Protolepidodendrales
| Protolepidodendrales | |
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| Leclercqia complexa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Lycophytes |
| Class: | Lycopodiopsida |
| Order: | † |
| Families | |
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The Protolepidodendrales are an extinct order of lycopsids that flourished from the Devonian to the lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) periods.[1]
Leclercqia is one of the best-known genera.[1] Protolepidodendropsis is another genus included in this order.
References
- ^ a b Taylor, Edith L.; Taylor, Thomas N.; Krings, Michael (2009). Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. Academic Press. pp. 271–74. ISBN 9780080557830.