The Carboniferous Period

The

Carboniferous Period

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Index

Timeline

Major Events

The Basics

Fun facts

Climate

References

Floral and Fauna

Timeline

The Carboniferous Period lasted from 358.9 to 298.9 millions of years ago.

It is in the Phanerzoic Eon and the Paleozoic Era.

The Basics

Carboniferous

Paleozoic Era(541-252 MYA)

• High levels of oxygen

• Saw formation of Pangea

• Large forests and swamps

• Humid and warm

• Started with the Cambrian Explosion

• Diverse, visible life

• Ended with the Great Dying

Climate

Flora and Fauna

Major Events

Fun Facts

Giant insects

Foraminifera

Floral Zones

giant plants

References

• “Briney, Amanda. “History of the Supercontinent Pangea.” ThoughtCo, Dec. 2019, www.thoughtco.com/what-is-pangea-1435303#:~:text=Pangea%20was%20formed%20through%20years,tectonic%20plates%20at%20rift%20zones.

• “Carboniferous Period.” The Columbia Encyclopedia, 2018.

• “Carboniferous Terrestrial Communities.” Sam Noble Museum, 29 Jan. 2018, samnoblemuseum.ou.edu/common-fossils-of-oklahoma/paleocommunities/terrestrial-communities/carboniferous/#:~:text=Pangaea%20forms%3B%20an%20Ice%20Age,south%20pole%20across%20the%20equator.

• “Change Is in the Air.” Forces of Change, forces.si.edu/atmosphere/02_02_06.html#:~:text=Early%20in%20the%20Carboniferous%20Period,between%20glacial%20and%20interglacial%20periods. Accessed 16 June 2023.

• Gradstein, Felix, et al. “The Carboniferous Period.” The Geologic Time Scale 2012, Elsevier, 2012, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-59425-9.00023-8.

• Monastersky, R. “Ancient Animals Got a Rise Out of Oxygen.” Science News (Washington), vol. 147, no. 19, 1995, pp. 294–294, https://doi.org/10.2307/3979127.