Brachyphyllum

Brachyphyllum is a form genus of fossil coniferous plant foliage. Plants of the genus have been variously assigned to several different conifer groups including Araucariaceae and Cheirolepidiaceae.[3] They are known from around the globe from the Late Carboniferous to the Late Cretaceous periods.[1]

Brachyphyllum
Temporal range: Carboniferous-Late Cretaceous
~300–66 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Araucariaceae
Genus: Brachyphyllum
A. T. Brongniart 1828 [1]
Species
  • B. castatum
  • B. castilhoi
  • B. punctatum
  • B. sattlerae[2]

List of Species

Location of palaeontological sites

References

  1. Brachyphyllum in the Paleobiology Database
  2. doi: 10.5710/AMGH.23.06.2020.3333
  3. Taylor, Edith L.; Taylor, Thomas N.; Krings, Michael (2009). Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. Academic Press. pp. 833–834, 844–845, 848. ISBN 9780080557830.
  4. Programa Levantamentos Geológicos Básicos Do Brasil (Agudo)
  5. Monje et al., 2016, p.38
  6. Maria Edenilce P. Batista; Lutz Kunzman; Artur A. A. Sá; Antônio Álamo F. Saraiva; Maria Iracema B. Loiola (2020). "A new species of Brachyphyllum from the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Araripe Basin, Brazil". Ameghiniana. 57 (6): 519–533. doi:10.5710/AMGH.23.06.2020.3333.

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