Timeline of Permian research

{{Short description|Chronological listing}}

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This timeline of Permian research is a chronological listing of events in the history of geology and paleontology focused on the study of earth during the span of time lasting from 298.9–252.17 million years ago and the legacies of this period in the rock and fossil records.

19th century

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1828

1854

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1865

  • Gervais described the new genus Mesosaurus and species Mesosaurus tenuidens.{{Cite journal|last=Gervais|first=Paul|date=1865|title=Description du Mesosaurus tenudiens. Reptile fossile de l'Afrique australe|journal=Académie des Sciences et Lettres de Montpellier. Mémoires de la Section des Sciences|volume=6|issue=2|pages=169–175}}

1870

1877

1877

1882

1887

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1899

20th century

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1904

1911

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  • Pruvost synonymized subjectively Halonia with Arthropleura.{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312992521|title=La faune continentale du terrain houiller du Nord de la France: son utilisation stratigraphique {{!}} P. Pruvost|website=ResearchGate|language=en}}

1922

1937

1948

21st century

= [[2018 in paleontology|<span style="color:#14145C;">2018</span>]] =

  • Niko et al. described the new species Sutherlandia jamalensis.{{Cite journal|author1=Shuji Niko|author2=Mahdi Badpa|author3=Abbas Ghaderi|author4=Mohammad Reza Ataei|year=2018|title=Early Permian tabulate corals from the Jamal Formation, East-Central Iran|url=http://www.kahaku.go.jp/research/publication/geology/download/44/BNMNS_C44_19.pdf|journal=Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series C|volume=44|pages=19–29}}
  • Wu et al. described the new species Juxathyris subcircularis.{{cite journal|author1=Huiting Wu|author2=Weihong He|author3=G.R. Shi|author4=Kexin Zhang|author5=Tinglu Yang|author6=Yang Zhang|author7=Yifan Xiao|author8=Bing Chen|author9=Shunbao Wu|year=2018|title=A new Permian–Triassic boundary brachiopod fauna from the Xinmin section, southwestern Guizhou, south China and its extinction patterns|journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology|volume=42|issue=3|pages=339–372|doi=10.1080/03115518.2018.1462400|s2cid=134984830 }}
  • Torres-Martínez, Sour-Tovar and Barragán described the new genus Kukulkanus and species Kukulkanus spinosus.{{Cite journal|author1=Miguel A. Torres-Martínez|author2=Francisco Sour-Tovar|author3=Ricardo Barragán|year=2018|title=Kukulkanus, a new genus of buxtoniin brachiopod from the Artinskian–Kungurian (Early Permian) of Mexico|journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology|volume=42|issue=2|pages=268–275|doi=10.1080/03115518.2017.1395073|s2cid=135354115 }}
  • Afanasjeva, Jun-Ichi and Yukio described the new species Leurosina katasumiensis.{{cite journal|author1=G. A. Afanasjeva|author2=Tazawa Jun-Ichi|author3=Miyake Yukio|year=2018|title=New brachiopod species Leurosina katasumiensis (Chonetida) from the Kungurian Katasumi Limestone of the Kusu Area, central Japan|journal=Paleontological Journal|volume=52|issue=4|pages=389–393|doi=10.1134/S0031030118040020|s2cid=91371431 }}
  • Tazawa and Araki described the new species Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) matsukawensis.{{Cite journal|author1=Jun-ichi Tazawa|author2=Hideo Araki|year=2018|title=Middle Permian (Wordian) brachiopod fauna from Matsukawa, South Kitakami Belt, Japan, Part 2|journal=Science Reports of Niigata University. (Geology)|volume=33|pages=9–24|hdl=10191/50554}}
  • Terrill, Henderson and Anderson published article about histological sections of Ordovician and Permian conodont dental elements from the Bell Canyon Formation (Texas, United States), Harding Sandstone (Colorado, United States), Ali Bashi Formation (Iran) and Canadian Arctic, examining those fossils for the presence and distribution of soft tissue biomarkers.{{Cite journal|author1=D. F. Terrill|author2=C. M. Henderson|author3=J. S. Anderson|year=2018|title=New applications of spectroscopy techniques reveal phylogenetically significant soft tissue residue in Paleozoic conodonts|journal=Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry|volume=33|issue=6|pages=992–1002|doi=10.1039/C7JA00386B|doi-access=free}}
  • Yuan, Zhang and Shen described the new species Mesogondolella hendersoni.{{Cite journal|author1=Dong-Xun Yuan|author2=Yi-Chun Zhang|author3=Shu-Zhong Shen|year=2018|title=Conodont succession and reassessment of major events around the Permian-Triassic boundary at the Selong Xishan section, southern Tibet, China|journal=Global and Planetary Change|volume=161|pages=194–210|doi=10.1016/j.gloplacha.2017.12.024|bibcode=2018GPC...161..194Y}}
  • Golding and Orchard in Golding described the new genus Pustulognathus and species Pustulognathus vigilans.{{Cite journal|author=Martyn L. Golding|year=2018|title=The multielement apparatuses of Guadalupian to Lopingian (Middle-Upper Permian) sweetognathids from North America, and their significance for the phylogeny of Late Paleozoic conodonts|url=https://priweb.org/downloads/pubs/item_pdf_5828.pdf|journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology|volume=395–396|issue=395–396|pages=115–125|doi=10.32857/bap.2018.395.09|s2cid=134404882 }}
  • Read and Nestell described the new species Sweetognathus duplex.{{Cite journal|author1=Michael T. Read|author2=Merlynd K. Nestell|year=2018|title=Cisuralian (Early Permian) sweetognathid conodonts from the upper part of the Riepe Spring Limestone, North Spruce Mountain Ridge, Elko County, Nevada|url=https://priweb.org/downloads/pubs/item_pdf_5828.pdf|journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology|volume=395–396|issue=395–396|pages=89–113|doi=10.32857/bap.2018.395.08|s2cid=134650297 }}
  • Read and Nestell described the new species Sweetognathus wardlawi.
  • Golubev and Bulanov published article about description of anamniote tetrapod fossils from the Late Permian Sundyr Tetrapod Assemblage (Mari El, Russia).{{cite journal|author1=V. K. Golubev|author2=V. V. Bulanov|year=2018|title=Amphibians of the Permian Sundyr Tetrapod Assemblage of Eastern Europe|journal=Paleontological Journal|volume=52|issue=6|pages=639–652|doi=10.1134/S0031030118060059|s2cid=92109377 }}
  • Tarailo published article about a study on the relationship between taxonomic and ecological diversity of temnospondyls across the PermianTriassic boundary in the Karoo Basin of South Africa.{{cite journal|author=David A. Tarailo|year=2018|title=Taxonomic and ecomorphological diversity of temnospondyl amphibians across the Permian–Triassic boundary in the Karoo Basin (South Africa)|journal=Journal of Morphology|volume=279|issue=12|pages=1840–1848|doi=10.1002/jmor.20906|pmid=30397933|s2cid=53234826 }}
  • Gee and Reisz published article about well-preserved postcranial skeletons of two dissorophids are described from the early Permian karst deposits near Richards Spur (Oklahoma, United States).{{Cite journal|author1=Bryan M. Gee|author2=Robert R. Reisz|year=2018|title=Postcrania of large dissorophid temnospondyls from Richards Spur, Oklahoma|journal=Fossil Record|volume=21|issue=1|pages=79–91|doi=10.5194/fr-21-79-2018|doi-access=free}}
  • Gee and Reisz published article about new skull remains of Cacops morrisi, as well as the first known postcranial remains of the taxon, are described from the Permian of the Richards Spur locality (Oklahoma, United States).{{Cite journal|author1=Bryan M. Gee|author2=Robert R. Reisz|year=2018|title=Cranial and postcranial anatomy of Cacops morrisi, a eucacopine dissorophid from the early Permian of Oklahoma|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology|volume=38|issue=2|pages=e1433186|doi=10.1080/02724634.2018.1433186|bibcode=2018JVPal..38E3186G |s2cid=90120528 }}

