List of fossil beech species

Fagus langevinii , Ypresian, Eocene Okanagan Highlands, North America

Numerous species of beech, in the genus Fagus, have been named globally from the fossil record spanning from the Cretaceous to the Pleistocene. ^[1]

Species

• † Fagus aburatoensis Tanai, 1951 ^[2]
• † Fagus alnitifolia Hollick ^[3]
• † Fagus altaensis Kornilova & Rajushkina, 1979
• † Fagus ambigua (Massalongo) Massalongo, 1853
• † Fagus angusta Andreánszky, 1959
• † Fagus antipofii Heer, 1858
• † Fagus aperta Andreánszky, 1959
• † Fagus arduinorum Massalongo, 1858
• † Fagus aspera (Berry) Brown, 1944
• † Fagus aspera Chelebaeva, 2005 (jr homonym)
• † Fagus atlantica Unger, 1847
• † Fagus attenuata Göppert, 1855
• † Fagus aurelianii Marion & Laurent, 1895
• † Fagus australis Oliver, 1936
• † Fagus betulifolia Massalongo, 1858
• † Fagus bonnevillensis Chaney, 1920
• † Fagus castaneifolia Unger, 1847
• † Fagus celastrifolia Ettingshausen, 1887
• † Fagus ceretana (Rérolle) Saporta, 1892
• † Fagus chamaephegos Unger, 1861
• † Fagus chankaica Alexeenko, 1977
• † Fagus chiericii Massalongo, 1858
• † Fagus chinensis Li, 1978
• † Fagus coalita Rylova, 1996
• † Fagus cordifolia Heer, 1883
• † Fagus cretacea Newberry, 1868
• † Fagus decurrens Reid & Reid, 1915
• † Fagus dentata Göppert, 1855
• † Fagus deucalionis Unger, 1847
• † Fagus dubia Mirb, 1822
• † Fagus dubia Watelet, 1866 (jr homonym)
• † Fagus echinata Chelebaeva, 2005
• † Fagus eocenica Watelet, 1866
• † Fagus etheridgei Ettingshausen, 1891
• † Fagus ettingshausenii Velenovský, 1881
• † Fagus europaea Schwarewa, 1960
• † Fagus evenensis Chelebaeva, 1980
• † Fagus faujasii Unger, 1850
• † Fagus feroniae Unger, 1845
• † Fagus florinii Huzioka & Takahashi, 1973
• † Fagus forumlivii Massalongo, 1853
• † Fagus friedrichii Grímsson & Denk, 2005
• † Fagus gortanii Fiori, 1940
• † Fagus grandifoliiformis Panova, 1966
• † Fagus gussonii Massalongo, 1858
• † Fagus haidingeri Kováts, 1856
• † Fagus herthae (Unger) Iljinskaja, 1964
• † Fagus hitchcockii Lesquereux, 1861
• † Fagus hondoensis (Watari) Watari, 1952
• † Fagus hookeri Ettingshausen, 1887
• † Fagus horrida Ludwig, 1858
• † Fagus humata Menge & Göppert, 1886
• † Fagus idahoensis Chaney & Axelrod, 1959
• † Fagus inaequalis Göppert, 1855
• † Fagus incerta (Massalongo) Massalongo, 1858
• † Fagus integrifolia Dusén, 1899
• † Fagus intermedia Nathorst, 1888
• † Fagus irvajamensis Chelebaeva, 1980
• † Fagus japoniciformis Ananova, 1974
• † Fagus japonicoides Miki, 1963
• † Fagus jobanensis Suzuki, 1961
• † Fagus jonesii Johnston, 1892
• † Fagus juliae Jakubovskaya, 1975
• † Fagus kitamiensis Tanai, 1995
• † Fagus koraica Huzioka, 1951
• † Fagus kraeuselii Kvaček & Walther, 1991
• † Fagus kuprianoviae Rylova, 1996
• † Fagus lancifolia Heer, 1868 (nomen nudum)
• † Fagus langevinii Manchester & Dillhoff, 2004 ^[4]
• † Fagus laptoneura Ettingshausen, 1895
• † Fagus latissima Andreánszky, 1959
• † Fagus leptoneuron Ettingshausen, 1893
• † Fagus macrophylla Unger, 1854
• † Fagus maorica Oliver, 1936
• † Fagus marsillii Massalongo, 1858
• † Fagus menzelii Kvaček & Walther, 1991
• † Fagus microcarpa Miki, 1933
• † Fagus miocenica Ananova, 1974
• † Fagus napanensis Iljinskaja, 1982
• † Fagus nelsonica Ettingshausen, 1887
• † Fagus oblonga Suzuki, 1959
• † Fagus oblonga Andreánszky, 1959
• † Fagus obscura Dusén, 1908
• † Fagus olejnikovii Pavlyutkin, 2015
• † Fagus orbiculatum Lesquereux, 1892
• † Fagus orientaliformis Kul'kova
• †Fagus orientalis var fossilis Kryshtofovich & Baikovskaja, 1951
• †Fagus orientalis var palibinii Iljinskaja, 1982
• † Fagus pacifica Chaney, 1927
• † Fagus palaeococcus Unger, 1847
• † Fagus palaeocrenata Okutsu, 1955
• † Fagus palaeograndifolia Pavlyutkin, 2002
• † Fagus palaeojaponica Tanai & Onoe, 1961
• † Fagus pittmanii Deane, 1902
• † Fagus pliocaenica Geyler & Kinkelin, 1887 (jr homonym)
• † Fagus pliocenica Saporta, 1882
• † Fagus polycladus Lesquereux, 1868
• † Fagus praelucida Li, 1982
• † Fagus praeninnisiana Ettingshausen, 1893
• † Fagus praeulmifolia Ettingshausen, 1893
• † Fagus prisca Ettingshausen, 1867
• † Fagus pristina Saporta, 1867
• † Fagus producta Ettingshausen, 1887
• † Fagus protojaponica Suzuki, 1959
• † Fagus protolongipetiolata Huzioka, 1951
• † Fagus protonucifera Dawson, 1884
• † Fagus pseudoferruginea Lesquereux, 1878
• † Fagus pygmaea Unger, 1861
• † Fagus pyrrhae Unger, 1854
• † Fagus salnikovii Fotjanova, 1988
• † Fagus sanctieugeniensis Hollick, 1927
• † Fagus saxonica Kvaček & Walther, 1991
• † Fagus schofieldii Mindell, Stockey, & Beard, 2009
• † Fagus septembris Chelebaeva, 1991
• † Fagus shagiana Ettingshausen, 1891
• † Fagus stuxbergii Tanai, 1976
• † Fagus subferruginea Wilf et al., 2005 ^[5]
• † Fagus succinea Göppert & Menge, 1853
• †Fagus sylvatica var diluviana Saporta, 1892
• †Fagus sylvatica var pliocenica Saporta, 1873
• † Fagus tenella Panova, 1966
• † Fagus uemurae Tanai, 1995
• † Fagus uotanii Huzioka, 1951
• † Fagus vivianii Unger, 1850
• † Fagus washoensis LaMotte, 1936

