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What was the geology like during the Permian period?
Many of earth's marine invertebrates were extinct, and many other species that had evolved on earth were extinct as well, so basically the ecosystem was "rebuilding" after the Permian mass-extinction.
What do geologists believe the earth was like 250 million years ago?
In the Late Permian, a volcanic region in India called the Deccan Traps formed, pumping large amounts of gases into Earth's atmosphere. These created a greenhouse effect, raising global temperatures. This is known as the End Permian Extinction. By the Permian-Triassic boundary, 250 million years ago, vast deserts covered the planet. Over 90 percent of all animal species on Earth had died out.
What animals lived on Pangaea?
Pangaea existed from the Permian, about 299 million years ago, through the Triassic, and into the early Jurassic.There were very different animals in Pangaea during the Permian than there were in the Triassic because, at the end of the Permian, about 90% of species became extinct in the worst mass extinction in Earth's history.PermianInsects in Pangaea included beetles, dragonflies, and flies. Early in the Permian, large amphibians and pelycosaur reptiles, like the carnivorous, sail backed Demitrodon, or the herbivorous, sail backed Edaphosaurus. Later in the Permian the archosaurs evolved, which later gave rise to the dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and crocodillians. There were also therapsids, the reptillian ancestors of mammals. TriassicThe temnospndyli, which were large amphibians, and therapsids both survived the Permian extinction event. Archosaurs were the primary terrestrial vertebrates. There were herbivores such as Hyperodapedon, and carnivores like Postosuchus. The first dinosaurs were small meat eaters like Eoraptor, and small, long necked, herbivorous dinosaurs called prosauropods, evolved in Panagaea during the Triassic.
Were dinosaurs the only warm blooded reptiles are were there more?
There were more. In the Permian, Triassic, and early Jurassic periods there were mammal-like reptiles from which true mammals evolved, some of which were likely warm blooded.
What are the major subdivisions of geologic times?
The major subdivisions are the Precambrian, Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic, which are subdivided into Archean and Proterozoic (Precambrian), Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous (or Missisipian and Pennsylvanian in the US) and Permian (Palaeozoic), Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous (Mesozoic) and Tertiary and Quaternary (Cenozoic). For a graphical representation, see http://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/socal/geology/geologic_history/images/geologic_time_scale.jpg
251 million years ago what dominated the earth?
During the time period known as the Triassic period, reptiles dominated the Earth. Particularly, archosaurs, which included early dinosaur ancestors and crocodile-like creatures, were common. This period also saw the rise of the first mammals and the proliferation of various marine life forms.
What would people liked to of seen during the permian period?
In the Permian Period, the land on Earth was a giant landmass called Pangaea. It was arid and desert-like. The creatures probably would have like a freshwater lake.?æ?æ
What animals lived in pangaea?
there were several groups of creatures on Pangaea. but for going the insects there where 4 major groups amphibians, anapsids diapsids and therapsids. the amphibians where remnants from the coniforus still large but not dominante on land anymore. anapsids accounted for a good chunk of life on land at this time. therapsids or so called mamal like reptials (eventualy evolved into mamals) where very common but the ones you know about are the diapsids. thees included crocidiles lizards and dinosaurs.
What are all the ages of the Earth and their order?
The ages of Earth are like several stages of the Earth. If you research about each of the stages I have typed below you may get more information, I recommend Wikipedia (If it has it). It starts like this: Pre-Cambrian, Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene. Note: Some of the ages are named after particular places. Other sites might mention some other information or some ages between some of the ones I've given you.
Mesozoic era what events happend to begin and end this era?
The Mesozoic period began about 250 million years ago when the Permian-Triassic extinction occurred, probably by a combination of gradual atmosphere change and some external event like an Earth impact. The period ended about 66 million years ago with another great extinction, this one probably a combination of an impact and volcanic activity.
What types of life before the dinosaurs?
Life before the dinosaurs was full of giant reptiles like Dimetrodon which were ancient reptiles. There were also ancient amphibians a lot like Mudskippers. Most of the creatures living in the Permian area were big. Before the Permian era ,in the Carboniferous era there were giant invertebrates. And before that there were sea creatures such as sea scorpions which could grow huge. Very first life forms were microorganisms which you can't see to the naked eye.
What was the world like in the Triassic period?
Hot and dry
