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 crassimarginataSp novIgnatov et alLate JurassicUkurey formationA moss of uncertain placement.
Lycophytes NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesWinslowiaGen. et sp. novValidDunn et al.Carboniferous (Serpukhovian)Pride Mountain FormationA member of Isoetales belonging to the group Chaloneriaceae. Genus includes new species W. tuscumbiana.
Marchantiophytes NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesRiccardiothallusGen. et sp. novValidGuo et al.Devonian (Pragian)Posongchong FormationA liverwort belonging to the family Aneuraceae. Genus includes new species R. devonicus.
Ferns and fern allies NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesKorallipterisGen. et comb. novValidVera & PassaliaTriassic to MioceneAntarcticaA fern of uncertain phylogenetic placement.A new genus for "Gleichenia" argentinica (1962); Additional species were originally placed in Gleichenia, Gleichenites and Microphyllopteris.Millerocaulis tekeliliSp. novValidVeraEarly Cretaceous (Aptian)Cerro Negro FormationAntarctica(Livingston Island)An Osmundaceae fern. Originally placed in Millerocaulis; Moved to Claytosmunda tekelili in (2017).Osmundopsis rafaeliiSp. novValidEscapa & CúneoEarly JurassicA member of Osmundaceae.Todites cacereiiSp. novValidEscapa & CúneoEarly JurassicA member of Osmundaceae.
Bennettitales NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesAnomozamites harrisiSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteAnomozamites heeriSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteAnomozamites villosusSp. novValidPott et al.Probably late Middle JurassicDaohugou BedsA member of Bennettitales. Originally described as a species of Anomozamites Moved to the Wielandiella villosus (2015).Cycadolepis barnardiiSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteCycadolepis karatauensisSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteCycadolepis kirilliiSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteCycadolepis kokalensisSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteCycadolepis lataSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteCycadolepis maijaSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteCycadolepis multistomataSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteCycadolepis pachydermaticaSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteCycadolepis perfectaSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteCycadolepis prynadаеSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteCycadolepis schairensisSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteNilssoniopteris chirchilicaSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaMiddle Jurassic (Aalenian)Кokala SuiteNilssoniopteris localisSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteNilssoniopteris saveljeviiSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaMiddle Jurassic (Aalenian)Tonasha FormationPterophyllum chagaenseSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuitePterophyllum doludenkoaeSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuitePterophyllum originalumSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuitePterophyllum pаrvisegmentatumSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuitePterophyllum pinniformeSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuitePterophyllum valentinaeаSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuitePterophyllum vsevolodiiSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteWilliamsonia antoniaSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteWilliamsonia baranovaeаSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteWilliamsonia chagaensеSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteWilliamsonia kokalensisSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala SuiteWilliamsonia vialovaeaSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Кokala Suite
"Pteridospermatophytes" NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesCtenozamites schweitzeriiSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaMiddle Jurassic (Bajocian)Karadiirmen' FormationA member of Pteridospermatophyta of uncertain affinities.Eretmonia macloughliniiSp. novValidRyberg, Taylor & TaylorLate PermianUpper Buckley FormationA member of Glossopteridales.KuvakospermumGen. et sp. novValidNaugolnykh & SidorovPermian (Wordian)A seed fern belonging to the family Peltaspermaceae. Genus includes new species K. pedatum.LidgettoniopsisGen. et sp. novValidRyberg, Taylor & TaylorLate PermianBeacon Supergroup (upper Buckley Formation)A 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)A member of Glossopteridales belonging to the family Dictyopteridiaceae.VetlugospermumGen. et sp. novValidNaugolnykhEarly TriassicA 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 SuiteBaieroxylon rocablanquenseSp. novValidGnaedingerEarly JurassicRoca Blanca FormationGinkgo craneiSp. novValidZhou, Quan, & Liuupper PaleoceneSentinel Butte FormationAn extinct species in the modern genus GinkgoGinkgo gomolitzkyanaSp. novValidNosovaMiddle JurassicAngren FormationA member of Ginkgoales.Ginkgo huolinhensisSp. novValidDong & SunEarly CretaceousHuolinhe FormationGinkgoites barnardianusSp. novValidNosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & NosovaMiddle Jurassic (Aalenian)Кokala SuiteGinkgoites irdalicusSp. novValidNosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & NosovaEarly JurassicErgozi SuiteGinkgoites kelendensisSp. novValidNosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & NosovaMiddle Jurassic (Aalenian)Tonasha FormationGinkgoites ketovianusSp. novValidNosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & NosovaMiddle Jurassic (Bathonian)Sarydiirmeny SuiteLeptotoma asiaticaSp. novValidNosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & NosovaMiddle Jurassic (Bajocian)Karadiirmen' FormationPseudotorellia karadiirmenicaSp. novValidNosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & NosovaMiddle Jurassic (Bajocian)Karadiirmen' Formation
Conifers Araucariaceae Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesEmwadeaGen. et sp. novValidDettmann, Clifford & PetersEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Winton FormationA member of the family Araucariaceae. Genus includes new species E. microcarpa.
Cheirolepidiaceae Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDuarteniaGen. et sp. novValidMohr et al.Early CretaceousCrato FormationA possible member of Cheirolepidiaceae. The type species is Duartenia araripensis.Glenrosa falcataSp. novValidGomez, Ewin & Daviero-GomezEarly Cretaceous (Barremian)Calizas de La Huergina FormationA conifer.
Cupressaceae Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCalocedrus huashanensisSp. novValidShi, Zhou, & XieOligoceneNingming FormationA Calocedrus speciesFokienia shengxianensisSp. novValidHe, Sun & LiuLate MioceneShengxian Formation Xiaolongtan FormationOriginally placed in Fokienia. Moved to Calocedrus shengxianensis in (2015).
Pinaceae Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesEathiestrobusGen. et sp. novValidRothwell et al.Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)Kimmeridge Clay FormationA member of Pinaceae. The type species is Eathiestrobus mackenziei.Picea burtoniiSp. novValidKlymiuk & StockeyEarly Cretaceous (Valanginian)A spruce species seed cone.Pinus yorkshirensisSp. novValidRyberg et al.Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian-Barremian)Speeton Clay FormationA pine.
Podocarpaceae Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDacrycarpus puertaeSp. novValidWilfEoceneA species of Dacrycarpus
Taxaceae Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesMarskea kazachstanicaSp. novValidNosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Kokala SuiteTorreya kazachstanicaSp. novValidNosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Kokala Suite
Other conifers Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesElatocladus bulakusSp. novValidNosova & Kiritchkova in Kiritchkova & NosovaEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Kokala SuiteA conifer of uncertain affinities.PlyophyllioxylonGen. et sp. novValidFeng et al.Permian (Roadian/Wordian)Lower Shihhotse FormationA conifer of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species P. hulstaiense.
Other gymnosperms NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesNilssonia prosvirjakovaeaSp. novValidKiritchkova & NosovaMiddle Jurassic (Bajocian)Karadiirmen' FormationA cycad.RehezamitesGen. et sp. novValidPott et al.Early Cretaceous (Aptian)Yixian FormationA seed plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species R. anisolobus.
Angiosperms