Capitanian age
E917059
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 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chronostratigraphic unit
ⓘ
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
ⓘ
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
ⓘ
Middle Permian NERFINISHED ⓘ Permian period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | uppermost age of the Guadalupian epoch ⓘ |
| precedes | Wuchiapingian age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rank | age ⓘ |
| researchField |
paleoceanography
ⓘ
paleontology ⓘ stratigraphy ⓘ |
| stratigraphicBoundaryDefinedBy |
base of Wuchiapingian marked by conodont Clarkina postbitteri postbitteri
ⓘ
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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Capitanian Age