299 MA PERMIAN
PERIOD
(299-230
MA) Landmasses
all connected (except parts of East Asia) as supercontinent Pangaea Ice
Age in South America, Africa, Australia, India, and Antarctica
Panthalassa
- one universal sea Extinction
of much Paleozoic life - trilobites Amphibians
decrease in importance CISURALIAN
EPOCH
(299-270.6 M) ASSELIAN
STAGE
(299-294.6
MA) 294.6 MA
SAKMARIAN294.6
STAGE (10.2
M)
(294.6-284.4 MA) 284.4 MA ARTINSKIAN
STAGE
(284.4-275.6 MA) 275.6 MA
KUNGURIAN
STAGE
(275.6-270.6 MA) 270.6 MA GUADALUPIAN
EPOCH (270.6-260.4 MA) ROADIAN
STAGE
(270.6-268 MA) 268 MA
WORDIAN
STAGE
(268-265.8 MA) 265.8 MA
CAPITANIAN
(265.8-260.4 MA) 260.4 MA LOPINGIAN
EPOCH
(260.4-251 MA) WUCHIAPINGIAN STAGE
(260.4-253.8 MA) 253.8 MA
CHANGHSINGIAN
STAGE
(253.8-251 MA) 252.28 MA End-Permian Event - 95% marine life and 70% terrestrial life extinct - lasts about 200,000 years (most intense for 20,000 years) End-Permian Event - possibly caused byexcessive CO2 output from Siberian Volcanic Traps 251 MA MESOZOIC ERA (163
M) (251-67 MA)