Upper Carboniferous (Noun)
Meaning
From 310 million to 280 million years ago; warm climate; swampy land.
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- Fossil evidence suggests that the upper carboniferous period experienced a significant rise in swampy landmasses worldwide due to its remarkably warm climate.
- During the upper carboniferous era, massive swamp forests grew in areas that are now North America and Europe as the climate stayed warm for millions of years.
- Upper carboniferous-period coal deposits hold large amounts of organic material formed by decomposed plant matter from ancient swamps.
- It is believed that during the upper carboniferous, Earth's warm climate allowed for massive plant growth, leading to a spike in oxygen levels.
- Plant species that lived in the swampy environments of the upper carboniferous left their mark as the large coal deposits mined globally today.