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... a 7 cm thick, green, mica-rich shale occurs and it is this horizon that has yielded the plant spores. Eleven species have been identified and they typify two spore zones that include the whole of the Asbian stage and the early part of the succeeding Brigantian of the Carboniferous period.  2, record 1, English, - spore%20zone

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spore zone: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.  3, record 1, English, - spore%20zone

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zone à spores : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.  2, record 1, French, - zone%20%C3%A0%20spores

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(360 to 320 million years ago).  2, record 2, English, - Early%20Carboniferous%20Epoch

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Captorhinids(or Cotylosaurs) are "stem reptiles", primitive anapsids that led to the reptiles(including dinosaurs and turtles), birds, and mammals. They evolved from amphibians during the Early Carboniferous period, about 340 million years ago and went extinct at the end of the Triassic period, about 250 million years ago. They had four sprawling legs and a long tail.  2, record 3, English, - Cotylosaur

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Ce sont les reptiles «les plus anciens» que nous connaissions. Ils apparaissent au sommet du Carbonifère et à la base du Permien [...] Ils ont des «caractères archaïques» : leur crâne rappelle celui des Amphibiens Embolomères et Seymouriamorphes par sa voûte continue, solide, «sans fosse temporale», percée seulement par les narines, les orbites et un orifice pinéal [...] Les membres sont courts, trapus, plus ou moins horizontaux.  3, record 3, French, - Cotylosaure

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The Pelycosauria were among the very first groups of reptiles to evolve, early in the Late Carboniferous(Pennsylvanian) period. By the end of that period all the major lines of Pelycosaurs except the caesids had appeared. They remained the dominant life-form(the largest, fiercest, etc) for some 40-odd million years, which is about 3/5ths the length of time of the age of mammals.  1, record 4, English, - pelycosauria

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Order composed of suborders ophiacodontia, sphenacodontia and edaphesauria.  1, record 4, English, - pelycosauria

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Ce sont des formes uniquement permiennes. La présence d'«une fosse temporale» n'empêche pas qu'ils soient encore «très primitifs». Ils ont, en effet, des dents palatines, des vestiges importants de corde dorsale, des humérus et fémurs horizontaux. Par certains genres intermédiaires, les Pélycosauriens passent à des formes plus évoluées qui manifestent des affinités avec les mammifères.  1, record 4, French, - p%C3%A9lycosaurien

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Branchiosaurus(meaning "gill lizard") was a very early amphibian from early Carboniferous to the early Permian period(roughly 300 million years ago). It was NOT a dinosaur. Like all amphibians, they had to live near the water since amphibian eggs have no shells and must be laid in the water(or in very damp areas) or they will dry out and die. Fossils of these salamander-sized amphibian have been found in Europe. They were the closest relatives of the lissamphibians. Classification : Subclass Labyrinthodont, Order Temnospondyl, Genus Branchiosaurus, many species.  1, record 5, English, - branchiosaurus

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Son extension géographique est considérable: on le trouve dans le Stéphanien de Commentry et des Indes, dans le Carbonifère supérieur d'Amérique du Nord, dans le Permien d'Autun, de la Sarre, de Thuringe, etc. [...] Son aspect général était celui d'une Salamandre à crâne aplati dorso-ventralement et à queue aplatie latéralement.  1, record 5, French, - branchiosaurus

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