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  2. Carboniferous - Wikipedia

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    The Carboniferous (/ ˌ k ɑːr b ə ˈ n ɪ f ər ə s / KAR-bə-NIF-ər-əs) [6] 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.

  3. Timeline of Carboniferous research - Wikipedia

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    This timeline of Carboniferous research is a chronological listing of events in the history of geology and paleontology focused on the study of earth during the span of time lasting from 358.9 to 298.9 million years ago and the legacies of this period in the rock and fossil records.

  4. Geologic time scale - Wikipedia

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    A period is equivalent to a chronostratigraphic system. [14] [13] There are 22 defined periods, with the current being the Quaternary period. [2] As an exception, two subperiods are used for the Carboniferous Period. [14] An epoch is the second smallest geochronologic unit. It is equivalent to a chronostratigraphic series.

  5. Timeline of natural history - Wikipedia

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    7.1.5 Carboniferous Period. 7.1.6 ... been some 4,600 million years ago) ... supervolcano – first phase results in creation of 8 km long, ...

  6. Geological history of oxygen - Wikipedia

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    The maximum of 35% was reached towards the end of the Carboniferous period (about 300 million years ago), ... this long period was ... the Carboniferous period. ...

  7. Pennsylvanian (geology) - Wikipedia

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    The Late Carboniferous a Time of Great Coal Swamps, Paleomap project. World map from this time period. The Carboniferous – 354 to 290 Million Years Ago, University of California Museum of Paleontology. Information on stratigraphies, localities, tectonics, and life. The Pennsylvanian Epoch of the Carboniferous Period: 318 to 299 Mya, Paleos.com

  8. Carboniferous rainforest collapse - Wikipedia

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    The Carboniferous rainforest collapse (CRC) was a minor extinction event that occurred around 305 million years ago in the Carboniferous period. [1] The event occurred at the end of the Moscovian and continued into the early Kasimovian stages of the Pennsylvanian (Upper Carboniferous).

  9. Permian - Wikipedia

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    The Permian (/ ˈ p ɜːr m i. ə n / PUR-mee-ən) [4] is a geologic period and stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period 298.9 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.902 Mya. It is the sixth and last period of the Paleozoic Era; the following Triassic Period belongs ...