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Pages in category "Permian animals" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Adelophthalmidae;
The Permian (/ ˈ p ɜːr m i. ə n / PUR-mee-ən) [4] is a geologic period and stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period 298.9 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.902 Mya.
Synapsids became the dominant type of animal, represented by the Pelycosaurs during the Early Permian and Therapsids during the Middle and Late Permian, and distinguished by the appearance and possession of mammal-like characteristics (hence the old term "mammal-like reptiles").
Another huge animal of this group was Uintatherium, with skull length of 76 cm (30 in), 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall at the shoulder, [146] 4 m (13 ft) in length and 2.25 t (2.48 short tons), the size of a rhinoceros. [147] Despite their large size, Eobasileus as well as Uintatherium had a very small brain. [146] [147]
Permian vertebrates of North America (4 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Permian animals of North America" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Permian animals of Oceania (1 C, 2 P) S. Permian animals of South America (2 C, 6 P) This page was last edited on 31 October 2021, at 23:01 (UTC). Text is available ...
Early Permian terrestrial faunas were dominated by pelycosaurs (a paraphyletic group of early synapsids), diadectids, and temnospondyls, [28] [29] The pelycosaurs appeared during the Late Carboniferous, and reached their apex in the Cisuralian remaining the dominant land animals for some 40 million years. [12] [30] A few continued into the ...
Pages in category "Permian animals of Europe" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Chroniosuchus;