This article records new taxa of fossil plants that are scheduled to be described during the year 2020, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleobotany that are scheduled to occur in the year 2020.
A member of Arecaceae described on the basis of fossil pollen grains. Announced in 2019; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2020.
Pollen of a flowering plant, possibly produced by members of the family Amaranthaceae. Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2021.
Pollen of a flowering plant, possibly produced by members of the genus Amphilophium. Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2021.
A member of Laurales of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species P. scalariforme. Announced in 2019; the final version of the article naming it is scheduled to be published in 2020.
A member of Trapoideae. Genus includes new species P. weichangensis, as well as "Carpolithus" pomelii Saporta (1878) and "Hemitrapa" alpina Su & Zhou in Su et al. (2018).
A member of the family Cunoniaceae. Genus includes new species C. bicarpellata. Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2021.
A member of the family Trochodendraceae. Genus includes new species E. polystylum. Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2021.
A Trochodendraceae; a new genus for "Concavistylon" wehrii Manchester et al. (2018). Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2021.
A eudicot of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species M mosbruggeri. Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2021.
A flowering plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly related to myrsinoid members of the family Primulaceae. Genus includes new species P. dicycla.
A seed fern. A new genus for "Dicroidium" irnensis Abu Hamad et al. (2008); genus also includes "Dicroidium" jordanensis Abu Hamad et al. (2008), "Dicroidium" robustum Kerp & Vörding (2008) and "Dicroidium" bandelii Abu Hamad et al. (2017).
Spores of a member of Filicopsida of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Announced in 2019; the final version of the article naming it is scheduled to be published in 2020.
Spores of a member of Filicopsida of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Announced in 2019; the final version of the article naming it is scheduled to be published in 2020.
An early euphyllophyte. Genus includes new species G. tetraxylopteroides. Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2021.
An alga related to the group Bryopsidales. Genus includes "Buthotrephis" divaricata White (1901), "B." newlini White (1901), "B." lesquereuxi Grote & Pitt (1876) and "Chondrites" verus Ruedemann (1925). Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2021.
A plant of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a flowering plant described on the basis of a probable fossil drupe. Genus includes new species J. daohugouensis.
Spores of a member of Bryophyta of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly of sphagnaceous affinity. Announced in 2019; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2020.
A study on the evolutionary history of green plants is published by Nie et al. (2020).[179]
Description of new fossil material of Yurtusia uniformis from the CambrianYanjiahe Formation (China) and a study on the phylogenetic relationships and possible life cycle of this organism is published by Shang et al. (2020), who consider Y. uniformis to be a likely greenmicroalga.[180]
A study on the phylogenetic relationships of extant and fossil complex thalloid liverworts (Marchantiidae) is published by Flores et al. (2020).[181]
Evidence of development of dichotomous roots in euphyllophytes that were extant during the Devonian and Carboniferous periods is presented by Hetherington, Berry & Dolan (2020), who interpret their findings as indicating that dichotomous root branching evolved in both lycophytes and euphyllophytes.[182]
An early land plant producing multiple spore size classes is described from the Lower Devonian Campbellton Formation (Canada) by Bonacorsi et al. (2020).[183]
A study on the impact of the appearance and evolution of herbivorous tetrapods on the evolution of land plants from the Carboniferous to the Early Triassic is published by Brocklehurst, Kammerer & Benson (2020).[184]
A study on the production of periderm in Late Paleozoic arborescent lycopsids is published by D'Antonio & Boyce (2020), who argue that these lycopsids did not grow from sporelings into large trees through the production of a periderm cylinder, because physiological limitations would have prohibited the production of thick periderm.[185]
A study on the architecture and development of the Carboniferous arborescent lycopsid Paralycopodites is published by DiMichele & Bateman (2020).[186]
New information on the anatomy of Weichselia reticulata is presented by Blanco-Moreno, Decombeix & Prestianni (2020).[187]
A study on the phylogenetic placement of the extinct fern genus Coniopteris is published by Li et al. (2020).[188]
New information on the morphology of Paleoazolla patagonica is presented by Benedetti et al. (2020), who evaluate the implications of this taxon for the knowledge of the evolution of water ferns.[189]
A study aiming to determine which ferns were most likely to be the producers of Cyathidites spores from earliest Paleocene plant localities across western North America, and were most likely to be among the first plants in western North America to thrive in the immediate aftermath of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, is published by Berry (2020).[190]
