suggesting that life in the Early Carboniferous period was more complex than previously believed. Typically, knowledge from this ancient geologic period has come from fossil plants that grew in ...

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 ...

Plants flourished even before dinosaurs roamed the planet. In the Carboniferous Period, 359 to 299 million years ago, plants grew in swampy, green bogs that over time became the coal deposits we use ...

Finding any fossil, let alone fossilized remains that are hundreds of millions of years old, always gives a glimpse into the ...

Dominated by carbon-rich swamps and forests proliferating across Earth's rocky surface, the Carboniferous period saw ... on the surface of a plant, and the newfound fossils suggest insects may ...

The fossil tree, Pitys withamii, lived during the Carboniferous Period, which lasted from around 359 to 299 million years ago. Many of the coal beds that Britain came to rely on formed at this time, ...

Mixing fossils with other media ... Deeper in time, visitors come to the story of plant evolution and the great swamp forests of the Carboniferous Period, about 359 million to 299 million years ...