The Clifton Formation has produced a rich assemblage of plants typical of the Upper Carboniferous Period.

Charcoal layers can be seen in many Upper Carboniferous rocks.

The cliffs are believed to have been formed about 320 million years ago during the Upper Carboniferous period.

For corals that lived during the Upper Carboniferous (300 Ma), there are approximately 380 lines each year.

Rock just above and below the boundary of the Lower and Upper Carboniferous preserve footprints best identified as the trace fossil Pseudobradypus.

The sediments were deposited between the Lower Devonian and the Upper Carboniferous, a period of approximately 112 million years.

By the Upper Carboniferous Period, we river systems are similar those of today, integrated with the land vegetation.

The rocks exposed on the shore near Clifton have also yielded beautiful examples of Upper Carboniferous plants.

Archaeothyris is an extinct genus of Ophiacodontid Synapsid that lived in late Carboniferous Nova Scotia.

Skull and brain anatomy of Late Carboniferous Sibyrhynchidae (Chondrichthyes, Iniopterygia) from Kansas and Oklahoma (USA).

The ‘Fern Ledges’ site in Saint John may be the best-known Upper Carboniferous site in New Brunswick.

The ‘Fern Ledges’ site in Saint John may be the best-known Upper Carboniferous site in New Brunswick.

The first known reptiles appeared during the Pennsylvanian Period (or upper Carboniferous Period), about 300 million years ago.

Well-consolidated sandstones and argillaceous rocks Jurassic to Upper Carboniferous Karoo-type sandstones, and in some cases calcareous rocks.

Some of New Brunswick’s most familiar landscapes are found where Upper Carboniferous rocks meet the sea.