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Which conodont marks the beginning of the Capitanian Stage?
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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 beginning of the Capitanian Stage is marked by the first appearance of the conodont Jinogondolella postserrata in the fossil record. This marker was established by the International Commission on Stratigraphy at the Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) located in the Bell Canyon Formation of the Guadalupe Mountains in Texas, U.S.21