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Brachyphyllum
Taxonomy
Brachyphyllum was named by Brongniart (1828). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.
It was assigned to Brachyphyllaceae by Berry (1914) and Knowlton (1919); to Coniferales by Andrews (1970), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chandra and Tewari (1991), Upchurch et al. (1994) and Ash (1999); and to Araucariaceae by Batista et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Brachyphyllaceae by Berry (1914) and Knowlton (1919); to Coniferales by Andrews (1970), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chandra and Tewari (1991), Upchurch et al. (1994) and Ash (1999); and to Araucariaceae by Batista et al. (2020).
Species
B. bansaensis, B. brevifolia, B. comancheanum, B. crassicaule, B. eikaiostomum, B. expansum (syn. Pachyphyllum heterophyllum), B. florinii, B. kachaikensis, B. macrocarpum (syn. Thuites crassus), B. mamillare, B. pantii, B. parceramosum (syn. B. texense), B. regularis, B. rhombicum, B. rhomboidalis, B. royii, B. sattlerae, B. sehoraensis, B. spiroxylum, B. suryanarayanaii, B. theraniense, B. yorkense
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1828 | Brachyphyllum Brongniart p. 109 |
| 1914 | Brachyphyllum Berry p. 21 |
| 1919 | Brachyphyllum Knowlton |
| 1970 | Brachyphyllum Andrews |
| 1976 | Brachyphyllum Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1991 | Brachyphyllum Chandra and Tewari |
| 1994 | Brachyphyllum Upchurch et al. |
| 1999 | Brachyphyllum Ash |
| 2020 | Brachyphyllum Batista et al. p. 522 |
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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.
G. †Brachyphyllum Brongniart 1828
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†Brachyphyllum bansaensis Sukh-Dev and Bose 1974
†Brachyphyllum brevifolia Srivastava et al. 1984
†Brachyphyllum comancheanum Ash 1999
†Brachyphyllum crassicaule Fontaine
†Brachyphyllum eikaiostomum Sukh-Dev and Bose 1974
†Brachyphyllum expansum Sternberg 1876
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Invalid names: Pachyphyllum heterophyllum Feistmantel 1879 [synonym]
†Brachyphyllum florinii Vishnu-Mittre 1959
†Brachyphyllum kachaikensis Passalia 2007
†Brachyphyllum macrocarpum Newberry 1896
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Invalid names: Thuites crassus Lesquereux 1883 [synonym]
†Brachyphyllum mamillare Brongniart 1828
†Brachyphyllum pantii Srivastava and Nautiyal 1982
†Brachyphyllum parceramosum Fontaine 1890
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Invalid names: Brachyphyllum texense Fontaine 1893 [synonym]
†Brachyphyllum regularis Borkar and Chiplonkar 1973
†Brachyphyllum rhombicum Feistmantel 1877
†Brachyphyllum rhomboidalis Srivastava et al. 1984
†Brachyphyllum royii Bose and Banerji 1984
†Brachyphyllum sattlerae Batista et al. 2020
†Brachyphyllum sehoraensis Bose and Maheshwari 1973
†Brachyphyllum spiroxylum Bose 1952
†Brachyphyllum suryanarayanaii Sukh-Dev and Bose 1974
†Brachyphyllum theraniense Sukh-Dev and Bose 1974
†Brachyphyllum yorkense Fontaine 1900
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Pleistocene or 290.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (323 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carboniferous - Permian | USA (Arizona) | B. arizonieum, B. tenue (11999) | |
| Sakmarian - Artinskian | USA (New Mexico) | B. sp. (22746) | |
| Sakmarian - Kungurian | USA (Texas) | B. densum (11148) | |
| Sakmarian - Kungurian | USA (New Mexico) | B. sp. (11159) | |
| Artinskian | Australia (Western Australia) | B. sp. 1 (29448) | |
| Artinskian - Kungurian | USA (Arizona) | B. arizonicum, B. tenue (11150) | |
| Capitanian - Wuchiapingian | Madagascar | B. sp. 1 (30281) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | China (Guangdong) | B. sp. 1 (30041) | |
| Ladinian | Italy (Dolomites) | B. sp. (24697) | |
| Ladinian - Norian | France (Savoie) | B. sp. (24672) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Canada (British Columbia) | B. douglasi (35009) | |
| Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian | USA (Georgia) | B. macrocarpum (28321) | |
| Santonian - Campanian | Greenland | B. macrocarpum (23417) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | Canada (Alberta) | B. douglasi (35093) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian - Campanian | USA (North Carolina) | B. squammosum, B. sp. (29010) | |
| Campanian | USA (South Carolina) | B. macrocarpum (210091) | |
| Campanian | USA (North Carolina) | B. squamosum (28410) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Wyoming) | B. crassum (27135 27314 27315 27366) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Mendoza) | B. sp. (168549) | |
| Pleistocene | India (Kashmir) | B. sp. (224613) | |