
Scientific Name: Gnetales
Status: Extant (alive today)
Oldest fossil anywhere: Cretaceous of Virginia (about 125 million years old)
Oklahoma fossil record: There are no reported macrofossils of Gnetales from Oklahoma.
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Scientific Name: Gnetales
Status: Extant (alive today)
Oldest fossil anywhere: Cretaceous of Virginia (about 125 million years old)
Oklahoma fossil record: There are no reported macrofossils of Gnetales from Oklahoma.
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