Mosses, Lycopods, Sphenopsids

"Mosses, lycopods, sphenopsids, ferns, seed ferns and cordaites." The next part of the description we have of the Pennsylvanian is a laundry list of plant kinds which sounds like an ecosystem or habitat, not a period of time.

August 11th

The description of the Pennsylvanian we have is an example of how to use inductive rationalization to make the remains of an ecosystem sound like it's evidence for a period of time.