1. permian - Noun
2. permian - Adjective
3. Permian - Proper noun
Belonging or relating to the period, and also to the formation, next following the Carboniferous, and regarded as closing the Carboniferous age and Paleozoic era.
The Permian period. See Chart of Geology.
Source: Webster's dictionaryOne light-year is not much as galactic distances go. You could walk it in about 270 million years, beginning at the middle of the Permian Era, when dinosaurs belonged to the remote future, and continuing to the present day. Poul Anderson
About 90% of insects at the start of the Permian were cockroach-like insects ( "Blattopterans" ). Source: Internet
All Permian anapsid reptiles died out except the procolophonids ( testudines have anapsid skulls but are most often thought to have evolved later, from diapsid ancestors). Source: Internet
Anoxia seeAlso Evidence for widespread ocean anoxia (severe deficiency of oxygen) and euxinia (presence of hydrogen sulfide ) is found from the Late Permian to the Early Triassic. Source: Internet
Climate Selwyn Rock, South Australia - an exhumed glacial pavement of Permian age The climate in the Permian was quite varied. Source: Internet
Excluding entitlement effects and divestments, liquids production increased 2 percent driven by Permian Basin growth, while natural gas volumes decreased 4 percent. Source: Internet