Question

what do you understand by Carboniferous age? What is indicated by this name​

Answer 1

Characteristic of the Carboniferous period (from about 360 million to 300 million years ago) were its dense and swampy forests, which gave rise to large deposits of peat. Over the eons the peat transformed into rich coal stores in Western Europe and North America. The name "Carboniferous" refers to this coal.

Answer 2

Answer:

The carboniferous age is the age of amphibians and pteridophytes.

Explanation:

And its name indicate that the fossils which we see today by method of carbon dating are of those times and also the petroleum we extract today were the life of carboniferous age.