Carboniferous
| Carboniferous | |
|---|---|
| Chronology | |
| Etymology | |
| Name formality | Formal |
| Nickname(s) | Age of Amphibians |
| Usage information | |
| Celestial body | Earth |
| Regional usage | Global (ICS) |
| Time scale(s) used | ICS Time Scale |
| Definition | |
| Chronological unit | Period |
| Stratigraphic unit | System |
| First proposed by | William Daniel Conybeare and William Phillips, 1822 |
| Time span formality | Formal |
| Lower boundary definition | FAD of the Conodont Siphonodella sulcata (discovered to have biostratigraphic issues as of 2006)[1] |
| Lower boundary GSSP | La Serre, Montagne Noire, France 43°33′20″N 3°21′26″E / 43.5555°N 3.3573°E |
| GSSP ratified | 1990[2] |
| Upper boundary definition | FAD of the Conodont Streptognathodus isolatus within the morphotype Streptognathodus wabaunsensis chronocline |
| Upper boundary GSSP | Aidaralash, Ural Mountains, Kazakhstan 50°14′45″N 57°53′29″E / 50.2458°N 57.8914°E |
| GSSP ratified | 1996[3] |
| Atmospheric and climatic data | |
| Sea level above present day | Falling from 120 m to present-day level throughout the Mississippian, then rising steadily to about 80 m at end of period[4] |
Carboniferous යනු වසර මිලියන 359-299 කට පෙර Paleozoic යුගයේ පස්වන කාලපරිච්ඡේදය වේ.
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[සංස්කරණය]- Carboniferous tetrapods
- Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse
- Important Carboniferous Lagerstätten
- East Kirkton Quarry; c. 350 mya; Bathgate, Scotland
- Hamilton Quarry; 320 mya; Kansas, US
- Mazon Creek; 300 mya; Illinois, US
- List of fossil sites (with link directory)
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- "Geologic Time Scale 2004". International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). January 6, 2013 දින මුල් පිටපත වෙතින් සංරක්ෂණය කරන ලදී. සම්ප්රවේශය January 15, 2013.
- Examples of Carboniferous Fossils
- 60+ images of Carboniferous Foraminifera
- Carboniferous (Chronostratography scale) සංරක්ෂණය කළ පිටපත 2022-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
