This period saw the evolution of the fusulinids, an early variety of foraminiferous protozoa as well as the evolution of the first coelacanths.
During this period, Europe was covered by the inland, hypersaline Zechstein Sea and later stages of this period saw the rifting of the Cimmerian subcontinent northward, an event that formed the Neotethys Sea. This period saw the evolution of the fusulinids, an early variety of foraminiferous protozoa as well as the evolution of the first coelacanths. Another event during the middle years of this time is known as Olson's extinction after which saw the rise of therapsids such as Gorgonops. Dominant animal species during this period include pelycosaurs like the sail-backed Dimetrodon and the cynodonts, the clade that includes modern mammals. Following after the Carboniferous Period, FTP, identify this last geological period of the Paleozoic era whose boundary with the Triassic is marked by natural history's largest mass extinction.
During this period, Europe was covered by the inland, hypersaline Zechstein Sea and later stages of this period saw the rifting of the Cimmerian subcontinent northward, an event that formed the Neotethys Sea.
{Permian} period