List of fossil beech species

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

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. ^ a b "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.