Lopingian

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Lopingian
259.51 ± 0.21 – 251.902 ± 0.024 Ma
Epoch
Stratigraphic unitSeries
Time span formalityFormal
Lower boundary definitionFAD of the Conodont Clarkina postbitteri postbitteri
Lower boundary GSSPPenglaitan Section, Laibin, Guangxi, China
23°41′43″N 109°19′16″E / 23.6953°N 109.3211°E / 23.6953; 109.3211
Lower GSSP ratified2004[2]
Upper boundary definitionFAD of the Conodont Hindeodus parvus.
Upper boundary GSSPMeishan, Zhejiang, China
31°04′47″N 119°42′21″E / 31.0798°N 119.7058°E / 31.0798; 119.7058
Upper GSSP ratified2001[3]

The Lopingian is the uppermost

epoch of the Permian.[4] It is the last epoch of the Paleozoic. The Lopingian was preceded by the Guadalupian and followed by the Early Triassic
.

The Lopingian is often synonymous with the informal terms late Permian or upper Permian.

The name was introduced by

ages. The earlier is the Wuchiapingian and the later is the Changhsingian.[6]

The

International Chronostratigraphic Chart (v2018/07)[4] provides a numerical age of 259.1 ±0.5 Ma. If a Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) has been approved, the lower boundary of the earliest stage determines numerical age of an epoch. The GSSP for the Wuchiapingian has a numerical age of 259.8 ± 0.4 Ma.[7][8]

Evidence from Milankovitch cycles suggests that the length of an Earth day during this epoch was approximately 22 hours.[9]

Geography

During the Lopingian, most of the earth was in the supercontinent

Microcontinent Cathaysia; And the Cimmerian superterrane, which divided the Tethys Ocean realm into the Paleo-Tethys Ocean and the slowly expanding Neotethys Ocean
.

Life

Main page: Category:Lopingian life

The Lopingian ended with the

extinct
.

The series follows the

ammonoids and other groups went extinct.[10]

Conodonts would reach their all-time low during this period, despite this, they are recovered from most marine Permian localities.[11] Common conodonts from the Lopingian include the genera Clarkina and Hindeodus
.

The Lopingian would see the decline of the Paleozoic ammonoid orders (Goniatitida and Prolecanitida) and the rise of the order Ceratitida, especially within the superfamily Xenodiscoidea.[12]

Only seven

trilobites are known from the Lopingian, with only five by the end of the epoch. One of the last members of this clade was Kathwaia capitorosa.[13]

Eurypterids were nearly extinct by this point, consisting of the possibly Lopingian Campylocephalus permicus of Russia; and the Changhsingian Woodwardopterus? freemanorum of Australia.[14]

A member of the extant

Limulidae; Guangyuanolimulus appears at the end of the period.[15]

On land,

dicynodonts, such as Dicynodon
.

See also

References

  1. ^ "International Chronostratigraphic Chart" (PDF). International Commission on Stratigraphy. September 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  2. doi:10.18814/epiiugs/2006/v29i4/003
    . Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  3. doi:10.18814/epiiugs/2001/v24i2/004
    . Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b International Commission on Stratigraphy. "Chart". Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  5. ISBN 978-7-040-25475-4
    .
  6. ISBN 9780199653065
    .
  7. ^ International Commission on Stratigraphy. "GSSPs". Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  8. ISBN 9780521786737
    .
  9. S2CID 6477972
    .
  10. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.07.004
    .
  11. ISBN 978-3-642-78595-5
    .
  12. doi:10.1134/S0031030116020039
    .
  13. ^ "The last Trilobites". www.Trilobites.info.
  14. doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.1998033
    .
  15. ISSN 0031-0182
    .
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