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When did the Wuchiapingian 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 Wuchiapingian Age occurred from 259.9 million to 254.2 million years ago. It represents the first of two stages within the Lopingian Epoch, which is the final epoch of the Permian Period.12