| Abstract: | The fossil Carboniferous flora of various localitiesof the «zone primaire axiale in Pyrénées Mountains, which was mainly known only by lists of determinations, is described and figured for the first time, due to the recent discovery of a very nice fossiliferous locality. The plant association comprises Lepidophyta, Arthrophyta, Filicophyta, Pteridospermaphyta and Cordaitophyta, with the following dominant species: Neuralethopteris schelehanii (Stur), Karinopteris acuta (Brongniart), Eusphenopteris hollandica (Gothan & Jongmans), Paripteris gigantea (Sternberg), Calamites cf. cistiiformis (Stur) and Corynepteris sp.Such an association is typical for an Upper Namurian B-Lower Namurian C age in Western Europe. The biostratigraphic results are compared with the data obtained by Goniatites found also in these localities.The identity of such plant-assemblages from WesternEurope as well as South and North-East China is in favour of a continental continuity between these provinces during the Namurian. |
