Further, the Sigillariae grew on the same soils which supported Conifers, Lepidodendra, cordaites, and Ferns-plants which could not have grown in water.
"Critiques and Addresses"
Thomas Henry Huxley
Another extinct tree, the cordaites, rivalled the Horsetails and Club-mosses in height, and its showers of long and extraordinary leaves, six feet long and six inches in width, pointed to the higher plant world that was to come.
"The Story of Evolution"
Joseph McCabe
Further, it is now believed that a large part of what were believed to be Conifers, suddenly entering from the unknown, are not Conifers at all, but cordaites.
"The Story of Evolution"
Joseph McCabe