This time period took place 359 to 299 million years ago. 3 min read The Carboniferous period ... the organic deposits of this plant debris formed the world's first extensive coal deposits ...

the Carboniferous period saw a boost in atmospheric oxygen and vast quantities of carbon dioxide trapped in what eventually became Earth's coal deposits. Terrestrial plant and animal life ...

This three-foot titan from the Carboniferous Period challenges everything we thought ... tangled swamps filled with enormous plants like Lepidodendron and Calamites. These conditions created ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The common ancestor of all tetrapods (including humans) was previously thought to have emerged at the dawn of the Carboniferous period.