Permian Period

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geological formation
gptkbp:characterizedBy arid climate
diversification of reptiles
formation of Pangaea
decline of amphibians
expansion of gymnosperms
gptkbp:climate extreme seasonal variation
generally dry
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Cisuralian_Epoch
gptkb:Guadalupian_Epoch
gptkb:Lopingian_Epoch
gptkbp:continent gptkb:Pangaea
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Sir_Roderick_Murchison
gptkbp:duration about 47 million years
gptkbp:endDate 251.9 million years ago
gptkbp:extinct gptkb:Permian-Triassic_extinction_event
gptkbp:extinctionEventDate about 251.9 million years ago
gptkbp:extinctionEventImpact about 70% terrestrial vertebrate species extinct
over 90% marine species extinct
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1841
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Triassic_Period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Permian Period
gptkbp:marineLife corals
bryozoans
brachiopods
crinoids
ammonoids
trilobites (declining)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Perm,_Russia
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Dimetrodon
gptkb:Amphibian_temnospondyls
gptkb:Captorhinid
gptkb:Dicynodont
gptkb:Fusulinid_foraminifera
gptkb:Parareptilia
gptkb:Sphenacodont
gptkb:dinosaur
gptkb:Glossopteris
gptkb:Mesosaurus
gptkb:Gorgonopsid
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Paleozoic_Era
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Carboniferous_Period
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:International_Commission_on_Stratigraphy
gptkbp:significance gptkb:end_of_Paleozoic_Era
largest mass extinction in Earth's history
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Permian-Triassic_extinction_event
gptkbp:startDate 298.9 million years ago
gptkbp:stratotypeLocation gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Paleozoic_Era
gptkb:Phanerozoic_Eon
gptkb:Permian-Triassic_extinction_event
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6