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When did the Carboniferous Period begin and end?
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Carboniferous Period
Distribution of landmasses, mountainous regions, shallow seas, and deep ocean basins during the late Carboniferous Period. Included in the paleogeographic reconstruction are the locations of the interval's subduction zones.
The Carboniferous Period began approximately 358.9 million years ago and ended 298.9 million years ago.1