Carboniferous
Definition of Carboniferous
Car`bon`if´er`ous
Pronunciation:
kär`bǒn`ĭf´ẽr`ŭs
a.
1.
Producing
or
containing
carbon
or
coal
.
Carboniferous age
(Geol.)
the
age
immediately
following
the
Devonian
,
or
Age of fishes
,
and
characterized
by
the
vegetation
which
formed
the
coal
beds
.
This
age
embraces
three
periods
,
the
Subcarboniferous
,
the
Carboniferous
,
and
Permian
.
See
Age
of
acrogens
,
under
Acrogen
.
Carboniferous formation
(Geol.)
the
series
of
rocks
(
including
sandstones
,
shales
,
limestones
,
and
conglomerates
,
with
beds
of
coal
)
which
make
up
the
strata
of
the
Carboniferous age
or
Carboniferous period
.
See
the
Diagram
under
Geology
.
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