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Which geologists coined the term Carboniferous in 1822?
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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 term Carboniferous was coined in 1822 by the English geologists William D. Conybeare and William Phillips. They introduced the name in their work Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales to describe a succession of coal-bearing rocks found in north-central England.12