“…Although Zanthoxylum has an excellent fossil record in European and North American countries (e.g., Chandler, 1964;Gregor, 1977Gregor, , 1978Gregor, , 1989Mai and Walther, 1978;Tiffney, 1980Tiffney, , 1994Gregor and Hantke, 1983;Ła ncuckaSrodoniowa, 1984;Van der Burgh, 1987;Martinetto et al, 1997Martinetto et al, , 2014, and Japan (e.g., Miki, 1937Miki, , 1941, it has scarce fossils reported from China. To date, only two fossil occurrences of Zanthoxylum have been documented in this country.…”