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Permian Period

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

PERMIAN PERIOD

PART OF THE PALEOZOIC PERIOD

299 MILLION TO 250 MILLION YEARS AGO

UNIQUE DUE TO MASS EXTINCTION

SUSPECTED ASTEROID HIT DURING THIS TIME MOST LIVING THINGS DIED

PANGEA

SUPERCONTINENT COLLIDED FORMING PANGEA

CLIMATE

COOLER AND DRYER THAN CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD

REEFS, SPONGES, BRACHIOPOD AND BONY FISH

WERE COMMON ORGANISMS

FIRST SEED BEARING PLANTS

AS WELL AS ALGAE AND SPONGES

FIRST ORGANISMS

WINGED INSECTS, FERNS AND CONE BEARING TREES

MASS EXTINCTION

CAUSED MOST LIVING THINGS TO DIE OFF.