The authors studied the fossil plants collected from Yangliantun formation in Shenbei Coalfield of Liaoning

considered that they belong to the late stage of Early Tertiary (i e Oligocene)

and discussed the relationship between the Shenbei flora and the Fushun flora. Fossil plants are listed as follows: Metasequoia disticha (Heer) Miki

Sequoia chinensis Endo emend Wang et Li

Taxodium tinajorum Heer

Magnolia sp

Cinnamomum naitoanum Huzioka et Takahasi

Schisandra fushunensis Li

Trochodendron sp

Cercidiphyllum arcticum (Heer)Brown

Hamamelites inaequalis (Newberry)Brown

Celtis peracuminata Brown

Dryophyllum fushunense Chen et Wang

Quercus sp

Betula dissecta Tao

B fushunensis Chen

Carpinus sp

Populus sp

Salix sp

Firmiana sp etc .The discovery of this flora is important for furth study on distribution and evolution of fossil Hamamelididae.