A study on the morphology and development of Genomosperma, and on its implications for the knowledge of the evolutionary origins of seed development, is published by Meade, Plackett & Hilton (2020).[191]
Evidence of increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration at the onset of the end-Triassic extinction event, based on data from fossil leaves of the seed fern Lepidopteris ottonis from southern Sweden, is presented by Slodownik, Vajda & Steinthorsdottir (2020), who confirm L. ottonis as a valid proxy for pCO2 reconstructions.[193]
A study on the anatomy of the seed cone scales of Krassilovia mongolica is published by Herrera et al. (2020), who argue that K. mongolica and Podozamites harrisii are the seed cones and leaves of the same extinct plant, and name a new family Krassiloviaceae within the order Voltziales.[194]
A study on the microscopic wood anatomy of a fossil tree trunk of Agathoxylon arizonicum with the characteristic external features of a fire scar from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation (Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States) is published by Byers et al. (2020), who evaluate the implications of this specimen for the knowledge of the evolution of fire-adapted plant traits.[195]
A putative bamboo "Chusquea" oxyphylla from the early Eocene Laguna del Hunco biota (Argentina) is reinterpreted as a conifer by Wilf (2020), who transfers this species to the genus Retrophyllum.[196]
A study on evolutionary history of conifers as indicated by fossil and molecular data, aiming to determine whether the rise of angiosperms drove the decline of conifers and other gymnosperms, is published by Condamine et al. (2020).[197]
Presence of secretory tissues is reported in extinct flowers from the Cretaceous amber from Myanmar and Cenozoic Dominican amber (including specimens preserved while in the process of emitting compounds) by Poinar & Poinar (2020).[198]
Fossil pollen of flowering plants is reported from the Aptian and Albian of Australia by Korasidis & Wagstaff (2020), who evaluate the implications of their findings for the knowledge of the timing of the appearance and diversification of the flowering plants in the high-latitude southern basins of Australia.[199]
A study on the morphology of palm and palm-like pollen from the EoceneYaw Formation (Myanmar), and on the implications of these fossils for the knowledge of distribution and diversity of Eocene palms across the globe, is published by Huang et al. (2020).[200]
Fossils fruits of Illigera eocenica, representing the second fossil occurrence of Illigera worldwide and the first in Asia, are described from the Eocene Niubao Formation (central Tibetan Plateau) by Wang et al. (2020), who evaluate the implications of this finding for the knowledge of the climate in the central Tibetan Plateau during the early middle Eocene, and for the knowledge of the floristic links between Asia and North America during the Paleogene.[201]
A study on the morphology and phylogenetic relationships of Montsechia vidalii is published by Gomez et al. (2020).[202]
A revision of the fossil record of the family Nothofagaceae from South America is published by Pujana et al. (2020).[204]
A study on the extinction of plants from south polar terrestrial ecosystems during the Permian–Triassic extinction event and on their recovery after this extinction event, based on data from the Sydney Basin (Australia), is published by Mays et al. (2020).[205]
A study on the impact of ecological disturbances around the Permian–Triassic boundary (from the Wuchiapingian to Ladinian) on land plant communities is published by Nowak, Vérard & Kustatscher (2020).[206]
A study on the age of the Paleogene Kanaka Creek fossil flora (Huntingdon Formation; British Columbia, Canada) and on its implications for reconstructions of the contemporaneous paleoclimate and paleoenvironment is published by Mathewes, Greenwood & Love (2020).[207]
Evidence from Eocene plant fossils from the Bangong-Nujiang suture indicating that the Tibetan Plateau area hosted a diverse subtropical ecosystem approximately 47 million years ago and that this area was both low and humid at the time is presented by Su et al. (2020), who also report that the composition of this flora is similar to Early-Middle Eocene floras in both North America and Europe, but shows little affinity to Eocene floras from the Indian Plate.[208]
A study aiming to estimate leaf dry mass per area in fossil plants from 22 western North American sites spanning the Eocene–Oligocene transition is published online by Butrim & Royer (2020), who evaluate the implications of their findings for the knowledge of the impact of the environmental changes occurring during the Eocene–Oligocene transition on leaf-economic strategies of plants.[209]
A study on the Neogene paleobotanical record and climate in the northernmost part of the Central Andean Plateau, based on data from the Descanso Formation (Peru), is published by Martínez et al. (2020), who report the earliest evidence of a puna-like ecosystem in the Pliocene and a montane ecosystem without modern analogs in the Miocene.[210]
Fossil fruits (mericarps) of the neoendemic ApiaceaeMelanoselinum (≡ Daucus) decipiens were reported from the lacustrine and fluvial sediments of Porto da Cruz, Madeira, dated 1.3 Ma, by Góis-Marques et al. 2020.[211] This paper not only reports the oldest Daucus s.l. fossil known to date but also the first fossil evidence of a plant with insular woodiness (see Island gigantism).
