Protolepidodendrales

The Protolepidodendrales are an extinct order of lycopsids that flourished from the Devonian to the lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) periods.[1]

Protolepidodendrales
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Protolepidodendrales
Families

Protolepidodendraceae

Leclercqia is one of the best-known genera.[1] Protolepidodendropsis is another genus included in this order.

References

  1. Taylor, Edith L.; Taylor, Thomas N.; Krings, Michael (2009). Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. Academic Press. pp. 271–74. ISBN 9780080557830.
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