Permian Period

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Permian paleogeography

continental ice sheet

Permian Period in geologic time

marine evaporite deposition

Pensacola Mountains

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Permian paleogeography

continental ice sheet

Permian Period in geologic time

marine evaporite deposition

Pensacola Mountains

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Topics

Guadalupian Epoch Early Permian Epoch Late Permian Epoch captorhinomorph Dictyoclostus Tatarian Stage Wolfcampian Stage Dunkard Group Kazanian Stage Leonardian Stage Silurian Period Devonian Period Cambrian Period Ordovician Period Carboniferous Period

Key People

Brøgger, Waldemar Christofer

Waldemar Christofer Brøgger

Norwegian geologist