†Cordaitaceae Cordaitales are an extinct order of gymnosperms, known from the early Carboniferous to the late Permian.

Many Cordaitales had elongated strap-like leaves, resembling some modern-day conifers of the Araucariaceae and Podocarpaceae.

Some Cordaitales formed large trees that seem to have been particularly abundant on drier ground, in tropical environments.

Also, some tall trees but also shrubby and mangrove-like species of Cordaitales seem to have grown in the Carboniferous coal swamps.

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