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Also known as Cisuralian Epoch, Early Permian Epoch, Lower Permian Epoch, Early Permian, Lower Permian, Cisuralian Series

The Cisuralian, also known as the Early Permian, is the first series/epoch of the Permian. The Cisuralian was preceded by the Pennsylvanian and followed by the Guadalupian. The Cisuralian Epoch is named after the western slopes of the Ural Mountains in Russia and Kazakhstan and dates between 298.9 ± 0.15 – 274.4 ± 0.4 Ma.

Key facts

Geologic timespan.name
Cisuralian
Geologic timespan.color
Cisuralian
Geologic timespan.time_start
298.9
Geologic timespan.time_start_uncertainty
0.15
Geologic timespan.time_end
274.4
Geologic timespan.time_end_uncertainty
0.4
Geologic timespan.image_map
Mollweide Paleographic Map of Earth, 285 Ma (Artinskian Age).png
Geologic timespan.caption_map
A map of Earth 285 million years ago during the Cisuralian Epoch, Artinskian Age
Geologic timespan.timeline
Permian
Geologic timespan.name_formality
Formal
Geologic timespan.synonym1
Early/Lower Permian
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earth
Geologic timespan.usage
Global (ICS)
Geologic timespan.timescales_used
ICS Time Scale
Geologic timespan.chrono_unit
Epoch
Geologic timespan.strat_unit
Series
Geologic timespan.timespan_formality
Formal
Geologic timespan.lower_boundary_def
FAD of the conodont Streptognathodus isolatus within the morphotype Streptognathodus wabaunsensis chronocline

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
epoch
Has part
Asselian
Named after
Ural Mountains
Followed by
Guadalupian
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sRGB color hex triplet
F76E54
start time
298900000-
end time
272950000-
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Name and background
  • Geography
  • Climate
  • Biodiversity
  • Subdivisions
  • Global
  • Regional
  • References

The Cisuralian, also known as the Early Permian, is the first series/epoch of the Permian. The Cisuralian was preceded by the Pennsylvanian and followed by the Guadalupian. The Cisuralian Epoch is named after the western slopes of the Ural Mountains in Russia and Kazakhstan and dates between 298.9 ± 0.15 – 274.4 ± 0.4 Ma.

In the regional stratigraphy of southwestern North America, the Cisuralian encompasses two series: the Wolfcampian (Asselian to mid-Artinskian) and Leonardian (mid-Artinskian to Kungurian).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cisuralian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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