Assertion: cycad | /r/HasProperty | abundant
Facets:
value: during the mid-mesozoic
type: TEMPORAL
value: particularly
type: DEGREE
value: during the mesozoic era
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Cycads were particularly abundant and diverse during the Mesozoic era, so paleobotanists often refer to the Mesozoic as”the age of cycads.“This is also the era during which dinosaurs were the dominant animals, so zoologists refer to this as”the age of dinosaurs.“Consequently, museum drawings and dioramas which depict recreations of dinosaur life typically show cycads as the dominant plants.
text: It is not known what drove Wood's cycad to extinction in the wild, or indeed if it ever was abundant.
text: Although it is well documented that cycads were diverse and abundant during the mid-Mesozoic, little is known about their biogeography and pollination before the rise of angiosperms.