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Geologic Time: Carboniferious

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

CARBONIFEROUS

359M YEARS AGO- 299M YEARS AGO

BELONGS...

  • In the Paleozoic era
  • After the Devonian
  • Before the Permian
  • Lasted 60M years

OH! THIS WEATHER...

  • Warm
  • Humid
  • Similar to weather in today's times
Photo by ecstaticist

ANIMALS

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

MEGANEURA

  • Giant
  • Wing span of 60-75 cm
  • Ancestor of the dragonfly

TETREAPODS

LIMBED ANIMALS

BRACIOPODS

SHELLED ANIMALS

PLANTS

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

LYCOPODS

OLDEST EXTANT VASCULAR PLANTS

CORDAITES

GREW ON WET GROUND

MAJOR EVENTS

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

PANGEA

BEGAN FORMING

AS LAND GREW CLOSER...

IT ALLOWED FOR MORE TETRAPODS

IT ALSO ALLOWED THE FORMATION OF SWAMPS

AND MOUNTAINS FORMED

BUT SADLY

GLACIERS FORMED IN THE SOUTH POLE

CLIMATE CHANGE

CAUSING MASSIVE

MASSIVE EXTINCTION

THUS CAUSING

AND ENDING THE CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD