Cycadeoidaceae

Cycadeoidaceae Temporal range: Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Life reconstruction of Cycadeoidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Order:	† Bennettitales
Family:	† Cycadeoidaceae
Genera
Cycadeoidea Monanthesia

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.

Cycadeoidea (a member of the Cycadeoidaceae) on display at the Naturmuseum Senckenberg

References

1. Watson, Joan; Lydon, Susannah J (2004). "The bennettitalean trunk genera Cycadeoidea and Monanthesia in the Purbeck, Wealden and Lower Greensand of southern England: A reassessment". Cretaceous Research. 25: 1–26. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2003.10.003.