Flora Plants
"Algae"
Fungi Newly named fungi NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesAsterina siwalikaSp. novMahato & KhanMiocene to PlioceneChunabati FormationA species of Asterina.HarristromaGen. et sp. novLe Renard et al.Middle JurassicCloughton FormationA member of Ascomycota of uncertain affinities. The type species is H. eboracense.Inapertisporites lacrimaformisSp. novValidMartínez, Bianchinotti & CornouPaleogeneEl Foyel GroupSpores of a fungus.MarasmiamimumGen. et sp. novMao, Guo & Huang in Guo et al.CretaceousBurmese amberA member of Agaricales of uncertain affinities, a possible member of Marasmiineae. The type species is M. cretaceum.Meliolinites miocenicusSp. novKundu & KhanMioceneA member of the family Meliolaceae.Meliolinites miopaniciSp. novValidKundu & KhanMioceneA member of the family Meliolaceae. Announced in 2023; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2024.Meliolinites tengchongensisSp. novWang et al.PlioceneMangbang FormationA member of the family Meliolaceae.MesoagaracitesGen. et sp. novGuo et al.CretaceousBurmese amberA member of Agaricales of uncertain affinities, a possible member of Marasmiineae. The type species is M. burmitis.PalaeomeliolaGen. et sp. novKundu & KhanMioceneA member of the family Meliolaceae. The type species is P. indica.Rhizophydites shuteiSp. novValidKringsDevonianRhynie chertA member of Chytridiomycota.TungusiaGen. et sp. novKolosov & OkhlopkovaEdiacaranByuk Formation()A fungus of uncertain affinities. The type species is T. mane.Zygosporium himachalensisSp. novValidKundu & KhanMioceneA member of Xylariales belonging to the family Zygosporiaceae.Zygosporium palaeogibbumSp. novMahato et al.MioceneChunabati FormationA member of Xylariales belonging to the family Zygosporiaceae.Zygosporium stromaticumSp. novKundu & KhanMioceneA member of Xylariales belonging to the family Zygosporiaceae.
Mycological research Garcia Cabrera & Krings (2024) describe fungi colonizing bulbils of Palaeonitella cranii from the Devonian Rhynie chert, interpreted as distinct from fungi colonizing the axes and branchlets of P. cranii, which might indicate organ-specific colonization.
Cnidarians New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesBothrophyllum crassiseptatumSp. novValidLuo et al.CarboniferousShiqiantan FormationA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Bothrophyllidae.Bothrophyllum junggarenseSp. novValidLuo et al.CarboniferousShiqiantan FormationA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Bothrophyllidae.Caninophyllum pseudotimaniformeSp. novValidLuo et al.CarboniferousShiqiantan FormationA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Cyathopsidae.Cladochonus fukushimaensisSp. novValidNikoPermianTakakurayama FormationA tabulate coral.Cyphastrea katsutaensisSp. novValidNiko & SuzukiMioceneKatsuta GroupA species of Cyphastrea.Heliolites imoensisSp. novValidNikoSilurianImose LimestoneA tabulate coral.Hexangulaconularia amylofacialisSp. novLiu et al.Cambrian (Fortunian)Kuanchuanpu FormationA medusozoan belonging to the possible conulatan family Hexangulaconulariidae.?Holoconularia poletaeviSp. novValidOhar & DernovCarboniferous (Moscovian)Almazna FormationA member of Conulariida.Ipciphyllum dilatumSp. novValidAung Myo Zaw & Aye Ko AungPermianThitsipin LimestoneA rugose coral belonging to the group Metriophyllina and the family Waagenophyllidae.Kanashiropora okuboiSp. novValidNikoDevonianOhno FormationA tabulate coral belonging to the group Auloporida and the family Palaeofavosiporidae.Kuhnastraea raraSp. novValidPuninaLate Triassic()A stony coral.LindaphylonGen. et sp. novRozhnovOrdovicianA colonial coral. The type species is L. solovjevi.MamsetiaGen. et sp. novMcIlroy et al.EdiacaranTrepassey Formation()A staurozoan. The