Period P

Permian

298.9000 – 251.9020 Ma

The Permian is a geologic period and stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years, from the end of the Carboniferous Period 298.9 Ma to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.902 Ma. It is the sixth and last period of the Paleozoic Era; the following Triassic Period belongs to the Mesozoic Era. The concept of the Permian was introduced in 1841 by geologist Sir Roderick Murchison, who named it after the region of Perm in Russia.

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News 3
Amazing Permian Raindrops – An Ephemeral Moment Preserved for 275 Million Years
Fossils can preserve evidence of extraordinary events. However, sometimes the most mundane traces of the past prove equally remarkable. Everything Dinosaur team members recently visited the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. There, they photographed exquisite Permian raindrop impressions preserved in sandstone. A record of rainfall from 275 million years ago. Individual water drops left marks,
03/09/2026 everythingdinosaur
Beautiful Eryops Fossil Skeleton on Display
As a child, one of my favourite prehistoric animals was the giant temnospondyl Eryops.  It always brings me pleasure when I come across fossils of this Early Permian predator.  Indeed, just viewing a reconstructed skeleton makes me smile.  When at the London Natural History Museum, I try to make time to see the Eryops megacephalus
06/05/2026 everythingdinosaur
A palaeontologist’s book review of A Secret History of Sharks
For approximately 450 million years, sharks and their cartilaginous relatives have been a major hallmark of marine life. Withstanding multiple cataclysmic events, most notably those at the end of the Permian and Cretaceous, and maintaining a great diversity in today’s oceans, the evolutionary history of sharks is a lengthy, gripping tale of one of the [&hellip
09/08/2025 palaeocast
Parent interval
Paleozoic Era
Sub-intervals 3
Cisuralian
298.9000 – 274.4000
Guadalupian
274.4000 – 259.8570
Lopingian
259.8570 – 251.9020