The fossil history of the Fagaceae from China and its systematic and biogeographic implications are discussed based on revisionary studies of the fossil records.

• 在收集整理现有壳斗科化石资料的基础上，讨论了壳斗科及其各属的起源时间、地史分布和地史演替过程以及这些化石资料在系统学和植物地理学上的意义。