Original: American Museum Novitates 3204 : 1-11 These earliest cockroach-like fossils ( '' Blattopterans '' or '' roachids '' ) are from the Carboniferous period between 354 & ndash ; 295 million years ago .
Simplified: American Museum Novitates 3204 : 1-11 These earliest cockroach-like fossils ( '' Blattopterans '' or '' roachids '' ) are from the Carboniferous period between 354 -- 295 million years ago .