Species formerly in the genus

Fagopsis undulata from the Early Eocene of Wyoming

Fossil species formerly placed in the genus Fagus include: ^[1]

• † Alnus paucinervis (Borsuk) Iljinskaja
• † Castanea abnormalis (Fotjanova) Iljinskaja
• † Fagopsis longifolia (Lesquereux) Hollick
• † Fagopsis undulata (Knowlton) Wolfe & Wehr
• † Fagoxylon grandiporosum (Beyer) Süss
• † Fagus-pollenites parvifossilis (Traverse) Potonié
• † Juglans ginannii Massalongo (formerly Fagus ginannii)
• † Nothofagaphyllites novae-zealandiae (Oliver) Campbell
• † Nothofagus benthamii (Ettingshausen) Paterson
• † Nothofagus dicksonii (Dusén) Tanai
• † Nothofagus lendenfeldii (Ettingshausen) Oliver
• † Nothofagus luehmannii (Deane) Paterson
• † Nothofagus magelhaenica (Ettingshausen) Dusén
• † Nothofagus maidenii (Deane) Chapman
• † Nothofagus muelleri (Ettingshausen) Paterson
• † Nothofagus ninnisiana (Unger) Oliver
• † Nothofagus risdoniana (Ettingshausen) Paterson
• † Nothofagus ulmifolia (Ettingshausen) Oliver
• † Nothofagus wilkinsonii (Ettingshausen) Paterson
• † Trigonobalanus minima (M. Chandler) Mai

References

1. "Fagus". The International Fossil Plant Names Index. Retrieved 6 Feb 2023.
2. Tanai, T. "Des fossiles végétaux dans le bassin houiller de Nishitagawa, Préfecture de Yamagata, Japon". Japanese Journal of Geology and Geography. 22: 119–135.
3. Brown, R. W. (1937). Additions to some fossil floras of the Western United States (PDF) (Report). Professional Paper. Vol. 186. United States Geological Survey. pp. 163–206. doi:10.3133/pp186J.
4. Manchester, S. R.; Dillhoff, R. M. (2004). "Fagus (Fagaceae) fruits, foliage, and pollen from the Middle Eocene of Pacific Northwestern North America". Canadian Journal of Botany. 82 (10): 1509–1517. Bibcode:2004CaJB...82.1509M. doi:10.1139/b04-112.
5. Wilf, P.; Johnson, K.R.; Cúneo, N.R.; Smith, M.E.; Singer, B.S.; Gandolfo, M.A. (2005). "Eocene Plant Diversity at Laguna del Hunco and Río Pichileufú, Patagonia, Argentina". The American Naturalist . 165 (6): 634–650. Bibcode:2005ANat..165..634W. doi:10.1086/430055. PMID   15937744. S2CID   3209281 . Retrieved 2019-02-22.