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299 MA
PERMIAN 299 PERIOD (69 M) (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
CISURALIAN299 EPOCH (29 M) (299-270.6 M)
ASSELIAN299 STAGE (4.40 M) (299-294.6 MA)
294.6 MA
SAKMARIAN294.6 STAGE (10.2 M) (294.6-284.4 MA)
284.4 MA
ARTINSKIAN284.4 STAGE(8.8 M) (284.4-275.6 MA)
275.6 MA
KUNGURIAN275.6 STAGE (5 M) (275.6-270.6 MA)
270.6 MA
GUADALUPIAN 270.6 EPOCH (10.2 M) (270.6-260.4 MA)
ROADIAN 270.6 STAGE (2.6 M) (270.6-268 MA)
268 MA
WORDIAN 268 STAGE (2.2 M) (268-265.8 MA)
265.8 MA
CAPITANIAN 265.8 (5.4 M) (265.8-260.4 MA)
260.4 MA
LOPINGIAN260.4 EPOCH (9.4 M) (260.4-251 MA)
WUCHIAPINGIAN260.4 STAGE (6.6 M) (260.4-253.8 MA)
253.8 MA
CHANGHSINGIAN253.8 STAGE (2.8 M) (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
MESOZOIC251 ERA (163 M) (251-67 MA)

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