This time period took place 359 to 299 million years ago. 3 min read The Carboniferous period, part of the late Paleozoic era, takes its name from large underground coal deposits that date to it.

the Carboniferous period saw a boost in atmospheric oxygen and vast quantities of carbon dioxide trapped in what eventually became Earth's coal deposits. Terrestrial plant and animal life ...

Around 370 million years ago, Earth gradually descended into the longest lived and probably the most intense ice age witnessed by complex life ... giant insects in the Carboniferous period ...