Carboniferous

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Meganula and Meganulon in the Carboniferous environment 350-300 million years ago

PrecambrianCarboniferousPermian

Before 1900

Prehistoric eras: PrecambrianCarboniferousPermianJurassicCretaceous

BCE: Last Ice Age30,00080001100218
CE: 791274134815021853
1900-1999

1900-1939: 19081912191519181920192619311932193319341938

'40s: 1940194119421943194419451946194719481949

'50s: 1950195119521953195419551956195719581959

'60s: 1960196119621963196419651966196719681969

'70s: 1970197119721973197419751976197719781979

'80s: 1980198119821983198419851986198719881989
'90s: 1990199119921993199419951996199719981999
2000-present

'00s: 2000200120022003200420052006200720082009

'10s: 2010201120122013201420152016201720182019
'20s: 202020212022202320242025
Future
20272028203020482097220422,000

The Carboniferous is a geologic period of Earth's history spanning 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period 358.9 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Permian Period, 298.9 Mya. In some teachings, it is divided into two subperiods: the Mississippian, lasting 358.9-323.2 Mya, and the Pennsylvanian, lasting from 323.2-298.9 Mya. It was the penultimate period of the Paleozoic Era.

In the real world

  • In this era, trees and other giant plants successfully colonize the land, the first reptiles and synapsids emerge, and many different species of giant arthropods evolve, including the ancestors and relatives of many modern insects, arachnids, and myriapods. These large sizes among arthropods were thought to have been due to higher atmospheric oxygen levels and a lack of natural predators. The giant dragonfly-like insect Meganeura (the real-life inspiration for Toho's Meganulon, Meganula and Megaguirus) appeared, thrived, and eventually became extinct during the Late Carboniferous, circa 305-299 million years ago.

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