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Carboniferous

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Carboniferous
of, denoting, or formed in the fifth period of the Palaeozoic era, between the Devonian and Permian periods, lasting for nearly 64 million years during which coal measures were formed
Carboniferous [‚kär·bə′nif·ə·rəs]
(geology)
A division of late Paleozoic rocks and geologic time including the Mississippian and Pennsylvanian periods.
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Lyell in the carboniferous strata of North America.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
The main points of interest consist, first in some highly fossiliferous strata, belonging to the Devonian or Carboniferous period; secondly, in proofs of a late small rise of the land; and lastly, in a solitary and superficial patch of yellowish limestone or travertin, which contains numerous impressions of leaves of trees, together with land-shells, not now existing.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
Thus conversing we followed the intricate trail toward the temple, which we came upon in a small clearing surrounded by enormous trees similar to those which must have flourished upon the outer crust during the carboniferous age.
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