The fossils of 4 genera of Rhizophoraceae, Rhizophora, Kandelia, Ceriops and Bruguiera, distributed in the strata of Tertiary to Quaternary in Asia, Europe, Africa, Oceania and America: (1) the earliest fossil occurrence of Rhizophora pollen was in the Paleocene strata in India, but few fossils of Rhizophoraceae have been found in Paleocene strata worldwide. (2) In Eocene besides Rhizophora the fossils of Bruguiera, Ceriops and Kandelia occurred consecutively. Rhizophora was dispersed to France in Early Eoc...