In Carboniferous forests dragonflies grew as big as ravens.

在石纪的森林里，蜻蜓长到大得像乌鸦。

Near the end of an era called the carboniferous, earth started to cool.

在石纪期，地球开始降温。

And even further, there hasn't been any glacial activity here since the carboniferous ended nearly 300 million years ago.

此外，自近 3 亿年前石纪结束以来，这里就没有现过任何冰川活动。

The long-ago seas of the Carboniferous and Devonian swarmed with tiny plankton that wrapped themselves inside tiny protective shells.

泥盆纪和石纪的古海洋里生活着大批微小的浮游生物。它们躲在小小的保护性壳里。

359 Million Years Ago in the Carboniferous forests and lush marshlands are at their peak.

3.59亿年前，在石纪，森林和茂盛的沼泽地达到了鼎盛期。

Hibbertopterus died out in the Carboniferous, but other Hibbertopterids persisted for millions of years.

希伯特翼蝎在石纪灭绝，但其他希伯特翼蝎类存活了数百万年。

It’s known today as the Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse.

它今天被称为石纪雨林 崩塌。

Insects had evolved flight at least as far back as the Carboniferous Period.

昆虫至少早在石纪就已经进化能力。

By the Carboniferous era, half the insects on earth were roaches!

到了石纪, 地球上一半的昆虫都是蟑螂!

Around 50 million years later, the reptiles that emerged during the Carboniferous Period were still terrestrial carnivores.

大约5000万年后，在石纪期现的爬动物仍然是陆地肉食动物。

All that oxygen was also a plus for the arthropods, which got HUGE in the Carboniferous.

所有这些氧气对节肢动物来说也是一个加分项， 它们在石纪获得了巨大的收益。

Amniotes first appeared nearly 315 million years ago, in the Carboniferous Period.

羊膜动物最早现在大约3.15亿年前的石纪。

By the end of the Carboniferous, they had become the single most diverse group of tetrapodomorphs on earth.

到石纪期，它们已经成为地球上种类最丰富的四足形类群。

Some people call the Carboniferous the Age of Coal, but around here it's known as the Age of Roaches.

有些人称石纪为煤，但在这里它被称为蟑螂。

The geological history of these cliffs  dates back to the Upper Carboniferous period, making them approximately 320 million years  old.

这些悬崖的地质历史可追溯至上石纪期，使其年龄约为3.2亿年。

This research looked at insects from the late Carboniferous, like Idoptilus.

这项研究考察了晚石纪的昆虫，如伊多普提鲁斯。

New research is providing a deeper understanding of Whatcheeria, which lived around 330 million years ago during a time known as the Carboniferous period.

新的研究让人们对瓦切螈有了更深入的了解，它生活在大约3。3亿年前被称为石纪的期。

Iberospondylus, for example, was a Carboniferous genus that thrived in coastal environments in what's now Spain.

例如，伊比罗扁头类是一种在现在的西班牙沿海环境中繁盛的石纪属。

And back in the early Carboniferous Period, earth was an amphibian's paradise.

而在早石纪期，地球是两栖动物的天堂。

And they're partly why we call the Carboniferous ... the Carboniferous!

而这正是我们称石纪为石纪的部分原因！