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  • Abdala et al. described the new genus Vetusodon and new species Vetusodon elikhulu.{{Cite journal|last1=Rubidge|first1=Bruce S.|last2=Smith|first2=Roger M. H.|last3=Gaetano|first3=Leandro C.|last4=Abdala|first4=Fernando|date=2019|title=A new large cynodont from the Late Permian (Lopingian) of the South African Karoo Basin and its phylogenetic significance|journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|language=en|volume=186|issue=4|pages=983–1005|doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz004|issn=0024-4082|hdl=11336/144434|hdl-access=free}}
  • Kammerer described the new genus Thliptosaurus and species Thliptosaurus imperforatus.{{Cite journal|last=Kammerer|first=Christian F.|date=2019|title=A new dicynodont (Anomodontia: Emydopoidea) from the terminal Permian of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa|url=http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/handle/10539/26708|journal=Palaeontologia Africana|language=en|issn=2410-4418}}
  • Spindler, Werneburg and Schneider described the new genus Cabarzia and species Cabarzia trostheidei.{{Cite journal|last1=Spindler|first1=Frederik|last2=Werneburg|first2=Ralf|last3=Schneider|first3=Jörg W.|date=2019-06-01|title=A new mesenosaurine from the lower Permian of Germany and the postcrania of Mesenosaurus: implications for early amniote comparative osteology|journal=PalZ|language=en|volume=93|issue=2|pages=303–344|doi=10.1007/s12542-018-0439-z|s2cid=91871872 |issn=1867-6812}}
  • Suchkova and Golubev described the new species Gorynychus sundyrensis.{{Cite journal|date=2019|title=Новый пермский тероцефал (Therocephalia, Theromorpha) из сундырского комплекса Восточной Европы|url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=38502635|journal=Палеонтологический Журнал|issue=4|pages=87–92|issn=0031-031X|last1=Голубев|first1=В. К.}}
  • Suchkova and Golubev described the new genus Julognathus and species Julognathus crudelis.{{Cite journal|last1=A. Suchkova|first1=Julia|last2=K. Golubev|first2=Valeriy|date=2019|title=Новый примитивный тероцефал (Therocephalia, Theromorpha) из средней перми Восточной Европы|url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=37310129|journal=Палеонтологический Журнал|issue=3|pages=88–96|doi=10.1134/S0031031X19030176 |s2cid=199097869 |issn=0031-031X|url-access=subscription}}
  • Reisz described the new genus Arisierpeton and species Arisierpeton simplex.{{Cite journal|last=Reisz|first=Robert R.|date=2019-04-11|title=A small caseid synapsid, Arisierpeton simplex gen. et sp. nov., from the early Permian of Oklahoma, with a discussion of synapsid diversity at the classic Richards Spur locality|journal=PeerJ|volume=7|pages=e6615|doi=10.7717/peerj.6615|issn=2167-8359|pmc=6462398|pmid=30997285 |doi-access=free }}

See also

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