Carboniferous

is a geologic period and system that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period 358.9 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Permian Period, 298.9 Mya. The name Carboniferous means "coal-bearing" and derives from the Latin words carbō ("coal")

plants
the plants that occurred in the carboniferous are:

Lepidodendron

Calamites

Sigillaria

Sphenophyllum

animals
see this article→ carboniferous animals

and this is a list of the devonian animals that survived to carboniferous:


 * trilobite


 * palaeoniscidae
 * acari


 * Pseudoscorpion


 * Sea spider

and this is a list of devonian animals that did not survive to carboniferous or evolved into other animals:


 * parexus
 * onychodontida
 * pterygotus


 * Rhyniella


 * Palaeocharinus


 * Clymenia
 * Agoniatites
 * Bothriolepis
 * Dunkleosteus
 * Asterosteus
 * Amphiaspis


 * Ichthyostega