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The Paleozoic Era. From the University of California at Berkeley Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) exhibit. Links to articles on Paleozoic stratigraphy, ancient life, and fossil localities.
The Paleozoic Era. From the University of California at Berkeley Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) exhibit. Links to articles on Paleozoic stratigraphy, ancient life, and fossil localities.
The Carboniferous Period. UCMP exhibit. Links to articles on Carboniferous stratigraphy, ancient life, fossil localities, and tectonics/paleoclimate.
Life through Geologic Time: Mississippian. Text about fossil-bearing sites and significant evolutionary and paleogeographic events during the Mississippian Period. Photos of Mississippian life.
Life through Geologic Time: Pennsylvanian. Text about fossil-bearing sites and significant evolutionary and paleogeographic events during the Pennsylvanian Period. Photos of Pennsylvanian life.
Ralph E. Taggart, a professor in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology and the Department of Geological Sciences at Michigan State University, has created several excellent web pages describing life in the Carboniferous. Some of the pages take a while to load because of the excellent graphics, but it’s well worth the wait.
The Age of Reptiles Mural: Devonian and Carboniferous. Yale Peabody Museum. Stunning reproductions of animal and plant life in the Devonian and Carboniferous periods. Clickable links on the mural lead to excellent articles on life in these periods.
The Permian Period. UCMP exhibit. Links to articles on Permian stratigraphy, ancient life, and fossil localities.
Life through Geologic Time: Permian. Text about fossil-bearing sites and significant evolutionary and paleogeographic events during the Permian Period. Photos of Permian life.
The Age of Reptiles Mural: Permian. Yale Peabody Museum. Stunning reproductions of animal and plant life in the Permian Period. Clickable links on the mural lead to excellent articles on life in this period.
The Formation of Pangaea: The Making of a Supercontinent. Article by Donald Blancher. "Much has been written about the breakup of the supercontinent Pangea, but I have never seen anything describing its formation. Therefore, here's my two cents worth."
Color-coded plate reconstruction sequence. A wonderful series of paleogeographic maps depicting the patterns of the continents from 620 million years ago to the present.
Earth History page of the Paleomap Project. Clickable links to paleographic maps of geologic time intervals, including the Early Carboniferous, Late Carboniferous, and Permian periods.
Paleogeographic globes show global and North America and Europe reconstructions. For this chapter, see the globes for the Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, and Permian periods.
Global tectonic features maps display the major tectonic elements (plates, oceans, ridges, subduction zones, mountain belts). For this chapter, see the maps for the Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, and Permian periods.
