Archaeopteridaceae

Archaeopteridaceae
Temporal range:
Reconstruction of the extinct progymnosperm plant Archaeopteris macilenta based on fossils from the Catskill Mountains of New York.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Class: Progymnospermopsida
Order: Archaeopteridales
Family: Archaeopteridaceae
Genera

The Archaeopteridaceae are an extinct family of plants belonging to Progymnospermae, and were dominant forest trees of the Late Devonian.