The leaf fossil Mesodescolea plicata from the Early Cretaceous of Patagonia, first interpreted as a cycad with affinities with extant Stangeria, is reinterpreted as an angiosperm leaf with affinities with Austrobaileyales or Chloranthales by Coiro et al. 2020,[212] with implications for the evolution of leaf shape in the early radiation of the angiosperms.
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^Mahasin Ali Khan; Manoshi Hazra; Sumana Mahato; Robert A. Spicer; Kaustav Roy; Taposhi Hazra; Manosij Bandopadhaya; Teresa E.V. Spicer; Subir Bera (2020). "A Cretaceous Gondwana origin of the wax palm subfamily (Ceroxyloideae: Arecaceae) and its paleobiogeographic context". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 283: Article 104318. Bibcode:2020RPaPa.28304318K. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2020.104318. S2CID224946279.
^Mahasin Ali Khan; Kaustav Roy; Taposhi Hazra; Sumana Mahato; Subir Bera (2020). "A new coryphoid palm from the Maastrichtian-Danian sediments of Madhya Pradesh and its palaeoenvironmental implications". Journal of the Geological Society of India. 95 (1): 75–83. Bibcode:2020JGSI...95...75K. doi:10.1007/s12594-020-1388-1. S2CID210134584.
^David Robert Greenwood; John G. Conran (2020). "Fossil coryphoid palms from the Eocene of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 181 (2): 224–240. doi:10.1086/706450. S2CID208587364.
^Kaustav Roy; Taposhi Hazra; Manoshi Hazra; Sumana Mahato; Subir Bera; Mahasin Ali Khan (2020). "A new coryphoid costapalmate palm leaf from the Maastrichtian-Danian of India". Botany Letters. 168 (2): 155–166. doi:10.1080/23818107.2020.1845974. S2CID229408918.
^ abJohanna Baez; Alexandra Crisafulli (2020). "Novelties in the xylotaphoflora from Chiquimil Formation (Miocene), Catamarca-Argentina". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 107: Article 102943. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102943. S2CID225109309.
^ abOris J. Rodríguez-Reyes; Emilio Estrada-Ruiz (2020). "Two new reports of ancient rainforest trees from the Azuero Peninsula, Panama". Ameghiniana. 57 (3): 209–218. doi:10.5710/AMGH.22.02.2020.3299. S2CID216250364.
^ abcA.L. Averyanova; Yaowu Xing (2020). "New Paleogene angiosperm species of Zaissan Depression (eastern Kazakhstan)". Botanicheskii Zhurnal. 105 (1): 46–57. doi:10.31857/S0006813620010044. S2CID218793001.
^Anthony L. Swinehart; James O. Farlow (2020). "Plant and invertebrate macrofossils from the Pipe Creek Sinkhole (Late Neogene), Grant County, Indiana". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. 33 (11): 3111–3140. doi:10.1080/08912963.2020.1851686. S2CID230538832.
^Cédric Del Rio; Jian Huang; Gregory W. Stull; Rémi Allemand; Zhe-Kun Zhou; Tao Su (2020). "First macrofossil record of Icacinaceae in East Asia (early Oligocene, Wenshan Basin) and its ecological implications". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 60 (2): 445–455. doi:10.1111/jse.12700. S2CID228976920.
^Andrew C. Rozefelds; Gregory Stull; Peta Hayes; David R. Greenwood (2020). "The fossil record of Icacinaceae in Australia supports long-standing Palaeo-Antarctic rainforest connections in southern high latitudes". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. 33 (11): 2854–2864. doi:10.1080/08912963.2020.1832089. S2CID229005088.
