This time period took place 359 to 299 million years ... Identified from remains found inside fossilized Carboniferous tree stumps, they were small, agile, lizard-like animals.

The fossil tree, Pitys withamii, lived during the Carboniferous Period, which lasted from around 359 to 299 million years ago. Many of the coal beds that Britain came to rely on formed at this time, ...

The scientists found lesions on a species of Cordaites, trees that grew ... of this little-known period of time is sure to continue revealing secrets of the early Carboniferous in future studies.