Carboniferous

Carboniferous යනු වසර මිලියන 359-299 කට පෙර Paleozoic යුගයේ පස්වන කාලපරිච්ඡේදය වේ.

Carboniferous
358.9 ± 0.4 – 298.9 ± 0.15 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Chronology
සැකිල්ල:Carboniferous graphical timeline
Etymology
Name formality	Formal
Nickname(s)	Age of Amphibians
Usage information
Celestial body	Earth
Regional usage	Global (ICS)
Time scale(s) used	ICS Time Scale
Definition
Chronological unit	Period
Stratigraphic unit	System
First proposed by	William Daniel Conybeare and William Phillips, 1822
Time span formality	Formal
Lower boundary definition	FAD of the Conodont Siphonodella sulcata (discovered to have biostratigraphic issues as of 2006)
Lower boundary GSSP	La Serre, Montagne Noire, France 43°33′20″N 3°21′26″E / 43.5555°N 3.3573°E / 43.5555; 3.3573
GSSP ratified	1990
Upper boundary definition	FAD of the Conodont Streptognathodus isolatus within the morphotype Streptognathodus wabaunsensis chronocline
Upper boundary GSSP	Aidaralash, Ural Mountains, Kazakhstan 50°14′45″N 57°53′29″E / 50.2458°N 57.8914°E / 50.2458; 57.8914
GSSP ratified	1996
Atmospheric and climatic data
Sea level above present day	Falling from 120 m to present-day level throughout the Mississippian, then rising steadily to about 80 m at end of period

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Carboniferous tetrapods
Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse
Important Carboniferous Lagerstätten
- East Kirkton Quarry; c. 350 mya; Bathgate, Scotland
- Hamilton Quarry; 320 mya; Kansas, US
- Mazon Creek; 300 mya; Illinois, US
List of fossil sites (with link directory)