Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)

GPTKB entity

Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geological formation
gptkbp:beganIn approximately 323 million years ago
gptkbp:characterizedBy early reptiles
diverse amphibians
large insects
extensive coal-forming swamps
gptkbp:correspondsTo Upper Carboniferous in Europe
gptkbp:dividedInto gptkb:Bashkirian
gptkb:Gzhelian
gptkb:Kasimovian
gptkb:Moscovian
gptkbp:endDate approximately 299 million years ago
gptkbp:followedBy Mississippian
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Pennsylvania,_USA
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Carboniferous_period
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Permian
Mississippian (Lower Carboniferous)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Permian_period
gptkbp:usedIn North American stratigraphy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lower_Carboniferous_(Mississippian)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7