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The fifth period of the Paleozoic Era. The Mississippian System (referring to rocks) or Period (referring to time during which these rocks were...


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Figure 1.Conodont-foram-coral biochronology, sea-level changes, and rock series subdivisions of the Mississippian in North America. NA S, North American Series; EU S, European Stages. Length and weight of arrows show relative scale of the major North American sea-level rises (transgressions) and falls (regressions).
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Figure 2.Mid-Mississippian (middle Osagean) paleogeographic and lithofacies map of conterminous United States showing the widespread carbonate platform, continental spine (Transcontinental Arch), bounding highlands and basins, and position of paleoequator. (After R. C. Gutschick and C. A. Sandberg, Mississippian continental margins of the conterminous United States, Soc. Econ. Paleont. Mineral. Spec. Publ., 33:79–96, 1983)
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