Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
Parent taxon: Fagaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Chauhan 1991, Lakhanpal et al. 1976, Liu et al. 1996 and MacGinitie 1941
Sister taxa: Amentogerdiopollenites, Amplobalanus, Antiquacupula, Carpinites, Castanea, Castaneophyllum, Castanoxylon, Cupuliferoipollenites, Dryobalanus, Fagophyllum, Fagopsis, Fagoxylon, Fagus, Galla, Lithocarpus, Nephelites, Parafagus, Parvobalanus, Pasania, Pasianopsis, Protofagacea, Pseudofagus, Quercinium, Querciphyllum, Quercophyllum, Quercoxylon, Quercus
Subtaxa: Castanopsis ceratacantha Castanopsis fissa Castanopsis indica Castanopsis longipetiolatum Castanopsis perplexa Castanopsis rothwellii Castanopsis tribuloides
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (1 collection), India (1), Japan (1)
• Pliocene of China (4), Portugal (2), United States (1: Nevada)
• Miocene to Pliocene of India (1), Japan (1)
• Miocene of China (6), Germany (10), Japan (1), Poland (1), United States (2: California, Washington)
• Neogene of China (1)
• Oligocene to Eocene of United States (1: Oregon)
• Eocene of Argentina (1), United States (13: California, Oregon, Washington)
Total: 48 collections including 55 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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