Upper Carboniferous

Upper Carboniferous
Pennsylvanian (defs. 2, 4).

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  • Carboniferous — 1. adjective 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 2. noun …   Wiktionary

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