This time period took place 359 to 299 million years ago. 3 min read The Carboniferous period, part of the late Paleozoic era, takes its name from large underground coal deposits that date to it.

Scientists have found ancient nail tooth shark fossils deep inside Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, revealing new information about ...

In New Brunswick, Canada, researchers discovered fossils of a prehistoric tree from the Early Carboniferous period. Evidence of the alien-like tree was first unearthed in a quarry in 2017.

First, it led to the creation of iconic "coal forests" full of giant insects in the Carboniferous period during the ice age. It also paved the way for the rise of reptiles in the Permian period ...

Scientists are exploring geological layers dating back to the Carboniferous period, when the region was covered by a warm ocean teeming with diverse marine creatures. Clavusodens mcginnisi measured ...