Lopingian
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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 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] GeographyDuring 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 .
LifeThe 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 .
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