Capitanian

Capitanian
Capitanian
Chronology
←	Permian-Triassic mass extinction event
←	end-Capitanian extinction event
←	Olson's Extinction
	Subdivision of the Permian according to the ICS, as of 2022.; Vertical axis scale: millions of years ago.;
Etymology
Name formality	Formal
Usage information
Celestial body	Earth
Regional usage	Global (ICS)
Time scale(s) used	ICS Time Scale
Definition
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
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

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.
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^ 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.