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Pennsylvanian

1. of the state of Pennsylvania

2. (in North America) of, denoting, or formed in the upper of two divisions of the Carboniferous period (see also Mississippian (sense 2)), which lasted 30 million years, during which coal measures were formed

3. an inhabitant or native of the state of Pennsylvania

4. the. the Pennsylvanian period or rock system, equivalent to the Upper Carboniferous of Europe

Pennsylvanian [¦pen·sal¦vā·nyən]

(geology)

A division of late Paleozoic geologic time, extending from 320 to 280 million years ago, varyingly considered to rank as an independent period or as an epoch of the Carboniferous period; named for outcrops of coal-bearing rock formations in Pennsylvania.

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No references found			The oldest "true spider", like the ones seen today, dates from the late Carboniferous period that ended about 300 million years ago, though Professor Selden said that true spiders may have existed earlier but have not yet been discovered. World's 'oldest' spider may have arrived 80 mln yrs later than ... by Asian News International It has been found in rocks ranging in age from Lower Cambrian (515 million years) to Late Carboniferous (320 million years), and geographically across four continents: in China, South Korea, the Czech Republic, Bolivia, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and many parts of the United States. Reading between the lines: these lines may represent the fossilized ... by Waddington, Janet / ROM Magazine The late Carboniferous into the Permain period followed with a change in landscape, the Coventry and Kenilworth areas becoming closer to the sea with sand dunes, rivers and lagoons and even desert. When crocodiles swam in the Avon; COVENTRY: The making of a city by McGrory, David / Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)			László Paál Laszlo Rudas László Rudas Laszlo, Jeno László, Jenõ LAT Lat, al- LATA Latacunga Latah County Latakia Latania latanier latch latch bolt latch needle latch plate Latch, William latch-in relay latch-up phenomenon latchet latchkey latchstring late binding late blight Late Carboniferous late gene Late Georgian style Late Glacial Period Late Gothic Revival Late Greek Late Latin Late Rococo Late Victorian architecture late-type star lateen latency Latency Period latent Latent Agrarian Overpopulation latent bud Latent Criminality latent defect latent failure latent heat latent heat of fusion latent heat of sublimation latent heat of vaporization latent Herschel effect latent homosexuality latent image			Late Afternoon Glass Off Late Allocation, Early Release Late anaphase Late anaphase Late anaphase Late Antique Religion and Society late apnea late apnea late apnea Late Arrival Late Auditory-Evoked Potential Late Avestan Late Babylonian Late Baroque late benign syphilis late benign syphilis late benign syphilis Late binding late blight late blight Late Blight of Potato late bloom Late bloomer Late Bottled Vintage Late Breaking News Late Breaking Question Late Bronze Age Late Bronze Age Late Bronze Age Late Cancellation Deferment Allowance Late Carboniferous Late charge Late Charges Late Check Out Late childhood Late childhood Late childhood Late childhood Late Complement Component-Deficient Late Cornish Late Cortical Cerebellar Atrophy Late Counter Late Course Accelerated Hyperfractionated Radiotherapy Late Cretaceous Late Cutaneous Allergic Response Late Cutaneous Vulvar Schistosomiasis Late Day Trading late deceleration late deceleration late deceleration Late Diastolic Coronary Resistance Late Discovery Adoptee Late Distal Convoluted Tubule late distal hereditary myopathy late distal hereditary myopathy late distal hereditary myopathy Late Dose Intensification Therapy late dumping syndrome late dyspituitary eunuchism Late Effect of Accidental Injury Questionnaire Late Effects Normal Tissue

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Pennsylvanian (redirected from Late Carboniferous)

Pennsylvanian
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