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Carboniferous
Carboniferous Car`bon*if"er*ous (k[aum]r`b[o^]n*[i^]f"[~e]r*[u^]s), a. [Carbon + -ferous.] 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 period. See the Diagram under Geology.
Carboniferous age
Carboniferous Car`bon*if"er*ous (k[aum]r`b[o^]n*[i^]f"[~e]r*[u^]s), a. [Carbon + -ferous.] 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 period. See the Diagram under Geology.
Carboniferous formation
Carboniferous Car`bon*if"er*ous (k[aum]r`b[o^]n*[i^]f"[~e]r*[u^]s), a. [Carbon + -ferous.] 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 period. See the Diagram under Geology.
Subcarboniferous
Subcarboniferous Sub*car`bon*if"er*ous, a. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Carboniferous formations underlying the proper coal measures. It was a marine formation characterized in general by beds of limestone. -- n. The Subcarboniferous period or formation.

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- Neurigona carbonifer is a species of long-legged fly in the family Dolichopodidae. "Neurigona carbonifer Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System...
- Cerconota carbonifer is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by August Busck in 1914. It is found in Panama, Costa Rica and French Guiana...
- the territory of the reserve, from the Middle Ordovician to the Lower Carbonifer-us period, the sections made up of marine -edimentary formations are mainly...
- brachyplaca (Meyrick, 1926) Cerconota capnosphaera (Meyrick, 1916) Cerconota carbonifer (Busck, 1914) Cerconota censoria (Meyrick, 1915) Cerconota certiorata...
- director at Societatea Forage Le Moine, president of the board at Creditul Carbonifer. A member of the National Liberal Party (PNL), he first won a seat in...
- californica Harmston, 1972 Neurigona cantareira Naglis, 2003 Neurigona carbonifer (Loew, 1870) Neurigona centralis Yang & Saigusa, 2001 Neurigona chetitarsa...
- U V W X Y Z †Abade****a †Acanthocladia †Acanthopecten †Acanthopecten carbonifer – or unidentified related form †Acanthopecten delawarensis – or unidentified...