Sakmarian

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The Sakmarian is an early stage of the Permian Period characterized by significant marine sedimentation and the diversification of early Permian life.

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Sakmarian canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chronostratigraphic stage ⓘ
geologic age ⓘ
biostratigraphicMarkers conodont zones ⓘ
fusulinid zones ⓘ
characterizedBy carbonate platform development in many basins ⓘ
diversification of early Permian marine life ⓘ
glacio‑eustatic sea‑level fluctuations ⓘ
significant marine sedimentation ⓘ
widespread shallow marine environments ⓘ
contains ammonoid faunas ⓘ
brachiopod assemblages ⓘ
conodont faunas ⓘ
fusulinid foraminifera ⓘ
marine invertebrate faunas ⓘ
correlatesWith regional early Permian stages in North America ⓘ
regional early Permian stages in Russia ⓘ
regional early Permian stages in Western Europe ⓘ
end approximately 290 million years ago ⓘ
era Paleozoic Era ⓘ
follows Asselian ⓘ
lithology limestones ⓘ
sandstones ⓘ
shales ⓘ
locationOfTypeSection southern Ural Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Ural Mountains
namedAfter Sakmara River ⓘ
overlies Asselian strata ⓘ
paleoclimate declining late Paleozoic glaciation ⓘ
generally cool to temperate conditions ⓘ
partOf Cisuralian Series ⓘ
linked to: Cisuralian Epoch

Early Permian ⓘ
Permian Period ⓘ
precedes Artinskian ⓘ
rank stage ⓘ
recognizedBy International Union of Geological Sciences ⓘ
series Cisuralian ⓘ
start approximately 295 million years ago ⓘ
system Permian System ⓘ
linked to: Permian Period
temporalPosition early part of the Permian Period ⓘ
timeScale International Commission on Stratigraphy ⓘ
underlies Artinskian strata ⓘ
usedFor global stratigraphic correlation ⓘ
usedIn chronostratigraphy ⓘ
paleobiogeographic studies ⓘ
paleoclimatic reconstructions ⓘ

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Permian Period → containsStage → Sakmarian ⓘ