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CARBONIFEROUS AND PERMIAN PLANTS IN ROMANIA

In Romania, Upper Paleozoic continental deposits with land plants are mainly confined to the South Carpathians, and to the Apuseni Mountains, usually associated with Carboniferous coal beds and Permian Uranium ores. The Upper Carboniferous and Permian formations occur in the South Carpathians, and in the Apuseni Mountains (Transylvania). This list of Carboniferous and Permian plants in Romania is organized alphabetically.

Genus and species Position Occurrence (Basins)
Acitheca cf. hemitelioides Filicopsida/Marattiales/Marattiaceae Resita, Sirinia
Alethopteris zeillerii   Resita
Annularia sphenophylloides Sphenopsida/Equisetales/Calamitaceae Resita, Sirinia
Annularia stellata Sphenopsida/Equisetales/Calamitaceae Resita, Sirinia
Aphlebia sp.   Resita
Arnhardtia scheibei   Resita
Asolanus camptotaenia Lycopsida/Lepidodendrales/Incertae sedis Resita
Asterophyllites equisetiformis var. equisetiformis Sphenopsida/Equisetales/Calamitaceae Resita
Autunia conferta Pteridospermopsida/Peltaspermales/Incertae sedis Resita
Autunia naumannii Pteridospermopsida/Peltaspermales/Incertae sedis Resita
Calamites suckowii Sphenopsida/Equisetales/Calamitaceae Resita
Calamostachys germanica Sphenopsida/Equisetales/Calamitaceae Resita
Calamostachys tuberculata Sphenopsida/Equisetales/Calamitaceae Resita
Cardiocarpus sp. Coniferopsida/Cordaitales/Cordaitaceae Resita
Carpolithes sp. Incertae sedis Resita
Cordaites principalis Coniferopsida/Cordaitales/Cordaitaceae Resita
Cyclopteris sp.   Resita
Dicksonites pluckenetii   Resita
Dicksonites sterzelii   Resita
Ernestiodendron filiciforme Coniferopsida/Voltizales/Walchiaceae Resita
Gracilopteris bergeronii   Resita
Lepidodendron sp. Lycopsida/Lepidodendrales/Lepidodendraceae Resita
Lepidophyllum sp. Lycopsida/Lepidodendrales/Lepidodendraceae Resita
Linopteris obliqua   Resita
Lodevia suberosa   Resita
Nemejcopteris feminaeformis   Resita
Neuralethopteris jongmansii Pteridospermopsida/Medullosales/Trigonocarpaceae Sirinia
Neuropteris cordata   Resita
Odontopteris sp.   Resita
Otovicia sp.   Resita
Palaeostachya elongata Sphenopsida/Equisetales/Calamitaceae Resita
Pecopteris unita   Resita
Pinnularia sp. Sphenopsida/Equisetales/Calamitaceae Resita, Sirinia
Polymorphopteris polymorpha   Resita
Rachyphyllum schenkii Pteridospermopsida/Peltaspermales/Incertae sedis Resita
Sigillaria sp. Lycopsida/Lepidodendrales/Sigillariaceae Resita
Sphenophyllum oblongifolium Sphenopsida/Sphenophyllales/Sphenophyllaceae Resita
Stigmaria ficoides Lycopsida/Lepidodendrales/Lepidodendraceae Resita, Sirinia
Taeniopteris sp.   Resita
Trigonocarpus sp. Pteridospermopsida/Medullosales/Trigonocarpaceae Resita
Walchia piniformis Coniferopsida/Voltizales/Walchiaceae Resita
Zamites sp. Cycadopsida/Cycadeoidales/Incertae sedis Resita