Abstract
Fedekurtzia gen. nov. is proposed for specimens referred to Archaeopteris argentina (Kurtz, 1921) from middle Carboniferous strata of the Paganzo Basin in Argentina. Similar materials from the same area were assigned to at least six different genera by later authors. A revision of specimens from various collections shows that they all belong to a single type of polymorph frond. A progymnospermous affinity is suggested by the small fructifications resembling spikes which are attached to main rachides, as well as by the helicoidal insertion and bilateral disposition of the pinnae on the main axis. Similar fronds and fructifications have been found in Australia. These are referred in part to the new genus which seems to have had a wide distribution over Gondwanaland. Paleoclimatic and palaeogeographic evidence is considered for the Carboniferous in the Gondwana Realm. Rather poor and primitive palaeofloristic associations are usually found.
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