Permian

 
Time: 286 to 268 mya
Duration: 18 million years
 
Early Permian coal beds are found in the Appalachian Coal Region in western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and eastern Ohio. These coals likely represent the last remnants of the unique world-wide coal producing conditions of the Pennsylvanian time period.
 

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