Pagiophyllum

Pagiophyllum 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.[1] They were found around the globe during the Carboniferous to the Cretaceous period.[2][3]

Pagiophyllum
Temporal range: Carboniferous to Late Cretaceous
Pagiophyllum sp. fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Araucariaceae
Genus: Pagiophyllum
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Species
  • P. astrachanense
  • P. dubium
  • P. foetterlei
  • P. sandbergii
  • P. sternergianum
  • P. steenstrupi

Location of palaeontological sites

References

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