^Gregory Stull; Bruce H. Tiffney; Steven R. Manchester; Cédric Del Rio; Scott L. Wing (2020). "Endocarps of Pyrenacantha (Icacinaceae) from the early Oligocene of Egypt". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 181 (4): 432–442. doi:10.1086/706854. S2CID208558190.
^Ünal Akkemik; Dimitra Mantzouka; Umut Tunç; Fikret Koçbulut (2020). "The first paleoxylotomical evidence from the Mid-Eocene Climate Optimum from Turkey". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 285: Article 104356. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2020.104356. S2CID229395041.
^ abcDaniela P. Ruiz; M. Sol Raigemborn; Mariana Brea; Roberto R. Pujana (2020). "Paleocene Las Violetas Fossil Forest: Wood anatomy and paleoclimatology". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 98: Article 102414. Bibcode:2020JSAES..9802414R. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2019.102414. S2CID213796947.
^ abJun-Ling Dong; Bai-Nian Sun; Ai-Jing Li; Hui Chen (2020). "The diversity of Smilax (Smilacaceae) leaves from the Middle Miocene in southeastern China". Geological Journal. 56 (2): 744–757. doi:10.1002/gj.3882. S2CID225790148.
^Lu-Liang Huang; Jian-Hua Jin; Cheng Quan; Alexei A. Oskolski (2020). "Mummified Magnoliaceae woods from the upper Oligocene of South China, with biogeography, paleoecology, and wood trait evolution implications". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 58 (1): 89–100. doi:10.1111/jse.12480. S2CID91861708.
^Else Marie Friis; Peter R. Crane; Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen (2020). "Melloniflora, a new extinct multiparted flower from the Early Cretaceous of Virginia, USA". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 181 (9): 887–897. doi:10.1086/710490. S2CID224837365.
^Mahasin Ali Khan; Robert A. Spicer; Teresa E. V. Spicer; Kaustav Roy; Manoshi Hazra; Taposhi Hazra; Sumana Mahato; Sanchita Kumar; Subir Bera (2020). "Dipterocarpus (Dipterocarpaceae) leaves from the K-Pg of India: a Cretaceous Gondwana presence of the Dipterocarpaceae". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 306 (6): Article 90. Bibcode:2020PSyEv.306...90K. doi:10.1007/s00606-020-01718-z. S2CID228870254.
^ abcdefXiao-Yan Liu; Steven R. Manchester; Andrew C. Rozefelds; Cheng Quan; Jian-Hua Jin (2020). "First fossil fruits of Elaeocarpus (Elaeocarpaceae) in East Asia: implications for phytogeography and paleoecology". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 60 (2): 456–471. doi:10.1111/jse.12684. S2CID234429843.
^ abJuan M. Robledo; Luisa M. Anzótegui; Olga G. Martínez; Ricardo N. Alonso (2020). "Flora and insect trace fossils from the Mio-Pliocene Quebrada del Toro locality (Gobernador Solá, Salta, Argentina)". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 100: Article 102544. Bibcode:2020JSAES.10002544R. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102544. S2CID216377729.
^ abRaymond J. Carpenter; Lynne A. Milne (2020). "New species of xeromorphic Banksia (Proteaceae) foliage and Banksia-like pollen from the late Eocene of Western Australia". Australian Journal of Botany. 68 (3): 165–178. doi:10.1071/BT19110. S2CID214113278.
^Indah Badriyyah Huegele; Robert J. Spielbauer; Steven R. Manchester (2020). "Morphology and systematic affinities of Platanus dissecta Lesquereux (Platanaceae) from the Miocene of western North America". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 181 (3): 324–341. doi:10.1086/706453. S2CID208566485.
^Hui Jia; David K. Ferguson; Bainian Sun; Xiangning Meng; Yifan Hua (2020). "Phytogeographic implications of a fossil endocarp of Diploclisia (Menispermaceae) from the Miocene of eastern China". Geological Journal. 56 (2): 758–767. doi:10.1002/gj.3867. S2CID219907004.
^ abcMeng Han; Xin-Kai Wu; Ming Tu; Tatiana M. Kodrul; Jian-Hua Jin (2020). "Diversity of Menispermaceae from the Paleocene and Eocene of South China". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 58 (3): 354–366. doi:10.1111/jse.12499. S2CID199062171.
