Permian Period

An age of increasing global temperatures and drying

The Permian Period is in the Paleozoic Era, occurring after the Carboniferous Period and before the Triassic Period. The Permian is the last period in the Paleozoic Era. 

Geologic Age

Subdivisions

Eon / Eon

What happened during this time?

Biological

Flora, spore-bearing

Flora, seed-bearing

Fauna

Geophysical

Above; Reconstruction of Nystroemia reniformis (From Fig. 5, Wang & Pfefferkorn 2010)