Permian vs Zechstein - What's the difference?
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An inhabitant of the Russian region of Perm; specifically, one belonging to a branch of the Finno-Ugric peoples, including Komis and Udmurts, who speak Permic languages.
The language of such people; Permic.
Pertaining tp the Perm region of Russia, or its inhabitants.
Pertaining to their language; Permic.
(geology) Pertaining to the last geologic period of the Paleozoic era; comprising the Cisuralian, Guadalupian and Lopingian epochs from about 280 to 248 million years ago.
*2000 , (JG Ballard), Super-Cannes , Fourth Estate 2011, p. 103:
*:‘In many ways modern art was a culture of the beach. They say it's the light, the special quality of quartz in the Permian rock.’
(geology) A unit of sedimentary rock layers of Middle to Late Permian age located in the , corresponding to the Lopingian.