HyperDic: order_cordaitales

English > 1 sense of the expression order Cordaitales:
NOUNplantorder Cordaitales, Cordaitalesextinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable / comparable to or more advanced than cycads
English > order Cordaitales: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningExtinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable / comparable to or more advanced than cycads; known from the Pennsylvanian period; probably extinct since the Mesozoic era.
SynonymCordaitales
Member ofConiferopsida, class Coniferopsida, Coniferophytina, subdivision Coniferophytina, Coniferophytacone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period
MembersCordaitaceae, family Cordaitaceaechiefly Paleozoic plants
Broaderplant orderThe order of plants

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