Around 300 million years ago, long before dinosaurs ruled the Earth, the Carboniferous period teemed with strange and giant ...

This time period took place 359 to 299 million years ago. 3 min read The Carboniferous period, part of the late Paleozoic era, takes its name from large underground coal deposits that date to it.

Fans of prehistoric monsters need to make a beeline for Mansfield Museum where they can come face to face with dog-sized ...

Amniotes began to radiate in the Carboniferous into many niches previously held by amphibians, plus new niches. The initial split was into synapsids (mammals and their relatives) and sauropsids ...