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359.2 MA
CARBONIFEROUS359.2 PERIOD (60 M)(359.2-299 MA)
MISSISSIPPIAN SUBPERIOD359.2 (41.10 M) (359.2-318.1)
TOURNAISIAN359.2 STAGE (Lower Carb.) (13.9 M) (359.2-345.3 MA)
345.3 MA
VISIAN345.3 STAGE (Middle Carb.)(17 M) (345.3-328.3 MA)
328.3 MA
SERPUKHOVIAN328.3 STAGE (Upper Carb.) (10.2 M) (328.3-318.1 MA)
320 MA
Hybodonts - one of two branches of sharks (mostly saltwater) appears 318.1 MA
PENNSYLVANIAN SUBPERIOD318.1(19.1 M)(318.1-299 MA)
Great Coal Age - reduction of carbon dioxide and rise of atmospheric oxygen
Hercynian - Appalachian mountain building
Huge forests of primitive plants
Age of Amphibians
Reptiles appear
BASHKIRIAN318.1 STAGE (Lower Penn. Ep.) (6.4 M) (318.1-311.7 MA)
311.7 MA MOSCOVIAN311.7 STAGE (Mid Penn. Ep.) (4.5 M) (311.7-307.2 MA)
307.2 MA
UPPER PENNSYLVANIAN EPOCH (8.2 M) (307.2-299 MA)
KASIMOVIAN307.2 STAGE (3.8 M) (307.2-303.4 MA)
303.4 MA
GZHELIAN303.4 STAGE (4.4 M) (303.4-299 MA)
300 MA
Equatorial Africa most likely covered by a continental ice sheet at this time
Conifers present in the fossil record


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