Cycadeoidea

Cycadeoidea:-

1. Morphological Features of Cycadeoidea:-

> The Cycadeoid trunks were short, stout, spherical to sub-spherical and un-branched or branched. The trunks and leaves of many of its species show remarkable resemblance with those of living Cycads. Some of the species were short while others (Cycadeoidea jenneyana) attained a height of 3 to 3 .6 metres.

> The trunk generally attained a diameter of about 50 cm, and had many, persistent, rhomboidal leaf bases. A compact crown of Cycad-like, large, pinnately compound leaves was present at the apex. The leaflets had many parallel veins.