#order_Cordaitales__Cordaitales extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable to or more advanced than cycads; known from the Pennsylvanian; probably extinct since the Mesozoic
supertype: #plant_order__plantorder the order of plants
member of: #class_Coniferopsida
member: #family_Cordaitaceae__Cordaitaceae chiefly Paleozoic plants; Cordaites is the chief and typical genus
member: #genus_Cordaites__Cordaites tall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines; structurally intermediate in some ways between cycads and conifers
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