Permian (298.90 +/-0.15 Ma)

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
5 / 75 / 75 / 0 (Commission for the Geological Map of the World)
Color RGB
R: 240 G: 64 B: 40
Rank
chronostratigraphic Period
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid formal name

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Perm
Français
Permien
Italiano
Permiano
English
Permian (298.90 +/-0.15 Ma)
Origin of the Name

Named after the former Perm Governorate (Russia).

Historical Variants
5e Etage = Permien (Greppin 1866), Perm, Permico (Pozzi 1959)

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units
Units at roof

Geography

Type area
Ural Mountains

Material and varia

Images
Permian_equivalency.jpg

  • Lopingian (259.51 +/-0.21 Ma)

    Name Origin

    Named after the town of Leping = Loping (Jiangxi Province, China).

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Epoch
    Status
    valid formal name
    Age
    Wuchiapingian
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    • Changhsingian (254.14 +/-0.07 Ma)

      Rank
      chronostratigraphic Stage
      Status
      valid formal name
      Age
      Changhsingian
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    • Wuchiapingian (259.51 +/-0.21 Ma)

      Rank
      chronostratigraphic Stage
      Status
      valid formal name
      Age
      Wuchiapingian
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  • Guadalupian (273.01 +/-0.14 Ma)

    Name Origin

    Named after the Guadalupe Mountains (Texas, USA).

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Epoch
    Status
    valid formal name
    Age
    Roadian
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    • Capitanian (264.28 +/-0.16 Ma)

      Name Origin

      Named after the Capitan Reef in the Guadalupe Mountains (Texas, USA).

      Rank
      chronostratigraphic Stage
      Status
      valid formal name
      Age
      Capitanian
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    • Wordian (266.9 +/-0.4 Ma)

      Name Origin

      Named after the Word Formation (Word Ranch, Glass Mountains) of the North American Permian Basin.

      Rank
      chronostratigraphic Stage
      Status
      valid formal name
      Age
      Wordien
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    • Roadian (273.01 +/-0.14 Ma)

      Name Origin

      Named after the Road Canyon Member of the Word Formation (Texas, USA).

      Rank
      chronostratigraphic Stage
      Status
      valid formal name
      Age
      Roadian
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  • Cisuralian (298.9 +/-0.15 Ma)

    Name Origin

    Named after the Cisural Mountains (western, European part of the Ural Mountains).

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Epoch
    Status
    valid formal name
    Age
    Asselian
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    • Kungurian (283.5 +/-0.6 Ma)

      Name Origin

      Named after the town of Kungur (Russia), near Perm.

      Rank
      chronostratigraphic Stage
      Status
      valid formal name
      Age
      Kungurian
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    • Artinskian (290.1 +/-0.26 Ma)

      Name Origin

      Named after the town of Artinsk = Arti (Russia), S Perm.

      Rank
      chronostratigraphic Stage
      Status
      valid formal name
      In short

      Stage of the Early Permian.

      Age
      Artinskien
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    • Sakmarian (293.52 +/-0.17 Ma)

      Name Origin

      Named after the Sakmara River (Russia).

      Rank
      chronostratigraphic Stage
      Status
      valid formal name
      Age
      Sakmarien
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    • Asselian (298.9 +/-0.15 Ma)

      Name Origin

      Named after the Assel River, southern Ural Mountains (Kazakhstan / Bashkortostan).

      Rank
      chronostratigraphic Stage
      Status
      valid formal name
      In short

      First stage of the Cisuralian and hence base of the Permian.

      Age
      Asselian
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