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Fagopsis is an extinct genus of beech relative in the family Fagaceae with two accepted species – Fagopsis longifolia and Fagopsis undulata. It has been found in fossil strata ranging in age between the Early Eocene to the Late Eocene or Early Oligocene in British Columbia, Colorado, Montana, and Washington. Several other species were formerly placed in the genus, but later removed because of insufficient associated fossils.
Fagopsis has been identified from a number of fossil sites in western North America. The type species, Fagopsis longifolia, is restricted to the late Eocene, Priabonian Florissant Formation of Colorado. Early reports of the species from other localities have been discredited, with the taxa reidentified to other genera or are in need of reassessment.
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