Capitanian

Also known as Capitanian Stage, Capitanian Age

In the geologic timescale, the Capitanian is an age or stage of the Permian. It is also the uppermost or latest of three subdivisions of the Guadalupian Epoch or Series. The Capitanian lasted between and million years ago. It was preceded by the Wordian and followed by the Wuchiapingian.

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Geologic timespan.name: Capitanian
Geologic timespan.color: Capitanian
Geologic timespan.time_start: 264.28
Geologic timespan.time_start_uncertainty: 0.16
Geologic timespan.time_end: 259.51
Geologic timespan.time_end_uncertainty: 0.21
Geologic timespan.image_map: File:260Ma Mollweide.png
Geologic timespan.caption_map: Mollweide map of Earth 260 million years ago, with black outlines depicting countries in their locations
Geologic timespan.timeline: Permian
Geologic timespan.name_formality: Formal
Geologic timespan.celestial_body: earth
Geologic timespan.usage: Global (ICS)
Geologic timespan.timescales_used: ICS Time Scale
Geologic timespan.chrono_unit: Age
Geologic timespan.strat_unit: Stage
Geologic timespan.timespan_formality: Formal
Geologic timespan.lower_boundary_def: FAD of the Conodont Jinogondolella postserrata
Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_location: Nipple Hill, Guadalupe Mountains, Texas, USA

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sRGB color hex triplet: FEA38A
start time: 265100000-
end time: 259100000-

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Stratigraphy
Definitions
Biostratigraphy
Capitanian life
Notable formations
Events
References
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A significant mass extinction event occurred at the end of this stage, which was associated with anoxia and acidification in the oceans and possibly caused by the volcanic eruptions that produced the Emeishan Traps. This extinction event may be related to the much larger Permian–Triassic extinction event that followed about 10 million years later.