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During which time period did large tropical swamps extend across North America, eventually becoming the vast coal deposits of eastern North America and Europe today

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The Carboniferous Period

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Part of the Paleozoic Era, it's named because Carboniferous refers to all of the carbon in the swamps which turned to coal. 359-299 mya

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