Dominated by carbon-rich swamps and forests proliferating across Earth's rocky surface, the Carboniferous period saw a boost ...

Carboniferous Swamp Characteristic of the Carboniferous period (from about 360 million to 300 million years ago) were its dense and swampy forests, which gave rise to large deposits of peat. Over ...

The fossil site, called Lantern North, dates to approximately 320–318 million years ago during the early Pennsylvanian period and is located in the Wamsutta Formation of eastern North America ...