Sakmarian

Also known as Sakmarian Stage, Sakmarian Age

In the geologic timescale, the Sakmarian is an age or stage of the Permian period. It is a subdivision of the Cisuralian Epoch or Series. The Sakmarian lasted between 293.52 and million years ago (Ma). It was preceded by the Asselian and followed by the Artinskian.

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Geologic timespan.name: Sakmarian
Geologic timespan.color: Sakmarian
Geologic timespan.time_start: 293.52
Geologic timespan.time_start_uncertainty: 0.17
Geologic timespan.time_end: 290.1
Geologic timespan.time_end_uncertainty: 0.26
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 Mesogondolella monstra
Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_location: Usolka section, Southern Ural Mountains, Russia
Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_accept_date: 2018
Geologic timespan.upper_boundary_def: FAD of the Conodont Sweetognathus whitei

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==Stratigraphy== The Sakmarian Stage is named after the Sakmara River in the Ural Mountains, a tributary to the Ural River. The stage was introduced into scientific literature by Alexander Karpinsky in 1874. In Russian stratigraphy, it originally formed a substage of the Artinskian Stage. Currently, the ICS (International Commission on Stratigraphy) uses it as an independent stage in its international geologic timescale.

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