The Glossopteridales are an extinct group of seed plants that arose during the Permian on the great southern supercontinent of Gondwana. These plants went on to become a dominant part of the southern flora throughout the rest of the Permian, though they dwindled to extinction by the end of the Triassic Period.

The rapid appearance, expansion, and relatively quick extinction of this group, as well as the large number of species, has made the fossil group very important for understanding paleobiogeography, specifically in the recognition of areas that were once connected together but are now separated since the breakup of Pangaea.