Carboniferous Swamp Characteristic of the Carboniferous period (from about 360 million to 300 million years ago) were its dense and swampy forests, which gave rise to large deposits of peat. Over ...

Image: Detail of a pteridosperm, an extinct seed-producing fern-like plant. Width across image about six centimeters. A spectacular fossilised forest has transformed our understanding of the ...

Dominated by carbon-rich swamps and forests proliferating across Earth's rocky surface, the Carboniferous period saw a boost in atmospheric oxygen and vast quantities of carbon dioxide trapped in what ...

Could You Survive The Carboniferous Period? Season 2 Episode 4 | 54m 23s. The swamps of the Late Carboniferous Period teemed with giant insects, but it’s time for the amniotes - the ancestors of ...