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.
The Carboniferous is a geologic period lasting from about 358.9 million to 298.9 million years ago. It was characterized by the widespread formation of coal deposits, giving rise to its name. The Carboniferous also saw the first appearance of terrestrial vertebrates and the diversification of early amphibians.
During the Devonian period, Earth experienced high levels of atmospheric oxygen which supported the development of the first forests. In the Carboniferous period, these forests led to high levels of carbon dioxide absorption, which decreased the greenhouse effect, leading to global cooling. These changes allowed the evolution of large, complex plant life such as ferns, lycopods, and seed plants.
The Carboniferous period occurred approximately 300 to 360 million years ago.
From youngest to oldest: 1. Permian 2. Pennsylvanian 3. Mississippian 4. Devonian 5. Silurian 6. Ordovician 7. Cambrian
The period after the Devonian Period (416 to 359.2Ma) is the Carboniferous Period (359.2 to 299Ma).
Carboniferous Silurian Ordovician Devonian Cambrian Pre Cambrian
Starting with the oldest, they are the: Cambrian, Ordivician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, and Permian.
Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian Periods
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.
The Devonian Period
The Carboniferous is a geologic period lasting from about 358.9 million to 298.9 million years ago. It was characterized by the widespread formation of coal deposits, giving rise to its name. The Carboniferous also saw the first appearance of terrestrial vertebrates and the diversification of early amphibians.
During the Devonian period, Earth experienced high levels of atmospheric oxygen which supported the development of the first forests. In the Carboniferous period, these forests led to high levels of carbon dioxide absorption, which decreased the greenhouse effect, leading to global cooling. These changes allowed the evolution of large, complex plant life such as ferns, lycopods, and seed plants.
The earliest period when amphibious creatures crawled out of the ocean to walk on land would have been the Devonian Period. Following that were the Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous,Tertiary and Quaternary Periods.
the carboniferous period is when dead plants were compressed and made into coal
Carboniferous means carbon bearing. Large coal deposits were laid down then, hence the name.
No, the Mississippian period is part of the Carboniferous period, which is within the Paleozoic era. So, the Mississippian period is part of the Paleozoic era, not a separate era on its own.