A taxonomic order of extinct plants from the Paleozoic and Mesozoic Eras that showed characteristics intermediate between cycads and ferns.
Plural of 'cycadofilicale,' using the taxonomic '-ales' suffix (order rank). The name combines 'cycado-' and 'filicales' to indicate this intermediate plant group.
Cycadofilicales dominated ancient forests as the evolutionary 'missing links'—they were so successful for 100+ million years that they shaped entire Paleozoic and Mesozoic ecosystems!
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