Carboniferous
Subdivisions

Carboniferous

Section Title: Subdivisions
Table Section Text: None

System	Series (NW Europe)	Stage (NW Europe)	Series (ICS)	Stage (ICS)	Age (Ma)

Permian	younger

Carboniferous	Silesian	Stephanian	Pennsylvanian	Gzhelian	298.9–303.7

Westphalian	Kasimovian	303.7–307.0

Moscovian	307.0–315.2

Bashkirian	315.2–323.2

Namurian

Mississippian	Serpukhovian	323.2–330.9

Dinantian	Visean	Visean	330.9–346.7

Tournaisian	Tournaisian	346.7–358.9

Devonian	older

Subdivisions of the Carboniferous system in Europe compared with the official ICS-stages (as of 2018)

Sentence(s)

Silesian happens along with mississippian and pennsylvanian.
The Silesian occurs with the Mississippian Serpukhovian and the Pennsylvanian.

final_sentence: Silesian happens along with mississippian and pennsylvanian.
final_sentence: The Silesian occurs with the Mississippian Serpukhovian and the Pennsylvanian.