Permian Earth 
PERMIAN

THE PERMIAN PERIOD
299 TO 251 Million Years Ago
The Age of the Great Extinction
 Mammal-like Reptiles proliferate - then, Global Devastation
The Lord is angry . . . He will totally destroy them, he will give them over to slaughter. - Isaiah 34:2

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Paleo-Geography
  • Pangea supercontinent combines all major landmasses
  • Panthalassa combines all oceans except Tethys
  • Climate swings widely between hot and cold extremes
  • Huge deserts - Carboniferous swamp forests dry up
  • Paleozoic Era ends with Permian Mass Extinction - worst
    in earth's history with 95% of all life destroyed

Life
  
  Hot dry conditions favor the   first modern trees, the   gymnosperms (left) such as   conifers, ginkos and cycads.   They spread with seeds   covered in a protective shell.

   (Image: Universe-Review)
Mammal-like Dimetrodons bask in the Permian heat
(Image: Earth History Resources)

 

Two great branches of animal life appeared in the Permian. The Archosaurs (like Chasmatosaurus,
near right) grew into the crocodilians, dinosaurs
and birds. The Therapsids (like Lycaenops,
far right) grew into the Cynodonts, Mammals, and ultimately, humans.

             (Image: Dinosauria von A bis Z)

 

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