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553 / Mesozoic
Bennettites
Bennettites
Tough pinnate leaves crowned cycad-like trunks around compact flower-like reproductive organs.
- Time range
- About 201–66 million years ago
- Final stage
- End of the Cretaceous
- Geographic range
- Warm woodland and coastal plains · Widespread
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Bennettites?
Bennettites (Bennettites) was an extinct organism known from About 201–66 million years ago, with a range in Warm woodland and coastal plains · Widespread.
Life and ecology
Bennettitaleans occupied Mesozoic understories and open ground and reproduced through complex bisexual or unisexual structures.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Bennettites disappear?
Angiosperm expansion, climate change and the end-Cretaceous crisis ended the lineage.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Bennettites?
Silicified stems, leaves, pollen organs and reproductive structures preserve anatomy, though organ genera require cautious pairing.
04 / SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Check the source record
Use the scientific name to compare taxonomy, occurrence records and the fossil record. Database coverage and classifications may differ.
05 / REVISION HISTORY
How has this record changed?
- Verified authoritative entity sources and added three responsive reconstruction sizes.
- Initial bilingual species record published.
06 / CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS