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Definitions of carboniferous in various dictionaries:
noun - from 345 million to 280 million years ago
adj - of or relating to the Carboniferous geologic era
adj - relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon
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| This division of the Paleozoic era was characterized by the deposits of plant remains that later hardened into coal |
| Coal comes from all the peat that grew in the forests of this "element"ary period 360 to 290 million years ago |
| This coal-forming period of geologic time is split into Mississippian & Pennsylvanian periods |
| This coal-forming period consisted of 2 portions: Pennsylvanian & Mississippian |
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| Containing or producing carbon |
| relating to or denoting the fifth period of the Palaeozoic era, between the Devonian and Permian periods. |
| Relating to or denoting the fifth period of the Palaeozoic era, between the Devonian and Permian periods. |
| from 345 million to 280 million years ago |
| of or relating to the Carboniferous geologic era |
| relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon |
| containing or producing carbon: |
| from or referring to the period of time, between around 363 and 290 million years ago, when the first reptiles appeared and there were large forests covering the areas that later formed earth's coal layers: |
| the Carboniferous period |
| containing or producing carbon |
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The 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 carb ("coal") and fer ("I bear, I carry"), and was coined by geologists William Conybeare and William Phillips in 1822.Based on a study of the British rock succession, it was the first of the modern 'system' names to be employed, and reflects the fact that many coal beds were formed globally during that time. The Carboniferous is often treated in North America as two geological periods, the earlier Mississippian and the later Pennsylvanian. Terrestrial animal life was well established by the Carboniferous period. Amphibians were the dominant land vertebrates, of which one branch would eventually evolve into amniotes, the first solely terrestrial vertebrates. * Arthropods were also very common, and many (such as Meganeur |