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Brachyphyllaceae

Coniferales - Brachyphyllaceae

Taxonomy
Brachyphyllaceae is a family.

It was assigned to Coniferales by Berry (1914), Knowlton (1919).

Subtaxa
Brachyoxylon
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2020-08-06

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Brachyphyllaceae Berry p. 21
1919Brachyphyllaceae Knowlton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
subphylumEuphyllophytina
—Radiatopses
RankNameAuthor
—Lignophytia
—Spermatophytata
phylumGymnospermae
orderConiferales
familyBrachyphyllaceae
familyBrachyphyllaceae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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G. †Brachyoxylon Hollick and Jeffrey 1909
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†Brachyoxylon currumilii Bodnar et al. 2013
†Brachyoxylon notabile Hollick and Jeffrey 1909
†Brachyoxylon patagonicum Rombola et al. 2022
†Brachyoxylon raritanense Torrey 1923
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"superp
Created: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Modified: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Source: superp = superphylum
Reference: Kenrick and Crane 1997

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Paleocene or 180.40000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian - Early/Lower Bajocian180.4 - 168.6Argentina (Chubut) Brachyoxylon currumilii (75891)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France Brachyoxylon sp. (31317 31318 31327) Brachyoxylon trautii (31323)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06France (Poitou-Charentes) Brachyoxylon sp. (164377)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Valenciana) Brachyoxylon sp. (61327)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Argentina (Santa Cruz) Brachyoxylon sp. (151295 151299 151300)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) Brachyoxylon patagonicum (235046 235047)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9France (Charente-Maritime) Brachyoxylon sp. (107076)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Poitou-Charentes) Brachyoxylon sp. (65422)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Argentina (Santa Cruz) Brachyoxylon patagonicum (232635)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Brachyoxylon currumilii (241267 241269)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) Brachyoxylon raritanense (172212)