Cycadeoidaceae

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

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