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Carboniferous Period: Media
geochronology
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Distribution of landmasses, mountainous regions, shallow seas, and deep ocean basins...
Adapted from C.R. Scotese, The University of Texas at Arlington
The stratigraphic chart of geologic time.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Source: International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS)
Distribution of landmasses, mountainous regions, shallow seas, and deep ocean basins...
Adapted from C.R. Scotese, The University of Texas at Arlington
Paleogeographic map of the continents during the Late Carboniferous and Early Permian...
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Fossilized remains of Cryptoblastus, an extinct genus of blastoids collected...
Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum (Natural History); photograph, Imitor
Dielasma, a genus of extinct brachiopods (lamp shells) occurring as fossils...
Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum (Natural History); photograph, Imitor
Pennsylvanian coal forest dioramaThe...
Courtesy of the Department Library Services, American Museum of Natural History, neg. #333983
The Carboniferous Period began approximately 358.9 million years ago and ended 298.9...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Source: International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS)
The pelycosaur Edaphosaurus. Neither reptiles nor dinosaurs, pelycosaurs...
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