''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 Araucariaceae – also known as araucarians – is an extremely ancient family of coniferous trees. The family achieved its maximum diversity during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and the early Cenozoic, when it was distributed almost worldw ...

and

Cheirolepidiaceae Cheirolepidiaceae is an extinct family of conifers. They first appeared in the Triassic, and were widespread during most of the Mesozoic era. They are united by the possession of a distinctive pollen type assigned to the form genus '' Classopolli ...

. They are known from around the globe from the

Late Carboniferous Late may refer to: * LATE, an acronym which could stand for: ** Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy, a proposed form of dementia ** Local-authority trading enterprise, a New Zealand business law ** Local average treatment effect, ...

to the

Late Cretaceous The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''creta'', the ...

periods.''Brachyphyllum''
in the

Paleobiology Database The Paleobiology Database is an online resource for information on the distribution and classification of fossil animals, plants, and microorganisms. History The Paleobiology Database (PBDB) originated in the NCEAS-funded Phanerozoic Marine Pale ...

List of species

* † ''B. yorkense'' * † ''B. castatum'' * † ''B. castilhoi'' * † ''B. punctatum'' * † ''B. sattlerae'' - a taxon from the

Crato Formation The Crato Formation is a geologic formation of Early Cretaceous ( Aptian) age in northeastern Brazil's Araripe Basin. It is an important Lagerstätte (undisturbed fossil accumulation) for palaeontologists. The strata were laid down mostly duri ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

, named after the fictional palaebotanist

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from the

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franchise. * † ''B. japonicum''

Location of palaeontological sites

* In Paleorrota geopark in

;

Upper Triassic The Late Triassic is the third and final epoch of the Triassic Period in the geologic time scale, spanning the time between Ma and Ma (million years ago). It is preceded by the Middle Triassic Epoch and followed by the Early Jurassic Epoch. ...

period, the

Caturrita Formation The Caturrita Formation is a rock formation found in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Its sediments were deposited in the Paraná Basin. The formation is from the Upper Triassic and forms part of the Santa Maria Supersequence in the upper section of th ...

* The Caballos Formation of Tolima, ColombiaMonje et al., 2016, p.38 * The El Plan Formation of the Department of Francisco Morazan, Honduras *The Crato Formation of Brazil *The

Hasandong Formation The Hasandong Formation () is an Early Cretaceous ( Aptian to Albian) geologic formation in South Korea. It has been dated to the late Aptian and earliest Albian, between 118.0 ± 2.6 Ma and 112.4 ± 1.3 Ma. Dinosaur remains diagnostic ...

and Jinju Formation of South Korea

References

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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q13860841 Araucariaceae Prehistoric gymnosperm genera Carboniferous first appearances Induan genera Olenekian genera Anisian genera Ladinian genera Carnian genera Norian genera Rhaetian genera Hettangian genera Sinemurian genera Pliensbachian genera Toarcian genera Aalenian genera Bajocian genera Bathonian genera Callovian genera Oxfordian genera Kimmeridgian genera Tithonian genera Berriasian genera Valanginian genera Hauterivian genera Barremian genera Aptian genera Albian genera Cenomanian genera Late Cretaceous extinctions Paleozoic Africa Paleozoic life of Australia Paleozoic life of North America Mesozoic life of Africa Mesozoic Antarctica Mesozoic life of Asia Mesozoic Australia Mesozoic life of Europe Mesozoic life of North America Mesozoic life of South America Jurassic Argentina Cretaceous Argentina Jurassic Chile Cretaceous Colombia Fossil taxa described in 1828