification, and vegetation shifts through the Albian–Cenomanian of the northern Iberian Peninsula: Palynological evidence from the Las Loras UNESCO Global Geopark". Cretaceous Research. 106086. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2025.106086.
- ^ Abdelhalim, L. A.; Mansour, A.; Tahoun, S. S.; Abdelrahman, K.; Wagreich, M. (2025). "Paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic trends during the early-middle Cenomanian in northeastern Africa (Egypt): Insights from palynomorph and palynofacies analyses". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 105297. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2025.105297.
- ^ Rull, V. (2025). "A critical evaluation of fossil pollen records from the mangrove tree Pelliciera beyond the Neotropics: Biogeographical and evolutionary implications". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 105299. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2025.105299.
- ^ García Massini, J. L.; Nunes, G. C.; Yañez, A.; Escapa, I. H.; Guido, D. (2025). "Jurassic Osmundaceous Landscapes in Patagonia: Exploring the Concept of Ecological Stasis in the Deseado Massif, Argentina". Plants. 14 (2). 165. doi:10.3390/plants14020165. PMC 11768899.
- ^ Zhang, X.-W.; Liu, J.; Spicer, R. A.; Gao, Y.; Yao, X.-R.; Qin, X.-Y.; Zhou, Z.-K.; Su, T. (2025). "Vegetation history of the central Tibetan region during the late Oligocene–Early Miocene". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. doi:10.1111/jse.13152.
- ^ Courtin, J.; Stoof-Leichsenring, K. R.; Lisovski, S.; Liu, Y.; Alsos, I. G.; Biskaborn, B. K.; Diekmann, B.; Melles, M.; Wagner, B.; Pestryakova, L.; Russell, J.; Huang, Y.; Herzschuh, U. (2025). "Potential plant extinctions with the loss of the Pleistocene mammoth steppe". Nature Communications. 16 (1). 645. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-55542-x. PMC 11733255. PMID 39809751.