type species is M. manunis.Monophyllum maximaSp. novValidEl-DesoukyCarboniferous (Kasimovian)Aheimer FormationA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Antiphyllidae.Mucophyllum toomaeSp. novValidKazantseva in Kazantseva, Koromyslova & KrutykhSilurianKuressaare FormationA rugose coral.Pachyfavosites hikoroichiensisSp. novValidNikoDevonianOhno FormationA tabulate coral belonging to the group Favositida and the family Favositidae.Paraconularia ihatovensisSp. novValidNikoDevonianTobigamori FormationA member of Conulariida.Paraconularia lataSp. novValidOhar & DernovCarboniferous (Moscovian)Almazna Formation()A member of Conulariida.Sociophyllum koenigshofiSp. novValidDenayerDevonianCouvin FormationA rugose coral.Squameostriatopora tachibanaiSp. novValidNikoDevonianOhno FormationA tabulate coral belonging to the group Favositida and the family Pachyporidae.Sutherlandia gzheliensisSp. novValidKrutykh, Mirantsev & RozhnovCarboniferous (Gzhelian)Moscow SynecliseA favositid coral. Published online in 2025, but the issue date is listed as December 2024.Syringopora sanrikuensisSp. novValidNikoDevonianOhno FormationA tabulate coral belonging to the group Auloporida and the family Syringoporidae.Thamnopora ohnoensisSp. novValidNikoDevonianOhno FormationA tabulate coral belonging to the group Favositida and the family Pachyporidae.Xenoemmonsia onukiiSp. novValidNikoDevonianNakazato FormationA tabulate coral.Yuanophylloides molestusSp. novFedorowski & ChwiedukCarboniferousGaptank Formation()A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Neokoninckophyllidae.Yuanophylloides parcusSp. novFedorowski & ChwiedukCarboniferousGaptank Formation()A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Neokoninckophyllidae.
Cnidarian research Yong et al. (2024) report evidence of presence of a thin, transverse wall spanning the internal thecal cavity of specimens of Olivooides mirabilis and O. multisulcatus from the Cambrian Kuanchuanpu Formation (Shaanxi, China), representing the earliest known transverse exoskeletal element in cnidarians reported to date. A study on the phylogenetic relationships of Hexangulaconulariidae, based on data from new specimens from the Cambrian strata from the Yangtze Platform (China), is published by Song et al. (2024), who interpret hexangulaconulariids as members of the stem group of Medusozoa related to carinachitids, conulariids and olivooids. Bruthansová et al. (2024) study a sample of specimens of Conularia fragilis from the Devonian (Pragian) Koněprusy Limestone (Czech Republic), and interpret the bending of the studied specimens as occurring while the studied conulariids were alive. A study on coral samples from Givetian reefs, providing evidence of Devonian tabulate and rugose corals hosting active photosymbionts that likely supported coral productivity under warm climatic conditions, is published by Jung et al. (2024). Echevarría et al. (2024) study the development of the Pliensbachian coral reef from the Puesto Araya Formation (Mendoza, Argentina), reporting evidence of dominance of corals with cerioid corallite arrangement in later stages of the development of the reef, unlike other known Early Jurassic reefs. A study on the phylogenetic relationships of extant and extinct scleractinians, focusing on the Triassic and Jurassic members of the group, is published by Lathuilière et al. (2024). A study on the diversity of corals from the Burdigalian to Langhian Wadi Waqb Member of the Jabal Kibrit Formation (Saudi Arabia) is published by Pisapia et al. (2024), who interpret the composition of the studied assemblages as indicating that young Red Sea had a connection to the Mediterranean Sea, but did not have a direct connection to the Indian Ocean.
Arthropods
Bryozoans New taxa