Carboniferous

Carboniferous

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Carboniferous Period 358.9–298.9 million years ago PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Mean atmospheric O 2 content over period duration	c. 32.3 vol % (162 % of modern level)

Mean atmospheric CO 2 content over period duration	c. 800 ppm (3 times pre-industrial level)

Mean surface temperature over period duration	c. 14 °C (0 °C above modern level)

Sea level (above present day)	Falling from 120 m to present-day level throughout the Mississippian, then rising steadily to about 80 m at end of period

Key events in the CarboniferousThis box: viewtalkedit-360 —–-355 —–-350 —–-345 —–-340 —–-335 —–-330 —–-325 —–-320 —–-315 —–-310 —–-305 —–-300 —–-295 —P a l e o z o i cDevonianC a r b o n i f e r o u sPermianM i s s i a nP e i a nTournaisianViséanSerpukhovianBashkirianMoscovianKasimovianGzhelian ←Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse←Mazon Creek Fossils←End of Romer's Gap←Start of Romer's GapKey events of the Carboniferous Period Axis scale: millions of years ago

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The Carboniferous is a Period from 358.9 million years ago (Mya) to 298.9 Mya.

final_sentence: The Carboniferous is a Period from 358.9 million years ago (Mya) to 298.9 Mya.