List of prehistoric extinctions

Several plants went extinct during prehistory. Below is a list of some of these by time period.

See also: Paleobotany, IUCN Red List extinct species

Silurian

 * Baragwanathia (Species into the Devonian)
 * Cooksonia
 * Rhynia
 * Tortilicaulis

Devonian

 * Archaeopteris (one species into the Carboniferous)
 * Caia
 * Drepanophycus
 * Protosalvinia
 * Psilophyton
 * Wattieza

Carboniferous

 * Annularia
 * Sigillaria
 * Lepidodendron
 * Calamites

Permian

 * Cordaites
 * Glossopteris

Triassic

 * Araucarioxylon
 * Caytoniales (extinct at the end of the Cretaceous)
 * Cladophlebis
 * Zamites
 * Brachyphyllum
 * Pleuromeia
 * Pannaulika

Jurassic

 * Baiera
 * Coniopteris
 * Cycadeoidea
 * Czekanowskia
 * Eboracia
 * Gleichenites
 * Neocalamites
 * Nilssonia
 * Pterophyilum
 * Schmeissneria

Cretaceous

 * Archaeamphora (Northeastern China)
 * Archaeanthus
 * Archaefructus
 * Ephedrites
 * Liaoningocladus
 * Palaeoaldrovanda (Czech Republic)
 * Pagiophyllum
 * Pityocladus
 * Podozamites
 * Sagaria (Southern Italy)
 * Sphenobaiera
 * Williamsonia
 * Williamsoniella
 * Yulebacaulis (?)

Paleocene

 * Banksieaedites (Australia)(species through the Miocene)
 * Pinus peregrinus (Golden Valley Formation)

Eocene

 * Azolla primaeva (British Columbia, Canada)
 * Abies milleri (British Columbia, Canada; Washington, USA)
 * Banksia archaeocarpa (Australia)
 * Chamaecyparis eureka (Axel Heiberg Island, Canada)
 * Corylus johnsonii (Washington, USA)
 * Dillhoffia (British Columbia, Canada; Washington, USA)
 * Nelumbo aureavallis (North Dakota, USA)
 * Peltandra primaeva (North Dakota, USA)
 * Pinus peregrinus (North Dakota, USA)
 * Saxonipollis ("East Germany")
 * Tilia johnsoni (Washington, USA)
 * Trochodendron nastae (Washington, USA)

Oligocene

 * Banksia novae-zelandiae (South Island, New Zealand)(Straddles the Oligocene-Miocene boundary)

Miocene

 * Droserapites (Taiwan)
 * Droserapollis (Taiwan)
 * Hymenaea protera (Dominican Republic)
 * Palaeoraphe (Dominican Republic)
 * Roystonea palaea (Dominican Republic)

Pleistocene

 * Banksia kingii (Western Tasmania)
 * Banksia strahanensis (Western Tasmania)