Timeline of Carboniferous research

This timeline of Carboniferous research is a chronological listing of events in the history of geology and paleontology focused on the study of earth during the span of time lasting from 358.9 to 298.9 million years ago and the legacies of this period in the rock and fossil records.

19th century

Stethacanthus.
  • Cope described the new genus Eryops.

20th century

See also