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it got its name from per meaning pea and mian meaning ancient myans

The Permian period was named in 1841 by the geologist Murchison after a tour ofImperial Russia to include the "vast series of beds of marls, schists, limestones, sandstones, and conglomerates" that overlay the Carboniferous formations in the eastern part of the country. He named it after the ancient kingdom of Permia and the present city of Perm near the Ural mountains.

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