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Carboniferous

The Carboniferous (/ˌkɑːrbəˈnɪfərəs/ KAR-bə-NIF-ər-əs) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era that spans 60 million years, from the end of the Devonian Period 358.86 Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Permian Period, 298.9 Ma. It is the fifth period of the Phanerozoic eon. In North America, the Carboniferous is often treated as…

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Earth
Chronological unit
Period
First proposed by
William Daniel Conybeare and William Phillips, 1822
Lower boundary definition
FAD of the Conodont Siphonodella sulcata (discovered to have biostratigraphic issues as of 2006)
Lower GSSP ratified
1990
Name formality
Formal

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related to Sources · 273
Carboniferous → Adams, Aerial Locomotor Performance, Aidan, Aidaralash, Alan, Alekseev, America Special Papers, Ancient Animals Got, April, Archived, Atmospheric Oxygen, August, Barry, Beerling, Benton, Berner, Bibcode, Biello, Bilton, Binder
related to Marine invertebrates · 38
Carboniferous → Archaediscus, Belgium, Both, Britain, Bryozoa, Calcispongea Cotyliscus, Caninia, Carboniferous-Earliest Permian Biodiversification Event, Chaetetes, China, Chladochonus, Conularia, Conularids, Cornwall, Corwenia, Culm, Devon, Endothyra, For, Foraminifera
related to history · 35
Carboniferous → British Isles, Carboniferous Limestone, Carboniferous Strata, Carboniferous System, Coal Measures, Coal-measures, Devonian, Dinantian, European, Four, ICS, International Commission, Irish, John Farey Sr, Millstone Grit, Namurian, Old Red Sandstone, Phillips, Richard Kirwan, Serpukhovian
related to Gondwana · 32
Carboniferous → Africa, Along, Andean, Antarctica, Arabia, As, Australia, Carboniferous Kanimblan Orogeny, Changes, Cimmerian, Continental, Glacial, Gondwana, However, India, Much, Neo-Tethys Ocean, Ouachita, Pacific, Paleo-Tethys
related to Climate · 29
Carboniferous → Africa, Andes, Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, CO2, Devonian, During, Early Tournaisian Warm Interval, Famennian, Following, Gondwana, Its, Late Devonian, Late Paleozoic Ice Age, LPIA, Ma, Ma-253 Ma, Pan-African
related to Fish · 27
Carboniferous → Acanthodes, Among, As, Bandringa, Cheirodus, Chondrichthyes, Ctenodus, Devonian, Elasmobranchs, Freshwater, Gyracanthus, It, Many, Most, Other, Palaeonisciformes, Psammodus, Rhizodonts, Saivodus, Sarcopterygian
related to Laurussia · 25
Carboniferous → Along, Antler, At, Avalonia, Baltica, Devonian, Early Mississippian, Early Mississippian Innuitian, Extensive, Further, In, Late Devonian, Laurentia, Laurussia, Paleo-Tethys Ocean, Panthalassic, Pennsylvanian, Period, Slide Mountain Ocean, Subduction
related to Tetrapods · 25
Carboniferous → Amniotes, Amphibamus, Anthracosaurus, Archaeothyris, Cenozoic, Dendrerpeton, Eogyrinus, Hylonomus, Hyloplesion, Labyrinthodontia, Lepospondyli, Loxomma, Mesozoic, One, Ophiderpeton, Permian, Proterogyrinus, Sauropsids, Some Carboniferous, Synapsids
related to Terrestrial invertebrates · 24
Carboniferous → Archaeoptilus, Archaeozonites, Arthropleura, Brodia, Commentry, Dendropupa, Derbyshire, Dictyoptera, Fossil, Further, In, Many, Meganeura, Mississippian, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotian, Palaeodictyopteroidea, Protodonata, Protorthoptera, Saarbrücken
related to Central and East Asia · 23
Carboniferous → China, Continuing, Devonian, During, However, It, Kazakhstania, Kazakhstanian, Laurussia, No, North China, Northward, Paleo-Tethys, Paleoasian Ocean, Siberia, South Qinling, Subduction, Tarim, The Kazakhstanian, The South Tian Shan

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early late period devonian gondwana mississippian north levels sea across pennsylvanian coal time laurussia first climate ocean also marine 10

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CarboniferousCelestial bodyEarth1.00infobox
CarboniferousChronological unitPeriod1.00infobox
CarboniferousFirst proposed byWilliam Daniel Conybeare and William Phillips, 18221.00infobox
CarboniferousLower boundary definitionFAD of the Conodont Siphonodella sulcata (discovered to have biostratigraphic issues as of 2006)1.00infobox
CarboniferousLower boundary GSSPLa Serre, Montagne Noire, France .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser…1.00infobox
CarboniferousLower GSSP ratified19901.00infobox
CarboniferousName formalityFormal1.00infobox
CarboniferousNickname(s)Age of Amphibians or Reptiles1.00infobox
CarboniferousRegional usageGlobal (ICS)1.00infobox
CarboniferousSea level above present dayFalling from 120 m to present-day level throughout the Mississippian, then rising steadily to about 80 m at end of period1.00infobox
CarboniferousStratigraphic unitSystem1.00infobox
CarboniferousTime scale(s) usedICS Time Scale1.00infobox
CarboniferousTime span formalityFormal1.00infobox
CarboniferousUpper boundary definitionFAD of the Conodont Streptognathodus isolatus within the morphotype Streptognathodus wabaunsensis chronocline1.00infobox
CarboniferousUpper boundary GSSPAidaralash, Ural Mountains, Kazakhstan 50°14′45″N 57°53′29″E / 50.2458°N 57.8914°E / 50.2458; 57.89141.00infobox
CarboniferousUpper GSSP ratified19961.00infobox
Carboniferousis aperiod during which both terrestrial animal and land plant life was well established0.90text

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