The Serpukhovian Age is the last of three ages in the Mississippian Epoch of the Carboniferous Period. It lasted from 326.5±1.6 million years ago to 318.1±1.3 million years ago. It was preceded by the Visean Age and followed by the Bashkirian Age. Look up Age on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Age may refer to: The length of time that a person has lived, reckoned from date of birth in most cultures; see also: ageing, for the social, cultural, and economic factors of age and ageing. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the geologic period; for the North American culture, see Mississippian culture. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Carboniferous is a major division of the geologic timescale that extends from the end of the Devonian period, about 359. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
The Serpukhovian is the last of the three ages that make up the Mississippian Epoch.
This is the Age from which come the remarkable tetrapods of East Kirkton and the Dora Bone Beds, as well as the wonderful chondrichthyan fauna of Bear Creek.
Interestingly, these dramatic climate changes in the Late Serpukhovian occurred at just about the same time as the major evolutionary events of the Age: the sudden spread of winged insects, the evolution of protoamniotes (e.g.
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