Coryloides
| Coryloides Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| C. hancockii fossil, National Museum of Natural History | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Betulaceae |
| Subfamily: | Coryloideae |
| Genus: | †Coryloides Manchester |
| Species: | †C. hancockii |
| Binomial name | |
| †Coryloides hancockii Manchester | |
Coryloides is an extinct genus of flowering plants in the hazelnut family, Betulaceae, containing the single species Coryloides hancockii. The species is solely known from the middle Eocene sediments exposed in north central Oregon and was first described from a series of isolated fossil nuts in cherts.