Early Carboniferous animals (Time series) - Wildlife in the Fossil sites
Classified animal and plant picture guide. Clicking the Organism name 
shows the images, and pointing the Organism name shows the tooltip with three links at the left-top corner.
shows the images, and pointing the Organism name shows the tooltip with three links at the left-top corner.The Early Carboniferous in Paleozoic spanned from 359.2 to 318.1 millon years ago. The explanation in brackets is the ages they lived in extinct species. Note that Mya is million years ago. For example, "48.6～40.4 Mya" shows a range between 48.6 and 40.4 million years ago. The italic and bold figures, e.g. 488, show out of the range. The time range is shown in the Geological Time Table. The followings are a part of the Evolutionary Tree.
Carboniferous, Early Carboniferous, Late Carboniferous
The right map is the continents at Early Carboniferous provided by C. R. Scotese PALEOMAP Project.
Carboniferous, Early Carboniferous, Late Carboniferous
The right map is the continents at Early Carboniferous provided by C. R. Scotese PALEOMAP Project.
| 359.2 Mya | ||||
| 359.2～345.3 Mya |  | Vascular plant | Protopitys | |
| Sea lily | Abrotocrinus | ||
| Sea bud | Schizoblastus | ||
| Sea bud | Metablastus | ||
| 359.2～326.4 Mya | | Sea lily | Cribanocrinus | |
| 359.2～318.1 Mya | | Fern | Stauropteris , Zygopteris | |
| Sea lily | Barycrinus , Cryptoblastus, Onychocrinus | ||
| Sea bud | Pentremites | ||
 | Nautilus | Nautilus clarkanus | ||
 | Horseshoe crab | Xaniopyramis | ||
| Insect | Delitzschala | ||
 | Shark | Tristychius, Sphenacanthus | ||
| Primitive amphibia | Palaeomolgophis , Adelospondylus | ||
| 359.2～312 Mya | | Fern | Lyginopteris (Ancestor of conifer) | |
| 359.2～305 Mya | | Vascular plant | Lepidophloios | |
| 359.2～299 Mya |  | Coral | Lithostrotionella | |
| Horseshoe crab | Euproops | ||
 | Sea scorpion | Megarachne | ||
| Insect | Protophasma | ||
| First cockroach fossil | ||||
| Cockroach | Archimylacris | ||
 | Cartilaginous fish | Deltoptychius | ||
| Coelacanth | Rhabdoderma | ||
| Primitive amphibia | Baphetes, Oestocephalus (Snake-like amphibia) | ||
| Ancestor of reptile | Pteroplax | ||
| 359.2～284 Mya | | Fern | Alloiopteris | |
| Sea lily | Actinocrinites | ||
| 359.2～272.5 Mya | | Fern | Eremopteris | |
| 359.2～253.8 Mya | | Green algae | Stigmaria | |
| 359.2～251 Mya | | Sea scorpion | Campylocephalus | |
| 359.2～245 Mya | | Fern | Annularia (Great Dying③) | |
| 359.2～112 Mya | | Cycad | Alethopteris (Great Dying③④) | |
| 359.2～99.6 Mya | | Fern | Equisetites (Great Dying③④) | |
| 359.2～61.7 Mya | | Conifer | Araucarioxylon (Great Dying③④⑤) | |
| 359.2～0 Mya | | Fern | (Horsetails) (Great Dying③④⑤) | |
| Nautilus | (Nautilus) (Great Dying③④⑤) | ||
| Tusk shell | (Fissidentalium) (Great Dying③④⑤) | ||
| 354 Mya | ||||
| 354～290 Mya | | Coelacanth | Allenypterus | |
| 353.8 Mya | ||||
| 353.8～349.5 Mya | | Primitive amphibia | Pederpes | |
| 349.5 Mya | ||||
| 349.5～345.3 Mya | | Sea lily | Agaricocrinus | |
| 349.5～345 Mya | | Sea bud | Granatocrinus, Orbitremites, Histocrinus , Sarocrinus , Catillocrinus | |
| 349.5～342.8 Mya | | Sea lily | Ulrichicrinus , Parascytalocrinus | |
| 349.5～339.4 Mya | | Sea lily | Macrocrinus | |
| 349.5～332.9 Mya | | Sea lily | Scytalocrinus | |
| 349.5～145.5 Mya | | Cycad | Neuropteris (Great Dying③④) | |
| 349.5～0 Mya |  | Bivalve | (Pecten) (Great Dying③④⑤), (Pinna) (Great Dying③④⑤) | |
| 345.3 Mya | ||||
| 345.3～328.3 Mya |  | Scorpion | Pulmonoscorpius (１m) | |
| Primitive amphibia | Crassigyrinus , Eucritta | ||
| 345.3～253.8 Mya |  | Trilobite | Ditomopyge | |
| 345.3～0 Mya | | Tusk shell | (Antalis) (Great Dying③④⑤) | |
| 345 Mya | ||||
| 345～342.8 Mya | | Cartilaginous fish | Chondrenchelys | |
| 345～279.5 Mya | | Coral | Aulophyllum | |
| 342.8 Mya | ||||
| 342.8～332.9 Mya | | Sea bud | Diploblastus | |
| 340 Mya | ||||
| 340～280 Mya | | Myriapoda | Arthropleura (２．６m) | |
| 339.4 Mya | ||||
| 339.4～336 Mya | | Ancestor of reptile | Casineria (Primitive amniotes) | |
| 339.4～312 Mya | | Cephalopod | Rayonnoceras | |
| 339.4～251 Mya | | Lamp shell | Neospirifer | |
| 336.8 Mya | ||||
| 336.8～323.2 Mya | | Primitive amphibia | Pholidogaster | |
| 336 Mya | ||||
| 336～332.9 Mya | First harvestmen fossil | |||
| Harvestmen | Brigantibunum | ||
| Ancestor of reptile | Westlothiana (Primitive amniotes) | ||
| 336～279.5 Mya | | Sea lily | Allocatillocrinus | |
| 328.3 Mya | ||||
| 328.3～318.1 Mya | | Cartilaginous fish | Echinochimaera | |
| Coelacanth | Caridosuctor , Hadronector | ||
| 326.4 Mya | ||||
| 326.4～318.1 Mya | | Cartilaginous fish | Delphyodontos | |
| Primitive amphibia | Spathicephalus | ||
| 326.4～312 Mya | First shark fossil | |||
| Shark | Falcatus , Harpagofututor , Netsepoye, Belantsea | ||
| Primitive amphibia | Greererpeton | ||
| 326.4～290 Mya | | Trilobite | Ameura | |
| 326.4～279.5 Mya | | Coral | Petalaxis | |
| Shark | Stethacanthus | ||
| 326.4～265 Mya | | Green algae | Calamostachys (Great Dying②) | |
| 326.4～260.5 Mya | | Shark | Janassa | |
| 326.4～245 Mya | | Cartilaginous fish | Listracanthus | |
| 326.4～171.6 Mya | | Vascular plant | Calamites (Great Dying③④) | |
| 326.4～11.1 Mya | | Fern | Pecopteris (Great Dying③④⑤) | |
| 326 Mya | ||||
| 326～318 Mya | | Coelacanth | Polyosteorhynchus | |
| 320 Mya | ||||
| 320～305 Mya | | Primitive amphibia | Solenodonsaurus | |