The fossil site ... Such a detailed record of this little-known period of time is sure to continue revealing secrets of the early Carboniferous in future studies.

3 min read The Carboniferous period, part of the late Paleozoic era ... One exquisitely detailed fossil of a dragonfly that died 320 million years ago shows it had a wingspan of 2.5 feet (0. ...

The Joggins Fossil Cliffs, a 689 ha palaeontological site along the coast of Nova Scotia (eastern Canada), have been described as the “coal age Galápagos” due to their wealth of fossils from the ...

The fossil, named Palaeopteridium andrenelii ... how these primitive plants evolved and reproduced during the Carboniferous Period, at the end of the Paleozoic Era," said Pedro Correia, according ...

Reconstruction of the giant millipede Arthropleura, which lived in the Carboniferous period, 326 million years ago. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...

Carboniferous of Europe, a swampy palaeoenvironmental setting with tree-like Lepidodendron (lycopsids) forming a dense forest. Also shown is stem of a giant horsetail -- calamites (the one growing ...