<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This paper provides documentation of the Late Carboniferous flora of the Southern Karavanke Mountains in Slovenia that is housed in the Gornjesavski Muzej (Upper Sava Museum) in Jesenice, Slovenia. The paleoflora from this area has not been systematically documented until today. 21 fossil-species, which probably represent 17 biological species, were identified. Common species include Sigillaria brardii Brongniart, Lepidodendron dissitum Sauver, Annularia carinata Gutbier, Calamites undulatus Sternberg, Sphenophyllum oblongifolium (Germar and Kaulfuss) Unger, Acitheca polymorpha (Brongniart) Schimper and Nemejcopteris feminaeformis (Schlotheim) Barthel. Stratigraphically important are Sphenophyllum oblongifolium and Nemejcopteris feminaeformis, and based on their occurrence we can assume the studied paleoflora to be Gzhelian D (Jigulites jigulensis zone on the Russian Platform), i.e. Stephanian C</p></abstract>

This paper provides documentation of the Late Carboniferous flora of the Southern Karavanke Mountains in Slovenia that is housed in the Gornjesavski Muzej (Upper Sava Museum) in Jesenice, Slovenia. The paleoflora from this area has not been systematically documented until today. 21 fossil-species, which probably represent 17 biological species, were identified. Common species include Sigillaria brardii Brongniart, Lepidodendron dissitum Sauver, Annularia carinata Gutbier, Calamites undulatus Sternberg, Sphenophyllum oblongifolium (Germar and Kaulfuss) Unger, Acitheca polymorpha (Brongniart) Schimper and Nemejcopteris feminaeformis (Schlotheim) Barthel. Stratigraphically important are Sphenophyllum oblongifolium and Nemejcopteris feminaeformis, and based on their occurrence we can assume the studied paleoflora to be Gzhelian D (Jigulites jigulensis zone on the Russian Platform), i.e. Stephanian C

Stephanian Fossil Flora from Paralic Carboniferous Deposits of the Jesenice Area (Slovenia) and Its Comparison with Czech Localities

Palaeontological Department, West Bohemian Museum in Pilsen, Kopeckého sady 2, 30100 Pilsen, Czech Republic

Geological Survey of Slovenia, Dimičeva ul. 14, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Department of Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Albertov 6, 128 43 Prague 2, Czech Republic

Folia Musei rerum naturalium Bohemiae occidentalis. Geologica et Paleobiologica

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This paper provides documentation of the Late Carboniferous flora of the Southern Karavanke Mountains in Slovenia that is housed in the Gornjesavski Muzej...

Stephanian Fossil Flora from Paralic Carboniferous Deposits of the Jesenice Area (Slovenia) and Its Comparison with Czech Localities

Published Online: Apr 10, 2015

Page range: 21 - 64

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fbgp-2014-0003

Keywords
Pennsylvanian, paleoflora, Southern Karavanke Mts., Slovenia, Jesenice

© West Bohemian Museum in Pilsen

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Stephanian Fossil Flora from Paralic Carboniferous Deposits of the Jesenice Area (Slovenia) and Its Comparison with Czech Localities

Published Online: Apr 10, 2015

Page range: 21 - 64

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fbgp-2014-0003

KeywordsPennsylvanian, paleoflora, Southern Karavanke Mts., Slovenia, Jesenice

© West Bohemian Museum in Pilsen

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Pennsylvanian, paleoflora, Southern Karavanke Mts., Slovenia, Jesenice