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Cordaitales

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Cordaitales are an extinct order of woody plants that may have been early conifers, or which may have given rise to the conifers (Pinophyta), ginkgos (Ginkgophyta) and cycads (Cycadophyta). [1]

12 relations: Araucariaceae, Carboniferous, Cordaitaceae, Cordaites, Cycad, Ginkgoales, Mangrove, Permian, Pinophyta, Podocarpaceae, Triassic, Triassic–Jurassic extinction event.

Araucariaceae

Araucariaceae - known as araucarians - is a very ancient family of coniferous trees.

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Carboniferous

The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Permian Period, Mya.

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Cordaitaceae

Cordaitaceae is an extinct family of conifers.

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Cordaites

Cordaites is an important genus of extinct gymnosperms which grew on wet ground similar to the Everglades in Florida.

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Cycad

Cycads are seed plants with a long fossil history that were formerly more abundant and more diverse than they are today.

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Ginkgoales

Ginkgoales or Ginkgophyte is a gymnosperm order containing only one extant species: Ginkgo biloba, the ginkgo tree.

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Mangrove

A mangrove is a shrub or small tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water.

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Permian

The Permian is a geologic period and system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic period 251.902 Mya.

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Pinophyta

The Pinophyta, also known as Coniferophyta or Coniferae, or commonly as conifers, are a division of vascular land plants containing a single extant class, Pinopsida.

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Podocarpaceae

Podocarpaceae is a large family of mainly Southern Hemisphere conifers, comprising about 156 species of evergreen trees and shrubs.

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Triassic

The Triassic is a geologic period and system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.9 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period Mya.

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Triassic–Jurassic extinction event

The Triassic–Jurassic extinction event marks the boundary between the Triassic and Jurassic periods,, and is one of the major extinction events of the Phanerozoic eon, profoundly affecting life on land and in the oceans.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordaitales

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