Divisions of this time period include the Cisuralian, Guadalupian, and Lopingian epochs.
Divisions of this time period include the Cisuralian, Guadalupian, and Lopingian epochs. The continent of Cimmeria separated from Gondwana during this period, which resulted in the shrinking of the Paleo-Tethys sea and the formation of the Tethys sea to its south. Modern trees like conifers and ginkos first appeared in this period, whose dry conditions favored the growth of gymnosperms. This period was dominated by synapsids such as pelycosaurs, dinocephalia, and gorgonopsians. Preceded by the Carboniferous Period, it was first introduced in 1841 by Roderick Murchison. Name this geological period in which 95 percent of the extant species were wiped out by its namesake P-T extinction event.
Divisions of this time period include the Cisuralian, Guadalupian, and Lopingian epochs.
{Permian} period