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When did the Wordian Age occur?
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Permian Period
Distribution of landmasses, mountainous regions, shallow seas, and deep ocean basins near the end of the Permian Period. Included in the paleogeographic reconstruction are the locations of the interval's subduction zones.
The Wordian Age occurred approximately 268.8 million to 265.1 million years ago during the Permian Period.1