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Lepidodendrales

Lepidodendrales

9.9
Extinct large plants that looked like trees and lived long ago
  • noun
  • /ˌlɛpɪdoʊˈdɛntrəliz/
  • Specialized
: Lepidodendrales
  • The massive trunks of Lepidodendrales sometimes exceeded a meter in diameter.

Examples

  • Fossil remains of Lepidodendrales are commonly found in Carboniferous coal beds.

  • The Lepidodendrales thrived during the Carboniferous period.

  • Some paleobotanists specialize in studying the structure and evolution of Lepidodendrales.

  • Many fossils of Lepidodendrales have been discovered in North America.

  • Fossil remains of Lepidodendrales are commonly found in Carboniferous coal beds.

  • The massive trunks of Lepidodendrales sometimes exceeded a meter in diameter.

  • Many fossils of Lepidodendrales have been discovered in North America.

Surface Forms

Lepidodendrales singular
Lepidodendrales plural

Morphology

Lepidodendrales = Lepidodendron (opaque) = lepidodendron + ales

Formed by adding the specialized taxonomic suffix '-ales' to the genus name 'Lepidodendron'; this is a technical Latinized formation not transparently meaningful to general learners.

Etymology

Lepidodendrales comes from Greek parts: lepido- meaning 'scale' and -dendron meaning 'tree'. These plants had bark with scale-like marks, so the name means 'scale trees' and fits these large, now-extinct, tree-like plants.