of, denoting, or formed in the last period of the Palaeozoic era, between the Carboniferous and Triassic periods, which lasted for 60 000 000 years
noun
2. the Permian
Word origin
C19: after Perm, Russia
Permian in American English
(ˈpɜrmiən)
adjective
[sometimesp-]
designating or of the sixth and last geologic period of the Paleozoic Era, characterized by the formation of Pangea, glaciation in the Southern Hemisphere, development of mountains, esp. in the Appalachians, and an increase in the diversity of land plants and animals
Idioms:
the Permian
Word origin
after the city of Perm
Examples of 'Permian' in a sentence
Permian
The crash in the Permian period 245 million years ago involved the disappearance of between 77 and 96 per cent of all marine animal species.
Tony Juniper SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD (2002)
The Cambrian Explosion, the Permian and Cretaceous Extinctions ---all blinks of the eye.