Back Capitanium Afrikaans الكابتاني Arabic Capitanià Catalan Capitanium German Capitaniense Spanish کاپیتانین Persian Capitanien French Capitan Croatian Capitani Hungarian Kapitanium ID
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| Name formality | Formal | ||||||||||||
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| Celestial body | Earth | ||||||||||||
| Regional usage | Global (ICS) | ||||||||||||
| Time scale(s) used | ICS Time Scale | ||||||||||||
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| Chronological unit | Age | ||||||||||||
| Stratigraphic unit | Stage | ||||||||||||
| Time span formality | Formal | ||||||||||||
| Lower boundary definition | FAD of the Conodont Jinogondolella postserrata | ||||||||||||
| Lower boundary GSSP | Nipple Hill, Guadalupe Mountains, Texas, USA 31°54′33″N 104°47′21″W / 31.9091°N 104.7892°W | ||||||||||||
| Lower GSSP ratified | 2001[2] | ||||||||||||
| Upper boundary definition | FAD of the Conodont Clarkina postbitteri postbitteri | ||||||||||||
| Upper boundary GSSP | Penglaitan Section, Laibin, Guangxi, China 23°41′43″N 109°19′16″E / 23.6953°N 109.3211°E | ||||||||||||
| Upper GSSP ratified | 2004[3] | ||||||||||||
In the geologic timescale, the Capitanian is an age or stage of the Permian. It is also the uppermost or latest of three subdivisions of the Guadalupian Epoch or Series. The Capitanian lasted between 264.28 and 259.51 million years ago. It was preceded by the Wordian and followed by the Wuchiapingian.[4]
A significant mass extinction event occurred at the end of this stage, which was associated with anoxia and acidification in the oceans and possibly caused by the volcanic eruptions that produced the Emeishan Traps.[5] This extinction event may be related to the much larger Permian–Triassic extinction event that followed about 10 million years later.
- ^ "Chart/Time Scale". www.stratigraphy.org. International Commission on Stratigraphy.
- ^ "GSSP for Roadian Stage". International Commission on Stratigraphy. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ Jin, Yugan; Shen, Shuzhong; Henderson, Charles; Wang, Xiangdong; Wang, Wei; Wang, Yue; Cao, Changqun; Shang, Qinghua (December 2006). "The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the boundary between the Capitanian and Wuchiapingian Stage (Permian)" (PDF). Episodes. 29 (4): 253–262. doi:10.18814/epiiugs/2006/v29i4/003. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ Gradstein, F.M.; Ogg, J.G. & Smith, A.G.; 2004: A Geologic Time Scale 2004, Cambridge University Press
- ^ Bond, D. P. G.; Wignall, P. B.; Joachimski, M. M.; Sun, Y.; Savov, I.; Grasby, S. E.; Beauchamp, B.; Blomeier, D. P. G. (2015-04-14). "An abrupt extinction in the Middle Permian (Capitanian) of the Boreal Realm (Spitsbergen) and its link to anoxia and acidification" (PDF). Geological Society of America Bulletin. 127 (9–10): 1411–1421. Bibcode:2015GSAB..127.1411B. doi:10.1130/B31216.1. ISSN 0016-7606.