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Carboniferous period
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Carboniferous period

Period of geological time roughly 362.5 to 290 million years ago, the fifth period of the Palaeozoic Era. In the USA it is divided into two periods: the Mississippian (lower) and the Pennsylvanian (upper).

Typical of the lower-Carboniferous rocks are shallow-water limestones, while upper-Carboniferous rocks have delta deposits with coal (hence the name). Amphibians were abundant, and reptiles evolved during this period.
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