What are Cordaitales?
Q: What are Cordaitales?
A: Cordaitales are an extinct order of woody plants.
Q: What type of plants are Cordaitales?
A: Cordaitales are gymnosperms, which may have been early conifers.
Q: What kind of reproductive structures did Cordaitales have?
A: Cordaitales had cone-like reproductive structures, rather like those of modern conifers.
Q: When did Cordaitales appear?
A: Cordaitales appeared during the Carboniferous period.
Q: Where were Cordaitales commonly found?
A: Cordaitales made big trees that were common on drier ground in tropical environments.
Q: When did Cordaitales die out?
A: Cordaitales were abundant during the Permian, but died out at the end of the Permian.
Q: What type of leaves did Cordaitales have?
A: Many Cordiatales had elongated strap-like leaves, which look like the leaves of some modern-day conifers of the Araucariaceae and Podocarpaceae.
