The fossil site ... Such a detailed record of this little-known period of time is sure to continue revealing secrets of the early Carboniferous in future studies.

3 min read The Carboniferous period, part of the late Paleozoic era ... One exquisitely detailed fossil of a dragonfly that died 320 million years ago shows it had a wingspan of 2.5 feet (0. ...

The fossil seems to date back toward the end of the Carboniferous period and into the Permian period, which took place about 300 million years ago, Calder told the news agency. Those time periods ...

The fossil tree, Pitys withamii, lived during the Carboniferous Period, which lasted from around 359 to 299 million years ago. Many of the coal beds that Britain came to rely on formed at this time, ...

Deep within Mammoth Cave, the world’s longest cave system, paleontologists have uncovered the remains of a never-before-seen species of ancient shark. Named Clavusodens mcginnisi, or McGinnis’ nail ...

The Joggins Fossil Cliffs, a 689 ha palaeontological site along the coast of Nova Scotia (eastern Canada), have been described as the “coal age Galápagos” due to their wealth of fossils from the ...

In the Carboniferous Period, 359 to 299 million years ago, plants grew in swampy, green bogs that over time became the coal deposits we use today as fossil fuels. Among the plants that grew back then ...

Rare evidence about the lives of an ancient group of arthropods has been uncovered in the U.S. The findings of the study are ...

Reconstruction of the giant millipede Arthropleura, which lived in the Carboniferous period, 326 million years ago. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...