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. They were found around the globe during the Carboniferous to the Cretaceous period.

Pagiophyllum

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AraucariaceaePBDB
Diet
"photoautotroph"PBDB, for Streptophyta

Time the record covers

At least 190 million years on record.

The record covers at least 274.4 Mya to 83.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 358.86 Mya to 72.2 Mya.

Devonian — about 0 of 355 occurrencesCarboniferous — about 1 of 355 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 3 of 355 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 1 of 355 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 4 of 355 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 21 of 355 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 60 of 355 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 121 of 355 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 95 of 355 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 43 of 355 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 5 of 355 occurrencesLate Cretaceous365–355 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences355–345 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences345–335 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences335–325 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences325–315 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences315–305 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences305–295 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences295–285 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences285–275 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences275–265 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences265–255 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences255–245 Mya — about 3 occurrences245–235 Mya — about 5 occurrences235–225 Mya — about 8 occurrences225–216 Mya — about 5 occurrences216–206 Mya — about 5 occurrences206–196 Mya — about 21 occurrences196–186 Mya — about 21 occurrences186–176 Mya — about 17 occurrences176–166 Mya — about 95 occurrences166–156 Mya — about 56 occurrences156–146 Mya — about 56 occurrences146–136 Mya — about 15 occurrences136–126 Mya — about 6 occurrences126–116 Mya — about 13 occurrences116–106 Mya — about 15 occurrences106–96 Mya — about 7 occurrences96–86 Mya — about 1 occurrence86–76 Mya — about 2 occurrences76–66 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences274.4 Mya83.6 Mya365 Mya66 Mya

355 occurrences of Pagiophyllum on record, most of them in the Middle Jurassic. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

355 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

128 formations

Cloughton — 54.30°N, 0.40°WCloughton — 54.17°N, 0.25°WJabalpur — 22.50°N, 78.50°EJabalpur — 23.11°N, 80.13°EJabalpur — 23.77°N, 81.47°EJabalpur — 23.78°N, 81.45°EJabalpur — 22.61°N, 78.04°EJabalpur — 23.18°N, 79.95°EBhuj — 23.28°N, 69.36°EBhuj — 23.37°N, 69.71°EBhuj — 23.08°N, 69.32°EBhuj — 23.48°N, 69.27°EBhuj — 23.32°N, 69.77°EBhuj — 23.18°N, 69.38°EScalby — 54.30°N, 0.40°WSteierdorf — 45.08°N, 21.85°EGangapur — 19.27°N, 79.43°EGangapur — 18.81°N, 78.36°EGangapur — 19.41°N, 79.18°EChinle — 35.20°N, 108.20°WChinle — 37.70°N, 110.40°WChinle — 36.10°N, 106.20°WCow Branch — 36.50°N, 80.50°WCow Branch — 36.54°N, 79.67°WIlek Suite — 50.80°N, 56.50°EIlek Suite — 50.80°N, 56.20°ELower Saltwick — 54.30°N, 0.40°WEller Beck — 54.30°N, 0.40°WSaltwick — 54.30°N, 0.40°WMorrison — 47.00°N, 110.00°WMorrison — 47.10°N, 110.10°WMorrison — 39.24°N, 109.00°WMorrison — 44.13°N, 107.53°WMount Flora — 63.40°S, 57.00°WCiano — 3.87°S, 80.07°WScarborough — 54.30°N, 0.40°WCamp Hill — 63.70°S, 57.50°WChanglin — 27.80°N, 118.00°EChanglin — 26.30°N, 118.20°EChanglin — 26.30°N, 116.70°ECoal Suite — 42.80°N, 41.70°ECoal Suite — 42.70°N, 42.00°ECoal Suite — 42.40°N, 42.90°EBhuj (plus Jhuran in part?) — 23.40°N, 69.50°ELower Gring Suite — 38.50°N, 70.20°ELower Gring Suite — 38.20°N, 70.30°EVellerat — 47.23°N, 7.33°EKrivorechenskaya — 64.48°N, 168.92°EGardeshwar — 21.89°N, 73.66°E

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The named rock units Pagiophyllum has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 104 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 107 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Pagiophyllum and its relatives

Middle Jurassic

Where Pagiophyllum and its relatives were recorded in the Middle Jurassic.

Found in the same rock

1,233 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 245 sites for Pagiophyllum, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

130 references

Each of the 355 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 118 further references are not listed. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Pagiophyllum

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No 3D scan of Pagiophyllum was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Heer 1881