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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 Permian Period was the final period of the Paleozoic Era. It spanned from approximately 298.9 million to 252.2 million years ago, following the Carboniferous Period and preceding the Triassic Period.12