Plant - Brachyphyllum obesum (Conifer)
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ITEM# PLANT-Brazil-0005
$500.00
$500.00
Lower Cretaceous
Santana Formation
Crato Member, Brazil
ITEM# PLANT-Brazil-0005
Rarely seen plant specimen Brachyphyllum nepos from the Crato Member of the Santana Formation. Brachyphyllum nepos is a member of the Order Pinales, Family Araucariaceae.
Brachyphyllum is a genus of coniferous plant found in rocks ranging from Jurassic to Middle Cretaceous and having appressed, scalelike, relatively short and broad leaves.
The distinguishing characteristic of the Order Pinales is the reproductive structure known as a cone produced by all Pinales. All of the extant conifers, such as cedar, celery-pine, cypress, fir, juniper, larch, pine, redwood, spruce, and yew.
The Araucariaceae, commonly referred to as araucarians, are a very ancient family of coniferous trees. The group achieved its maximum diversity in the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, when it was distributed almost worldwide. At the end of the Cretaceous, when the non-avian dinosaurs became extinct, so did most of the Araucariaceae in the Northern Hemisphere. At least one genus, possibly Agathis, survived into the Eocene.
These fossils are getting very scarce to come by, especially the larger plates.
This plant measures approximately 3 1/2 inches long on a matrix measuring 5 inches by 7 1/2 inches.
Santana Formation
Crato Member, Brazil
ITEM# PLANT-Brazil-0005
Rarely seen plant specimen Brachyphyllum nepos from the Crato Member of the Santana Formation. Brachyphyllum nepos is a member of the Order Pinales, Family Araucariaceae.
Brachyphyllum is a genus of coniferous plant found in rocks ranging from Jurassic to Middle Cretaceous and having appressed, scalelike, relatively short and broad leaves.
The distinguishing characteristic of the Order Pinales is the reproductive structure known as a cone produced by all Pinales. All of the extant conifers, such as cedar, celery-pine, cypress, fir, juniper, larch, pine, redwood, spruce, and yew.
The Araucariaceae, commonly referred to as araucarians, are a very ancient family of coniferous trees. The group achieved its maximum diversity in the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, when it was distributed almost worldwide. At the end of the Cretaceous, when the non-avian dinosaurs became extinct, so did most of the Araucariaceae in the Northern Hemisphere. At least one genus, possibly Agathis, survived into the Eocene.
These fossils are getting very scarce to come by, especially the larger plates.
This plant measures approximately 3 1/2 inches long on a matrix measuring 5 inches by 7 1/2 inches.