Permian+-+Project+(HanyouSoMa)

みなさん、こんにちは！ // Bonjour, mon ami! // **Hola**, mis amigos! Etc., etc., etc. :) My period is the Permian, the last period in the Paleozoic Era, the period being 290 to 248 million years ago. The period after the Permian (the first period in the Mesozoic Era) is called the Triassic, from 225 to 150 million years ago. The Triassic was the introduction to many different dinosaur-like creatures! Sermatophytes (seed-bearing plants) were created during the Permian and flourished, until the mass extinction that marked the end of the [|Paleozoic Era] and the beginning of the [|Mesozoic Era].

=__LANDFORMS__= In the Permian Period, the countries were mostly jumbled together like cookies in a cookie jar. Massachusetts, however, was about in the middle of [|Pangaea], the current supercontinent, in between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Since it in was in the Southern Hemisphere, it must have been chilly in Pangaea. Nevertheless, the climate must also have been similar to that of the Carboniferous Period, giving that it was the period before Permian. As the supercontinent Pangaea and its terrains Cathaysian and Cimmerian moved around and squished together, an important landform was being formed: The. These mountains were, at that time, 20,000 feet tall!



=__LIFE__= There weren’t many large fossils during the Permian – mostly plants or small marine life. Nevertheless, there were some large lizard-like reptile fossils, such as the [|Dimetrodon]. Another fossil was the [|Helicoprion], a mighty shark-like fish, and finally, the [|Trimerorhachis], an aquatic creature. The majority of the large fossils disappeared during the end of the Permian, because of the massive extinction. This extinction marked the deaths of 85% of all life! However, it affected marine life the most. The lakes and oceans had begun getting smaller and saltier, so the fish had to struggle to survive in the hard conditions. Other people say it was volcanoes – and some even say an asteroid or comet hit the earth.

Did you know that some of the first mammal-like creatures emerged during the Permian? Those were our ancestors!

=__REFLECTION__= Working on this project was really fun. Before I did this project and someone had asked me about earth's history, I would have said, "Dinosaurs and cavemen." Now, fortunately, I know more that. My favorite part of the subject was probably learning so much about all the different periods in such a short amount of time!! The Permian period was a cool time because of the (I didn't know this before) ginormous huge large really big extinction that killed EVERYTHING! And YET-some things still survived it. That's one of the really awesome things about Permian. I learned a lot about all the different times. I loved doing this project since it was both insightful and creative!

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