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A chart detailing the Carboniferous period within the Paleozoic era, showing its division into Mississippian and Pennsylvanian subperiods, with corresponding epochs, ages, and their ranges in millions of years ago.
Carboniferous Period. The Carboniferous Period began approximately 358.9 million years ago and ended 298.9 million years ago.

Moscovian Stage

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Moscovian Stage, second of four internationally defined stages of the Pennsylvanian Subsystem of the Carboniferous System, encompassing all rocks deposited during the Moscovian Age (315.2 million to 307 million years ago). The name is taken from exposures in the Moscow Basin, Russia. There the section is dominated by fossiliferous limestones and dolomites, although thin intercalated shales and sandstones also occur. In the Moscow Basin, the base of the Moscovian Stage is indicated by the appearance...

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