Capitanian age
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The Capitanian age is a middle Permian geologic time interval marked by significant global environmental changes and a major mass extinction event that heavily impacted marine life.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Capitanian Age | 1 |
| Capitanian age canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11305418 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Capitanian age Context triple: [Capitanian (Guadalupian) mass extinction, occursIn, Capitanian age]
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Gondarine period
The Gondarine period was a significant era in Ethiopian history marked by the rise of Gondar as the imperial capital, noted for its distinctive stone castles, flourishing arts, and religious architecture.
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B.
Imperial Era
The Imperial Era is the period in the Star Wars galaxy when the Galactic Empire holds power between the fall of the Republic and the rise of the Rebel Alliance.
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C.
Middle Horizon
The Middle Horizon was a major pre-Columbian archaeological period in the central Andes marked by the expansion and influence of powerful highland states such as Tiwanaku and Wari.
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D.
Nazca period
The Nazca period was an ancient pre-Columbian era in southern Peru, best known for the Nazca culture’s intricate pottery, textiles, and the monumental Nazca Lines geoglyphs.
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E.
Silla period
The Silla period was a formative era in Korean history marked by the unification of most of the Korean Peninsula under the Silla kingdom and significant developments in Buddhism, art, and statecraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Capitanian age Target entity description: The Capitanian age is a middle Permian geologic time interval marked by significant global environmental changes and a major mass extinction event that heavily impacted marine life.
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A.
Gondarine period
The Gondarine period was a significant era in Ethiopian history marked by the rise of Gondar as the imperial capital, noted for its distinctive stone castles, flourishing arts, and religious architecture.
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B.
Imperial Era
The Imperial Era is the period in the Star Wars galaxy when the Galactic Empire holds power between the fall of the Republic and the rise of the Rebel Alliance.
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C.
Middle Horizon
The Middle Horizon was a major pre-Columbian archaeological period in the central Andes marked by the expansion and influence of powerful highland states such as Tiwanaku and Wari.
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D.
Nazca period
The Nazca period was an ancient pre-Columbian era in southern Peru, best known for the Nazca culture’s intricate pottery, textiles, and the monumental Nazca Lines geoglyphs.
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E.
Silla period
The Silla period was a formative era in Korean history marked by the unification of most of the Korean Peninsula under the Silla kingdom and significant developments in Buddhism, art, and statecraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chronostratigraphic unit
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geologic age ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
biotic crisis in tropical marine ecosystems
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carbon cycle perturbations ⓘ decline of many fusulinid foraminifera ⓘ extinction of many reef-building organisms ⓘ global cooling episodes ⓘ oceanic anoxia events ⓘ sea-level fluctuations ⓘ |
| biostratigraphicMarkers | conodont species Jinogondolella postserrata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
major marine mass extinction
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significant global environmental changes ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | before the Late Permian mass extinction ⓘ |
| climateTrend | overall cooling relative to earlier Guadalupian ⓘ |
| containsStage | Capitanian stage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| correspondsTo | Capitanian stage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| definedBy | International Union of Geological Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Wordian age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| GSSPApprovalYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| GSSPApprovedBy | International Commission on Stratigraphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| GSSPLocation | Nipple Hill, Guadalupe Mountains, Texas, USA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStratotype | Guadalupian Series stratotype in the Guadalupe Mountains ⓘ |
| linkedTo | volcanism in the Emeishan Large Igneous Province ⓘ |
| marineLifeImpact | strong decline in diversity of many marine invertebrate groups ⓘ |
| massExtinctionStatus | recognized as a distinct Permian mass extinction event ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Capitan Reef NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlies | Wordian strata ⓘ |
| paleogeography | characterized by assembly of Pangea ⓘ |
| partOf |
Guadalupian epoch
NERFINISHED
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Middle Permian NERFINISHED ⓘ Permian period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | uppermost age of the Guadalupian epoch ⓘ |
| precedes | Wuchiapingian age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rank | age ⓘ |
| researchField |
paleoceanography
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paleontology ⓘ stratigraphy ⓘ |
| stratigraphicBoundaryDefinedBy |
base of Wuchiapingian marked by conodont Clarkina postbitteri postbitteri
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first appearance of conodont Jinogondolella postserrata at base ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf |
Cisuralian–Guadalupian–Lopingian framework
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Phanerozoic eon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeEnd | approximately 259.1 million years ago ⓘ |
| timeEndUncertainty | about 0.5 million years ⓘ |
| timeStart | approximately 265.1 million years ago ⓘ |
| timeStartUncertainty | about 0.4 million years ⓘ |
| underlies | Wuchiapingian strata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | international geologic time scale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Capitanian age Description of subject: The Capitanian age is a middle Permian geologic time interval marked by significant global environmental changes and a major mass extinction event that heavily impacted marine life.
Referenced by (2)
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Capitanian Age