Definition of subdivision coniferophytina
                                                                                                    
                                                                            (noun) 
                                                                                                                                                         cone-bearing gymnosperms 
dating from the Carboniferous period; 
most are 
substantial trees; includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in 
turn include the 
surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and 
sometimes Ginkgoales as 
well as 
extinct orders 
such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian)