The Paleontology of North America

The Carboniferous in New Hampshire, US

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undifferentiated rock units

See exposures in this state from the:

Quaternary
Tertiary
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
Permian
Carboniferous
Devonian
Silurian
Ordovician
Cambrian
Precambrian

Carboniferous Fossils
Fossil photos from Carboniferous in New Hampshire

Paleontology and geology

There are no Carboniferous rocks in New Hampshire. This was a time of uplift and erosion in the state as continents collided to form Pangea. This mountain-building event is referred to as the Alleghenian Orogeny.

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