cordaitales

Noun
  1. Extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable to or more advanced than cycads;
    Known from the Pennsylvanian period;
    Probably extinct since the Mesozoic era (synset 111626830)
    is a type of: plant order - the order of plants
    member holonym: cordaitaceae, family cordaitaceae - chiefly Paleozoic plants; Cordaites is the chief and typical genus
    belongs to: class coniferopsida, coniferophyta, coniferophytina, coniferopsida, subdivision coniferophytina - cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period; most are substantial trees; includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian)
    same as: order cordaitales

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