cordaitales

• Ordem extinta de plantas lenhosas com troncos altos semelhantes a árvores, comparáveis às cicadáceas ou plantas mais avançadas, conhecida desde o período Pensilvânico e provavelmente extinta no Mesozoico.

An extinct order of plants with tall, tree-like trunks that were comparable to or more advanced than cycads, known from the Pennsylvanian period and probably extinct since the Mesozoic era.

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1. Extinct gymnosperm orderC2formalscientific

   An extinct order of woody plants from the Pennsylvanian period, with tall trunks and strap-shaped leaves, considered ancestors of modern conifers.

   Cordaitales

   • Cordaitales dominated the coal-forming forests of the Carboniferous period.
   • Fossilized Cordaitales trunks are found in many Pennsylvanian rock formations.
   • The reproductive structures of Cordaitales resemble those of early conifers.