Crossword-Solution: PERMIAN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Permian | a. | 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. |
| Permian | n. | The Permian period. See Chart of Geology. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| PERMIAN | anagram | PIERMAN, PINEMAR |
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| Amphibian geologic period | 1 answer |
| Period marked by the largest mass extinction in earth's history | 1 answer |
| Geological period | 21 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with PERMIAN (5)
The most ancient known mammals, those from the upper Triassic of Europe and North America, are so extremely rare and so very imperfectly known, that they give little help in determining the descent of the class, but, on the other hand, certain reptilian orders of the Permian period, especially well represented in South Africa, display so many and such close approximations to mammalian structure, as strongly to suggest a genetic relationship.
Late in the succeeding Carboniferous period appear shells with a truly ammonoid complexity of sutures, and in the Permian their number and variety cause them to form a striking element of the marine faunas.
The group reached the acme of abundance and relative importance in the Cambrian and Ordovician; then followed a long, slow decline, ending in complete and final disappearance before the end of the Permian.
This family, now so restricted, was until recently believed to have been one of the most important groups of Palaeozoic plants, especially during later Carboniferous and Permian times.
Ramsay also told me that he has lately turned a good deal of New Red Sandstone into Permian, together with the Labyrinthodon.
Quotes with PERMIAN (2)
Ocean Acidification is sometimes referred to as Global Warming's Equally Evil Twin. The irony is intentional and fair enough as far as it goes... No single mechanism explains all the mass extinctions in the record and yet changes in ocean chemistry seem to be a pretty good predictor. Ocean Acidification played a role in at least 2 of the Big Five Extinctions: the End-Permian and the End-Triassic. And quite possibly it was a major factor in a third, the End-Cretaceous. ... Why…
Innovation by American energy companies has led to a glut of the lighter forms of crude oil found in U.S. shale basins such as Eagle Ford, Barnett and Permian Basin.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, LAT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (2001–2005).