This time period took place 359 to 299 million years ago. 3 min read The Carboniferous period, part of the late Paleozoic era, takes its name from large underground coal deposits that date to it.

Imagine a world where dragonflies with wingspans rivaling that of a hawk darted through ancient forests, and millipedes as ...

Dominated by carbon-rich swamps and forests proliferating across Earth's rocky surface, the Carboniferous period saw a boost in atmospheric oxygen and vast quantities of carbon dioxide trapped in what ...

type and figured material of George Jennings Hinde (1879), which represents our oldest conodont collection material from Alan Higgins, published in the 1960s type and figured material from the ...