| NOUN | plant | Cordaitales, order Cordaitales | extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable / comparable to or more advanced than cycads |
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| Meaning | Extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable / comparable to or more advanced than cycads; known from the Pennsylvanian period; probably extinct since the Mesozoic era. | |
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| Synonym | order Cordaitales | |
| Member of | Coniferopsida, class Coniferopsida, Coniferophytina, subdivision Coniferophytina, Coniferophyta | cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period |
| Members | Cordaitaceae, family Cordaitaceae | chiefly Paleozoic plants |
| Broader | plant order | The order of plants |
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