carboniferous

As adjectives the difference between carboniferous and carbonaceous

is that carboniferous is of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises the lower, middle and upper Mississippian and lower, middle and upper Pennsylvanian epochs from about 345 to 280 million years ago, when coal was laid down while carbonaceous is of, relating to, rich in, or yielding carbon.

As a proper noun Carboniferous

is the Carboniferous period.

As adjectives the difference between carboniferous and noncarboniferous

is that carboniferous is containing or producing carbon while noncarboniferous is not carboniferous.

As an adjective Carboniferous

is of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises the lower, middle and upper Mississippian and lower, middle and upper Pennsylvanian epochs from about 345 to 280 million years ago, when coal was laid down.

As a proper noun Carboniferous

is the Carboniferous period.

As a noun edaphosaurus is

any of several dinosaurs of the family Edaphosauridae, from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, that had a distinctive dorsal sail or crest.

As an adjective Carboniferous

is of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises the lower, middle and upper Mississippian and lower, middle and upper Pennsylvanian epochs from about 345 to 280 million years ago, when coal was laid down.

As a proper noun Carboniferous

is the Carboniferous period.

As a noun graptolite is

any of a group of extinct aquatic colonial invertebrates, of the class Graptolithina, from the Cambrian and Carboniferous periods.