Brachyphyllum

Brachyphyllum Temporal range: Carboniferous-Late Cretaceous ~
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Pinales
Family:	†Cheirolepidiaceae
Genus:	†Brachyphyllum A. T. Brongniart 1828
Species
† B. castatum † B. castilhoi † B. punctatum † B. sattlerae † B. japonicum

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. They are known from around the globe from the Late Carboniferous to the Late Cretaceous periods.

List of species

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

Location of palaeontological sites

• In Paleorrota geopark in Brazil; Upper Triassic period, the Caturrita Formation
• The Caballos Formation of Tolima, Colombia
• The El Plan Formation of the Department of Francisco Morazan, Honduras
• The Crato Formation of Brazil
• The Hasandong Formation and Jinju Formation of South Korea

References

Bibliography

• Monje Durán, Camila; Martínez, Camila; Escapa, Ignacio; Madriñán, Santiago (2016). "Nuevos registros de helechos y coníferas del Cretácico Inferior en la cuenca del Valle Superior del Magdalena, Colombia" (PDF). Boletín de Geología, Universidad Industrial de Santander. 38: 29–42. Retrieved 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.