Brachyphyllum

Brachyphyllum Temporal range: Carboniferous-Late Cretaceous ~300–66 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
(unranked):	Gymnosperms
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]

Brachyphyllum {meaning "short leaf") 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]

List of Species[]

• † B. yorkense
• † B. castatum
• † B. castilhoi
• † B. punctatum
• † B. sattlerae - a taxon from the Crato Formation of Brazil, named after the palaebotanist Ellie Sattler from the Jurassic Park franchise.

Location of palaeontological sites[]

• In Paleorrota geopark in Brazil; Upper Triassic period, the Caturrita Formation^[4]
• The Caballos Formation of Tolima, Colombia^[5]
• The El Plan Formation of the Department of Francisco Morazan, Honduras
• The Crato Formation of Brazil ^[6]

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Monje Durán, Camila; Camila Martínez; Ignacio Escapa, and Santiago Madriñán. 2016. Nuevos registros de helechos y coníferas del Cretácico Inferior en la cuenca del Valle Superior del Magdalena, Colombia. Boletín de Geología, Universidad Industrial de Santander 38. 29–42. Accessed 2017-03-31.
• Gee, Carole T. (2010). Plants in Mesozoic Time: Morphological Innovations, Phylogeny, Ecosystems. Indiana University Press. pp. 25–. ISBN 978-0-253-00199-3.