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]

Fagus langevinii, Ypresian, Eocene Okanagan Highlands, North America

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