Cordaites
Cordaites Temporal range:
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Fossil bark of a Cordaites sp | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | †Cordaitales |
Family: | †Cordaitaceae |
Genus: | †Cordaites Unger |
Species[citation needed] | |
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Cordaites is an important genus of extinct
Upper Carboniferous (323 to 299
million years ago) of Europe and the Americas.
A number of many noteworthy types from this line are:
- Cordaites principalis
- Cordaites ludlowi (named after Ludlow, a coal area in England)
- Cordaites hislopii. Found in Paleorrota geopark in Brazil.[1]
In contrast to many other plants, fossilized Cordaites seeds are not rare, because they are rather large (up to 10 mm); those seeds are named Cordaicarpus.
References
External links
- https://www.uni-muenster.de/GeoPalaeontologie/Palaeo/Palbot/seite18.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20061109132122/http://museum.gov.ns.ca/fossils/gallery/specimen/967206.htm
- http://www.xs4all.nl/~steurh/engcord/ecordai.html
- Image of a Cardiocarpus fossil