Voltziales is an extinct order of conifers. The group contains the ancestral lineages from which modern conifer groups emerged. Voltzialean conifers are divided into two informal groups, the primitive "walchian conifers" like Walchia, where the ovuliferous cone is composed of radial shoots and the more advanced "voltzian voltziales", also known as "transitional conifers" where the cone is composed of fertile scales with sessile seeds, like those of modern conifers. Walchian conifers generally grew as small trees. The earliest walchian conifers are known from the Middle Pennsylvanian (Moscovian
Voltziales é uma ordem extinta de árvores que são consideradam ancestrais das coníferas modernas. O fóssil mais comum da ordem é a Walchia, conhecida pela forma das folhas e é comumente chamada de Walchian.
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