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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.

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Brachyphyllum
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Brachyphyllum
start time
300000000-
end time
66000000-0
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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. hondurense †B. mamillare †B. punctatum †B. sattlerae named after the fictional palaebotanist Ellie Sattler from the Jurassic Park franchise. †B. japonicum †B. dimorpha

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