- Carboniferous, Carboniferous period - from 345 million to 280 million years ago
--1 is a kind of period, geological period
--1 is a part of Paleozoic, Paleozoic era
--1 has parts:Pennsylvanian, Pennsylvanian period, Upper Carboniferous, Upper Carboniferous period; Mississippian, Missippian period, Lower Carboniferous, Lower Carboniferous period