Lopingian is the third of the three epoches of the Permian. The Permian is a geologic period and system that extends from 299 The world was hot and arid. The epoch saw one the largest deserts of all time, in the middle of Pangea. A desert is a Landscape or region that receives very little precipitation. Pangaea, Pangæa or Pangea (pænˈdʒiːə from παν pan, meaning entire, and Γαῖα Gaea, meaning Earth in Monsoons probably prevailed in the coasts or a little further inland. A monsoon is a seasonal prevailing wind which lasts for several months The coast is defined as the part of the land adjoining or near the Ocean. There were probably fewer glaciers than the previous epoch. "Glacial" and "Glaciation" redirect here For the geological periods see Glacial period. By the beginning of the epoch saw the extinction of the dominating Dinocephalians therapsids and many remaining pelycosaurs. Dinocephalia are a clade of large early therapsids that flourished during the Middle Permian Therapsids are an order of Synapsids (Class Synapsida Traditionally synapsids were referred to as Reptiles and were known as The pelycosaurs (from Greek πηλυξ pelyx meaning 'bowl' and σαυρος sauros meaning 'lizard' were primitive Late Paleozoic They were replaced by smaller therapsids, the Gorgonopsians, Therocephalians, and the cynodonts. Therapsids are an order of Synapsids (Class Synapsida Traditionally synapsids were referred to as Reptiles and were known as Gorgonopsia ("Gorgon face" is a suborder of Therapsid Synapsids Their name is a reference to the Gorgons of Greek mythology Therocephalians are an extinct lineage of Eutheriodont Therapsids that lived throughout the middle and late Permian and into the Triassic Cynodonts, or 'dog teeth' are a taxon of Therapsids which includes modern mammals and their extinct close relatives Other animals, such as the Pareiasaurs replaced the herbivorous dinocephalians, while many animals such as tetrapods, insects, etc. The Pareiasaurs - family Pareiasauridae - are a group of medium-sized to large herbivorous Anapsid Reptiles that flourished during the Dinocephalia are a clade of large early therapsids that flourished during the Middle Permian , were abundant on land as small to medium sized creatures. In the seas, life was abundant. This all came to a sudden halt, when an unknown mass extinction ended Lopingian, and of course the Paleozoic Era. The Paleozoic or Palaeozoic Era (from the Greek palaio (παλαιο "old" and zoe (ζωη "life" meaning "ancient life" This was the Permian-Triassic extinction event, the greatest mass extinction of the history of earth. The Permian–Triassic (P–Tr extinction event, informally known as the Great Dying, was an Extinction event that occurred, and 70 percent of terrestrial The Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event pales on comparison with this event. The Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event, which occurred approximately ( Ma) was a large-scale mass extinction of animal and plant species in a geologically About 90% of all species in the sea died out, as did over 75% of all land species. By the time the extinction stopped, life on land and sea were virtually empty, although survivors have come to fill the empty void. The era of Paleozoic was over, and the era of Mesozoic era had begun. The Paleozoic or Palaeozoic Era (from the Greek palaio (παλαιο "old" and zoe (ζωη "life" meaning "ancient life" The Mesozoic Era is one of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic eon. The epoch is followed by Early Triassic Epoch. The Early Triassic (also known as Lower Triassic, Buntsandstein, or Scythian) is the first of three epochs of the Triassic

Permian period
Cisuralian	Guadalupian	Lopingian
Asselian | Sakmarian Artinskian | Kungurian	Roadian | Wordian Capitanian	Wuchiapingian Changhsingian

The Permian is a geologic period and system that extends from 299

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