This time period took place 359 to 299 million years ago. 3 min read The Carboniferous period, part of the late Paleozoic era, takes its name from large underground coal deposits that date to it.

A remarkably preserved horseshoe crab fossil from North America offers rare insight into some of the earliest known cases of ...

Dominated by carbon-rich swamps and forests proliferating across Earth's rocky surface, the Carboniferous period saw a boost in atmospheric oxygen and vast quantities of carbon dioxide trapped in what ...

Coal. It powered the industrial revolution and fueled the early development of the science of geology. When the geologic time periods were being named, mainly in Great Britain, the time during which ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. A captivating new species of arachnid from the late ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The Woodford Shale of south-central Oklahoma was deposited in an offshore, quiet-water, oxygen-poor setting on the southern margin of North ...

This time period took place 359 to 299 million years ago. 3 min read The Carboniferous period, part of the late Paleozoic era, takes its name from large underground coal deposits that date to it.