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/ˌkärbəˈnifərəs/,
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Of, relating to, or denoting the fifth period of the Paleozoic era, between the Devonian and Permian periods,
  1. Of, relating to, or denoting the fifth period of the Paleozoic era, between the Devonian and Permian periods

  2. The Carboniferous period or the system of rocks deposited during it

  1. from 345 million to 280 million years ago
  2. of or relating to the Carboniferous geologic era; "carboniferous rock system"
  3. carbonaceous: relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon
  4. The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system that extends from the end of the Devonian Period, about 359.2 ± 2.5 Mya (million years ago), to the beginning of the Permian Period, about 299.0 ± 0.8 Mya .
  5. Carboniferous is a studio album from the Italian band Zu. It was the group's first album for Ipecac records.
  6. the Carboniferous period; of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises the lower, middle and upper Mississippian and lower, middle and upper Pennsylvanian epochs from about 345 to 280 million years ago, when coal was laid down
  7. This term is applied to the great formation which includes, among other rocks, the coal-measures. It belongs to the oldest, or Palæozoic, system of formations.
  8. The Carboniferous was a geological time period (lasting from 360 to 280 million years ago) during which there were wide-spread coal swamps on Earth, foraminiferans, corals, bryozoans, brachiopods, blastoids, seed ferns, lycopsids, and other plants. Amphibians become more common. ...
  9. the period of geological time between 360 and 286 million years ago, named for the thick deposits of coal found in rocks of this age. Forests covered much of the land during this time, the decomposition of which gave rise to the coal. See Geological Timescale.
  10. (geology) Carbonifère (also substantivised adjective)
  11. A geological period when many beds of coal were laid down
  12. The geological period of time 360 to 286 million years ago and the corresponding system of rocks. In Britain Carboniferous rocks are an important source of crushed rock aggregate.
  13. The geological period (360-290 mya) during which horsetails, club mosses, and ferns were the dominant land plant, frequently attaining the size of modern trees. These giant "tree-ferns" flourished in vast swamps which covered a large part of the continents. ...
  14. System of rocks named (by William Conybeare, 1822) from the widespread occurrence of carbon, in the form of coal, in these beds. It covers the episode in Earth’s history between c.360 million and 299 million years before present.
  15. Strata of Carboniferous age, mainly the hard limestones of Fermanagh in our area; derivative soils may be relatively shallow or well-drained and therefore of high base status, or of impeded drainage and of low base status e.g. the calp soils of east Fermanagh.