Do you think it got fried Mat..........
In the Mesozoic, there was a generally dry and hot climate, which suit the development of cycads. Cycads are well equipped to grow in dry conditions. The strains were protected against frequent fires. The findings are known Triassic genus from Antarctica and Antarcticycas arborizing Bjuvia simplex from Sweden. The jury cones come Androstrobus family, part-time female cones Beanie family and many families, for example, leaf Ctenis, and Pseudoctenis Nilsonia). The Cretaceous deposits are found similar types of foliage, however, increasing the female representatives with compact cones (eg Microzamia). Already in the Late Cretaceous, when angiosperms development leads to a reduction cycads. This decline continued during the Tertiary and čtvrohor in a sense continues today. Due to their resistance to fire, the alkaloid content cykasinu and symbiotic ties with cykasům able to withstand competition from flowering plants and survive until today. However, there are usually quite rare, sometimes as relics. However, among them several species-rich genera such as Cycas, Encephalartos, and Zamia.