^Zhekun Zhou; Tengxiang Wang; Jian Huang; Jia Liu; Weiyudong Deng; Shihu Li; Chenglong Deng; Tao Su (2020). "Fossil leaves of Berhamniphyllum (Rhamnaceae) from Markam, Tibet and their biogeographic implications". Science China Earth Sciences. 63 (2): 224–234. Bibcode:2020ScChD..63..224Z. doi:10.1007/s11430-019-9477-8. S2CID211028504.
^Alex R. Scharfstein; Ruth A. Stockey; Gar W. Rothwell (2020). "Evolution and phylogeny of Altingiaceae: anatomically preserved infructescences from Late Cretaceous deposits of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 181 (4): 452–463. doi:10.1086/707107. S2CID216212606.
^Wen-Long He; Xiao-Jing Wang (2020). "A Miocene flora from the Toupi Formation in Jiangxi Province, southeastern China". Palaeoworld. 30 (4): 757–769. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2020.12.006. S2CID234387044.
^Ezequiel Ignacio Vera; Valeria S. Perez Loinaze; Magdalena Llorens; Mauro Gabriel Passalia (2020). "The fossil genus Aextoxicoxylon (Magnoliopsida) in the Upper Cretaceous Puntudo Chico Formation, Chubut Province, Argentina". Cretaceous Research. 107: Article 104315. Bibcode:2020CrRes.10704315V. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104315. S2CID210254812.
^Else Marie Friis; Peter R. Crane; Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen (2020). "Catanthus, An Extinct Magnoliid Flower From The Early Cretaceous Of Portugal". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 182 (1): 28–45. doi:10.1086/711081. S2CID228939581.
^Xiaoqing Zhang; Yongdong Wang; David L. Dilcher; Steven R. Manchester (2020). "Wireroadia, a new genus of winged fruit from the Cretaceous of Alabama and New England, USA". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 181 (9): 898–910. doi:10.1086/710492. S2CID224836733.
^Alexei A. Oskolski; Luliang Huang; Anna V. Stepanova; Jianhua Jin (2020). "Araucarioid wood from the late Oligocene–early Miocene of Hainan Island: first fossil evidence for the genus Agathis in the Northern Hemisphere". Journal of Plant Research. 133 (2): 157–173. Bibcode:2020JPlR..133..157O. doi:10.1007/s10265-019-01165-z. PMID31915952. S2CID210088380.
^ abSilvia C. Gnaedinger; Ana María Zavattieri (2020). "Coniferous woods from the Upper Triassic of southwestern Gondwana, Tronquimalal Group, Neuquén Basin, Mendoza Province, Argentina". Journal of Paleontology. 94 (3): 387–416. Bibcode:2020JPal...94..387G. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.1. S2CID216505978.
^ abRobert Noll; Lutz Kunzmann (2020). "Diversity in fossil Araucaria Juss.: new species from the Middle Jurassic Jaramillo Petrified Forests in Santa Cruz province, Argentina". Palaeontographica Abteilung B. 301 (1–3): 3–75. Bibcode:2020PalAB.301....3N. doi:10.1127/palb/2020/0070. S2CID224978809.
^Gongle Shi; Haomin Li; Andrew B. Leslie; Zhiyan Zhou (2020). "Araucaria bract-scale complex and associated foliage from the early-middle Eocene of Antarctica and their implications for Gondwanan biogeography". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. 32 (2): 164–173. Bibcode:2020HBio...32..164S. doi:10.1080/08912963.2018.1472255. S2CID89662557.
^L.C.A. Martínez; E. Pacheco Huacallo; R.R. Pujana; H. Padula (2020). "A new megaflora (leaves and reproductive structures) from the Huancané Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Peru". Cretaceous Research. 110: Article number 104426. Bibcode:2020CrRes.11004426M. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104426. S2CID213340202.
^Zikun Jiang; Hao Wu; Ning Tian; Yongdong Wang; Aowei Xie (2020). "A new species of conifer wood Brachyoxylon from the Cretaceous of Eastern China and its paleoclimate significance". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. 33 (10): 1989–1995. doi:10.1080/08912963.2020.1755282. S2CID219088846.
^Maria Edenilce P. Batista; Lutz Kunzman; Artur A. A. Sá; Antônio Álamo F. Saraiva; Maria Iracema B. Loiola (2020). "A new species of Brachyphyllum from the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Araripe Basin, Brazil". Ameghiniana. 57 (6): 519–533. doi:10.5710/AMGH.23.06.2020.3333. S2CID226545919.
^Jiří Kvaček; Mário Miguel Mendes (2020). "Callialastrobus sousai gen. et sp. nov., a new araucariaceous pollen cone from the Early Cretaceous of Catefica (Lusitanian Basin, western Portugal) bearing Callialasporites and Araucariacites pollen". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 283: Article 104313. Bibcode:2020RPaPa.28304313K. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2020.104313. S2CID225290387.
^Ünal Akkemik (2020). "A new fossil Cedrus species from the early Miocene of northwestern Turkey and its possible affinities". Palaeoworld. 30 (4): 746–756. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2020.12.003. S2CID230541679.
^Guoqing Xia; Ning Tian; Marc Philippe; Haisheng Yi; Chihua Wu; Gaojie Li; Zhiqiang Shi (2020). "Oldest Jurassic wood with Gondwanan affinities from the Middle Jurassic of Tibetan Plateau and its paleoclimatological and paleoecological significance". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 281: Article 104283. Bibcode:2020RPaPa.28104283X. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2020.104283. S2CID224930021.
^Ruth A. Stockey; Gar W. Rothwell; Brian A. Atkinson (2020). "Late Cretaceous diversification of cupressaceous conifers: a taiwanioid seed cone from the Eden Main, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 181 (5): 529–541. doi:10.1086/708383. S2CID218924040.
^César Ríos-Santos; Sergio R.S. Cevallos-Ferriz; R.R. Pujana (2020). "Cupressaceous woods in the Upper Cretaceous Cabullona Group in Fronteras, Sonora, Mexico". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 104: Article 102756. Bibcode:2020JSAES.10402756R. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102756. S2CID224884535.
^Mário Miguel Mendes; Jiří Kvaček (2020). "Friisia lusitanica gen. et sp. nov., a new podocarpaceous ovuliferous cone from the Lower Cretaceous of Lusitanian Basin, western Portugal". Cretaceous Research. 108: Article 104352. Bibcode:2020CrRes.10804352M. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104352. S2CID212921077.
^Andrey O. Frolov; Irina M. Mashchuk (2020). "Discovery of isolated leaves of Marskea (Taxaceae) in the Middle Jurassic sediments of Irkutsk Basin (East Siberia, Russia)". Phytotaxa. 449 (2): 164–172. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.449.2.4. S2CID225702863.
^ abLing-Qi Zhou; Cuo Peng; Peng Deng; Xiao-Qin Zhang; Guo-Lin Yang; Wen-Xiu Ren; Jun Wang; Xiao-Qiang Li; Shi-Bo Tuo; Bing Guo (2020). "New records of Early Cretaceous petrified wood in Yumen, northwestern Gansu Province, China and their palaeoclimatic implications". Palaeoworld. 30 (3): 503–514. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2020.08.002.
^Meng-Xiao Wu; Jian Huang; Tao Su; Qin Leng; Zhe-Kun Zhou (2020). "Tsuga seed cones from the late Paleogene of southwestern China and their biogeographical and paleoenvironmental implications". Palaeoworld. 29 (3): 617–628. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2019.07.005. S2CID199885815.
^Josefina Bodnar; Eduardo M. Morel; Eliana P. Coturel; Daniel G. Ganuza (2020). "New plant fossil records and biostratigraphic analysis from the Uspallata Group (Late Triassic) at Cacheuta Hill, Cuyo Basin, west-central Argentina". Geobios. 60: 3–27. Bibcode:2020Geobi..60....3B. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2020.04.002. S2CID219762016.
^Mário Miguel Mendes; Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen; Else Marie Friis (2020). "Battenispermum hirsutum gen. et sp. nov., a new Early Cretaceous seed from Portugal with chlamydospermous organisation". Cretaceous Research. 109: Article 104376. Bibcode:2020CrRes.10904376M. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104376. S2CID213898064.
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^Sheng-Hui Deng; Xiao-Ju Yang; Zhi-Yan Zhou (2020). "A new Ginkgo from the Lower Cretaceous of Liaoning, Northeast China and its evolutionary implications". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 283: Article 104315. Bibcode:2020RPaPa.28304315D. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2020.104315. S2CID225031049.
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