Carboniferous Swamp Characteristic of the Carboniferous period (from about 360 million to 300 million years ago) were its dense and swampy forests, which gave rise to large deposits of peat. Over ...

The Carboniferous Period, dating back some 359 to 299 million years ago, was a time when Earth’s oxygen levels soared, and the climate was warm and humid.

In 2015, two members of the Blue Beach Fossil Museum in Nova Scotia found a long, curved fossil jaw, bristling with teeth.

Amniotes are thought to have diverged from amphibians at the dawn of the Carboniferous period, about 355 million years ago. Mammals would diverge from reptiles and birds only 30 million years later.

Could You Survive The Carboniferous Period? Season 2 Episode 4 | 54m 23s. The swamps of the Late Carboniferous Period teemed with giant insects, but it’s time for the amniotes - the ancestors of ...

Scientists have identified fossilized tracks of an amniote with clawed feet -- most probably a reptile -- from the Carboniferous period, about 350 million years ago. Skip to main content.

Before this study, the earliest known amniote fossils had been found in Nova Scotia, Canada, and were dated to the mid-Carboniferous period, about 319 million years ago.

During the Carboniferous Period, Earth's atmospheric oxygen levels surged, helping some plants and animals grow to gigantic proportions. One notable example was Arthropleura, the biggest bug ever ...

Osaka Metropolitan University scientists discovered that ancient reef-building stromatoporoids survived the Late Devonian extinction, contrary to previous beliefs, and continued to thrive. The ...

Essexella fossils date back to the Carboniferous period, when northern parts of Illinois hovered just above the equator. A local river delta fed into the sea, creating a network of brackish ...

One of the most impactful stories in evolution is getting a rewrite, thanks to the exciting discovery of the earliest known set of reptile footprints.Craig A. Eury and John Eason, two amateur ...