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.
Species
- †Fagus aburatoensis
- †Fagus alnitifolia
- †Fagus altaensis
- †Fagus ambigua
- †Fagus angusta
- †Fagus antipofii
- †Fagus aperta
- †Fagus arduinorum
- †Fagus aspera
- †Fagus aspera
- †Fagus atlantica
- †Fagus attenuata
- †Fagus aurelianii
- †Fagus australis
- †Fagus betulifolia
- †Fagus bonnevillensis
- †Fagus castaneifolia
- †Fagus celastrifolia
- †Fagus ceretana
- †Fagus chamaephegos
- †Fagus chankaica
- †Fagus chiericii
- †Fagus chinensis
- †Fagus coalita
- †Fagus cordifolia
- †Fagus cretacea
- †Fagus decurrens
- †Fagus dentata
- †Fagus deucalionis
- †Fagus dubia
- †Fagus dubia
- †Fagus echinata
- †Fagus eocenica
- †Fagus etheridgei
- †Fagus ettingshausenii
- †Fagus europaea
- †Fagus evenensis
- †Fagus faujasii
- †Fagus feroniae
- †Fagus florinii
- †Fagus forumlivii
- †Fagus friedrichii
- †Fagus gortanii
- †Fagus grandifoliiformis
- †Fagus gussonii
- †Fagus haidingeri
- †Fagus herthae
- †Fagus hitchcockii
- †Fagus hondoensis
- †Fagus hookeri
- †Fagus horrida
- †Fagus humata
- †Fagus idahoensis
- †Fagus inaequalis
- †Fagus incerta
- †Fagus integrifolia
- †Fagus intermedia
- †Fagus irvajamensis
- †Fagus japoniciformis
- †Fagus japonicoides
- †Fagus jobanensis
- †Fagus jonesii
- †Fagus juliae
- †Fagus kitamiensis
- †Fagus koraica
- †Fagus kraeuselii
- †Fagus kuprianoviae
- †Fagus lancifolia
- †Fagus langevinii
- †Fagus laptoneura
- †Fagus latissima
- †Fagus leptoneuron
- †Fagus macrophylla
- †Fagus maorica
- †Fagus marsillii
- †Fagus menzelii
- †Fagus microcarpa
- †Fagus miocenica
- †Fagus napanensis
- †Fagus nelsonica
- †Fagus oblonga
- †Fagus oblonga
- †Fagus obscura
- †Fagus olejnikovii
- †Fagus orbiculatum
- †Fagus orientaliformis
- †Fagus orientalis var fossilis
- †Fagus orientalis var palibinii
- †Fagus pacifica
- †Fagus palaeococcus
- †Fagus palaeocrenata
- †Fagus palaeograndifolia
- †Fagus palaeojaponica
- †Fagus pittmanii
- †Fagus pliocaenica
- †Fagus pliocenica
- †Fagus polycladus
- †Fagus praelucida
- †Fagus praeninnisiana
- †Fagus praeulmifolia
- †Fagus prisca
- †Fagus pristina
- †Fagus producta
- †Fagus protojaponica
- †Fagus protolongipetiolata
- †Fagus protonucifera
- †Fagus pseudoferruginea
- †Fagus pygmaea
- †Fagus pyrrhae
- †Fagus salnikovii
- †Fagus sanctieugeniensis
- †Fagus saxonica
- †Fagus schofieldii
- †Fagus septembris
- †Fagus shagiana
- †Fagus stuxbergii
- †Fagus subferruginea
- †Fagus succinea
- †Fagus sylvatica var diluviana
- †Fagus sylvatica var pliocenica
- †Fagus tenella
- †Fagus uemurae
- †Fagus uotanii
- †Fagus vivianii
- †''Fagus washoensis''
Species formerly in the genus
Fossil species formerly placed in the genus Fagus include:- †Alnus paucinervis
- †Castanea abnormalis
- †Fagopsis longifolia
- †Fagopsis undulata
- †Fagoxylon grandiporosum
- †Fagus-pollenites parvifossilis
- †Juglans ginannii
- †Nothofagaphyllites novae-zealandiae
- †Nothofagus benthamii
- †Nothofagus dicksonii
- †Nothofagus lendenfeldii
- †Nothofagus luehmannii
- †Nothofagus magelhaenica
- †Nothofagus maidenii
- †Nothofagus muelleri
- †Nothofagus ninnisiana
- †Nothofagus risdoniana
- †Nothofagus ulmifolia
- †Nothofagus wilkinsonii
- †''Trigonobalanus minima''