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Carboniferous period, n.

from 345 million to 280 million years ago
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Carboniferous Carboniferous period

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derivationally related form

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Paleozoic, Paleozoic era

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period, geological period

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Pennsylvanian, Pennsylvanian period, Upper Carboniferous, Upper Carboniferous period Mississippian, Missippian period, Lower Carboniferous, Lower Carboniferous period