Epoch

Cisuralian

298.9000 – 274.4000 Ma

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.

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Cisuralian
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Parent interval
Permian Period
Sub-intervals 4
Asselian
298.9000 – 293.5200
Sakmarian
293.5200 – 290.1000
Artinskian
290.1000 – 283.3000
Kungurian
283.3000 – 274.4000