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Carboniferous

Carboniferous Meaning & Definition
Carboniferous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Carboniferous?

[n] from 280 million to 345 million years ago
[adj] of or relating to the Carboniferous geologic era; "carboniferous rock system"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Carboniferous: Carboniferous period

Related Terms | Find terms related to Carboniferous:

See Also | geological period | Lower Carboniferous | Lower Carboniferous period | Missippian period | Mississippian | Paleozoic | Paleozoic era | Pennsylvanian | Pennsylvanian period | period | Upper Carboniferous | Upper Carboniferous period

Carboniferous In Webster's Dictionary

\Car`bon*if"er*ous\ (k[aum]r`b[o^]n*[i^]f"[~e]r*[u^]s), a. [Carbon + -ferous.] Producing or containing carbon or coal. {Carboniferous age} (Geol.), the age immediately following the Devonian, or Age of fishes, and characterized by the vegetation which formed the coal beds. This age embraces three periods, the Subcarboniferous, the Carboniferous, and Permian. See {Age of acrogens}, under {Acrogen}. {Carboniferous formation} (Geol.), the series of rocks (including sandstones, shales, limestones, and conglomerates, with beds of coal) which make up the strata of the Carboniferous age or period. See the Diagram under {Geology}.

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