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CARBONIFEROUS TO PERMIAN PERIODS
EXAMPLES OF CARBONIFEROUS
THE EARTH DURING THE LATE CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD AND PERMIAN ANIMALS
Siberia
Laurussia
China
SKULL OF AN EXTINCT SYNAPSID
(Dimetrodon loomisi)
Ural
Mountains
Caledonian
Mountains
FOSSIL TEETH OF
AN EXTINCT SHARK
(Helicoprion bessonowi)
Appalachian
Mountains
Gondwana
MODEL OF AN EXTINCT EARLY
REPTILELIKE ANIMAL
(Westlothiana lizziae)
LEPIDODENDRON CORDAITES GLOSSOPTERIS ALETHOPTERIS
Group: Lepidodendraceae Group: Cordaitacea Group: Glossopteridaceae Group: Medullosaceae
Height: 100 ft (30 m) Height: 33 ft (10 m) Height: 26 ft (8 m) Height: 16 ft 6 in (5 m)
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