Cycadeoidaceae

Cycadeoidaceae
Temporal range:
Life reconstruction of Cycadeoidea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Order: †Bennettitales
Family: †
Genera

Cycadeoidaceae is a family of bennettitalean plants which flourished in the Mesozoic era. Two genera, Cycadeoidea and Monanthesia, are currently recognised though most species are poorly known.[1] They had a similar morphology to cycads, with thick, branchless trunks covered in scale leaves.

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Cycadeoidea (a member of the Cycadeoidaceae) on display at the Naturmuseum Senckenberg

References

  1. ^ Watson, Joan; Lydon, Susannah J (2004). "The bennettitalean trunk genera Cycadeoidea and Monanthesia in the Purbeck, Wealden and Lower Greensand of southern England: A reassessment". Cretaceous Research. 25: 1–26. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2003.10.003.


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