Carboniferous Period

An age of expansive coal swamps

The Carboniferous Period (359-299 Ma) is in the Paleozoic Era, occurring after the Devonian Period and before the Permian Period.

Geologic Age

Eon / Era

Subdivisions

Pennsylvanian: 323.2–298.9 Ma

Mississippian: 358.9–323.2 Ma

What happened during this time?

Biological

Flora

Fauna

Geophysical

Above: Reconstruction of Hylonomus lyelli