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Carboniferous paleogeography geologic time Distribution of landmasses, mountainous regions, shallow seas, and deep ocean basins during the Late Carboniferous. Included in the paleogeographic reconstruction are cold and warm ocean currents. The present-day coastlines and tectonic boundaries of the configured continents are shown in the inset. continental ice sheet Fossilized remains of Cryptoblastus, an extinct genus of blastoids collected from the Burlington Limestone, Iowa. Dielasma, a genus of extinct brachiopods (lamp shells) occurring as fossils in Carboniferous and Permian rocks. Pennsylvanian coal forest Carboniferous Period. Edaphosaurus plant evolution
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Jean-Baptiste-Julien d’ Omalius d’Halloy
Sir Richard John Griffith, 1st Baronet
William Daniel Conybeare
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Carboniferous Period, fifth interval of the Paleozoic Era, succeeding the Devonian Period and preceding the Permian Period. In terms of absolute time, the Carboniferous Period began approximately 358.9 million years ago and ended 298.9 million years ago. Its duration of approximately 60 million years makes it the longest period of the Paleozoic Era and the second longest period of the Phanerozoic Eon. The rocks that were formed or deposited during the period constitute the Carboniferous System. The name Carboniferous refers to coal-bearing strata that characterize the upper portion of the series throughout the world. The Carboniferous Period is formally divided ...(100 of 4714 words)

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