Archaeopteridales
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The Archaeopteridales are an extinct
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of plants belonging to Progymnospermae, and dominant forest trees of the Late Devonian. They reproduced with spores rather than seeds. They were the evolutionary precursors of the conifers of gymnosperms which also include cycads and gingko.


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Middle Devonian plants Prehistoric plant orders Late Devonian plants Middle Devonian first appearances Late Devonian extinctions {{devonian-plant-stub