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Lopingian

Hierarchy:Phanerozoic Paleozoic  Permian
   Lopingian
Classification:Epoch (as per International Commission on Stratigraphy)
Top:252.17 ± 0.06 Ma
Base:259.8 ± 0.4 Ma
Preceeds:Mesozoic Triassic  Early/Lower Triassic   Induan
Follows:Guadalupian Capitanian
Primary Divisions:ChanghsingianWuchiapingian
Fossil Record

Data via PaleoBioDB


Taxa Count Key
First appearance
Extinction
First appearance and extinction
Related precursors
KingdomPhylumClassTaxa Count
AnimaliaAnnelida Clitellata3
AnimaliaAnnelida Polychaeta25
AnimaliaArthropoda Arachnida29
AnimaliaArthropoda Branchiopoda12
AnimaliaArthropoda Cephalocarida1
AnimaliaArthropoda Chilopoda3
AnimaliaArthropoda Diplopoda3
AnimaliaArthropoda Entognatha1
AnimaliaArthropoda Insecta959
AnimaliaArthropoda Malacostraca32
AnimaliaArthropoda Maxillopoda8
AnimaliaArthropoda Merostomata1
AnimaliaArthropoda Ostracoda652
AnimaliaArthropoda Pycnogonida1
AnimaliaArthropoda Remipedia1
AnimaliaArthropoda Trilobita44
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Chileata9 ✝
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Craniata5
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Lingulata41
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Rhynchonellata870
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Strophomenata815
AnimaliaBryozoa Gymnolaemata14
AnimaliaBryozoa Stenolaemata222
AnimaliaChordata Actinopterygii24
AnimaliaChordata Amphibia22
AnimaliaChordata Ascidiacea1
AnimaliaChordata Cephalaspidomorphi1
AnimaliaChordata Elasmobranchii5
AnimaliaChordata Holocephali2
AnimaliaChordata Myxini1
AnimaliaChordata Reptilia280
AnimaliaChordata Sarcopterygii6
AnimaliaCnidaria Anthozoa199
AnimaliaCnidaria Cubozoa1
AnimaliaCnidaria Hydrozoa5
AnimaliaCnidaria Scyphozoa4
AnimaliaCnidaria Staurozoa9
AnimaliaEchinodermata Asteroidea1
AnimaliaEchinodermata Crinoidea53
AnimaliaEchinodermata Echinoidea14
AnimaliaEchinodermata Holothuroidea51
AnimaliaEchinodermata Ophiuroidea13
AnimaliaHemichordata Enteropneusta4
AnimaliaHemichordata Pterobranchia2
AnimaliaMollusca Bivalvia646
AnimaliaMollusca Cephalopoda648
AnimaliaMollusca Gastropoda507
AnimaliaMollusca Monoplacophora1
AnimaliaMollusca Polyplacophora14
AnimaliaMollusca Scaphopoda14
AnimaliaNematoda Adenophorea1
AnimaliaPorifera Calcarea9
AnimaliaPorifera Demospongiae45
AnimaliaPorifera Hexactinellida44
BacteriaCyanobacteria Cyanophyceae7
ChromistaForaminifera Globothalamea37
ChromistaForaminifera Monothalamea20
ChromistaForaminifera Tubothalamea81
ChromistaHaptophyta Prymnesiophyceae2
ChromistaMyzozoa Dinophyceae2
ChromistaRadiozoa Polycystina159
PlantaeCharophyta Charophyceae1
PlantaeChlorophyta Chlorophyceae2
PlantaeChlorophyta Trebouxiophyceae2
PlantaeChlorophyta Ulvophyceae46
PlantaeMarchantiophyta Marchantiopsida1
PlantaeRhodophyta Florideophyceae10
PlantaeRhodophyta Rhodophyceae11
PlantaeTracheophyta Cycadopsida6
PlantaeTracheophyta Ginkgoopsida10
PlantaeTracheophyta Gnetopsida4
PlantaeTracheophyta Lycopodiopsida12
PlantaeTracheophyta Magnoliopsida6
PlantaeTracheophyta Pinopsida20
PlantaeTracheophyta Polypodiopsida36
 

Geologic Events

Event NameTypeAgeArea
Hunter-Bowen orogeny (ongoing)Orogeny260 - 225 MaAustralia
Uralian orogeny (concludes)Orogeny~320 - ~175 MaRussia


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