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
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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)