Brachyphyllum

Brachyphyllum
Temporal range: Carboniferous-Late Cretaceous
~300–66 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: †Cheirolepidiaceae
Genus: †Brachyphyllum
A. T. Brongniart 1828[1]
Species
  • †B. castatum
  • †B. castilhoi
  • †B. punctatum
  • †B. sattlerae[2]
  • †B. japonicum[3]
  • †B. dimorpha

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.[4] They are known from around the globe from the Late Carboniferous to the Late Cretaceous periods.[1] B. sattlerae was named after the fictional palaebotanist Ellie Sattler from the Jurassic Park franchise.[2]

  1. ^ a b Brachyphyllum in the Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ a b Batista, Maria E. P.; Kunzmann, Lutz; Sá, Artur A.; Saraiva, Antônio Á. F.; Loiola, Maria I. B. (2020). "A New Species of Brachyphyllum from the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Araripe Basin, Brazil". Ameghiniana. 57 (6). doi:10.5710/AMGH.23.06.2020.3333. S2CID 226545919.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kimetal2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ 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.