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The Carboniferous is considered to have started 354 million years ago and ended 290 million years ago.

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How long ago was the Carboniferous period?

The Carboniferous is considered to have started 354 million years ago and ended 290 million years ago.


How long ago did Pangaea form?

Pangea formed in the late Carboniferous about 300 million years ago.


What is the name for the energy that was formed long ago in the carboniferous period?

It is fossil fuels.


How long did Pangaea form?

Pangea formed in the late Carboniferous about 300 million years ago.


How long has coal been in the earth?

The coal was laid down in the carboniferous - about 359.2 ± 2.5 million years ago.


How long go did Pangaea begin?

We do not know the exact answer, but scienctists approximate the late Carboniferous period; about 300 million years ago.


How long was the age of the amphibian?

Tetrapods (early amphibians) emerged in the fossil record some time int he lower Carboniferous, around 360 million years ago. Reptiles emerged later in the carboniferous, 320-310 million years ago, and were probably the dominant terrestrial fauna by the start of the Permian, 299 million years ago. If any period in geological history could be described as the age of the amphibians, it would be the lowere-to-middle Carboniferous.


When did the first repitles appear?

300 Million Years Ago Carboniferous


In what earth period did pangaea occur?

the late Carboniferous periodfrom the devonian to the permian


Which period came first the Ordovician or the Carboniferous?

The Ordovician period came first. It started 485.4 million years ago and finished 443.8 million years ago. Then came the Silurian and Devonian periods, followed at 358.9 million years ago by the Carboniferous.


How long have reptiles inhabited the earth?

Reptiles inhabited the earth before dinosaurs inhabited the earth. The first reptiles appear in the fossil record over 300 million years ago, in the Carboniferous period of the Paleozoic era.


How long has coal existed?

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