Dorycordaites

Dorycordaites
Temporal range: from Carboniferous Desmoinesian age to Permian, 313.8–290.1 Ma
Fossil leaves of Dorycordaites affinis on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Division:
Pinophyta
Class:
Pinopsida
Order:
Cordaitales
Family:
Cordaitaceae
Genus:
Dorycordaites

R. Zeiller, 1888

Dorycordaites is a genus of extinct gymnosperms.

Distribution

Fossils of this genus have been found in Permian of Egypt, France, Morocco, Niger, Spain and in Desmoinesian of United States.

References
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