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Gnetales

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Gnetales: Gnetum gnemon Linnaeus var. gnemon
Gnetum gnemon Linnaeus var. gnemon CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Ahmad Fuad Morad/flickr.com,
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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.