Mississippian Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
This article is about the geologic period; for the North American culture, see Mississippian civilization.
The
Mississippian is a
geologic (sub)period lasting from roughly 360 million years before the present (BP) to 325 million years BP. As with most other geologic periods, the
rock bedss that define the period are well identified, but the exact start and end dates are uncertain by a few million years. In
North America, where the interval consists primarily of marine limestones, it is treated as a full-fledged geologic period between the
Devonian and the
Pennsylvanian. In Europe, the Mississippian and Pennsylvanian are one more-or-less continuous sequence of lowland continental deposits and are lumped together as the
Carboniferous period.
Refer to the Carboniferous period article for information on faunal stages, climate, etc.
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