What Was Life Like During the Permian Period?

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Published 2023-07-10
The Permian period lasted from approximately 299 to 251 million years ago and was the last period of the Paleozoic era. During this time, the Earth was dominated by a supercontinent called Pangaea and the climate was hot and dry.

When the Early Permian epoch began, many animal lineages had just a few varieties and genera. As the environment grew warmer, these lineages gradually expanded into new varieties and subspecies.

00:00 Introduction
00:37 Diictodon
02:08 Mesosaurus
03:36 Diplocaulus
04:51 Secodontosaurus
06:00 Eryops
07:22 Ophiacodon
08:12 Edaphosaurus
09:23 Lystrosaurus
10:45 Scutosaurus
12:20 Estemmenosuchus
13:47 Dimetrodon
15:29 Inostrancevia
16:39 Moschops
17:42 Cotylorhynchus
18:31 Anteosaurus
20:25 Prionosuchus

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All Comments (21)
  • @NickMattia44
    It’s insane to think about how long ago in time these creatures existed. 330 million years ago compared to the 10 thousand years of modern human civilization.. like wow
  • @PortmanRd
    It's just totally 'unbelievable' to believe that all these periods were squeezed into just 6,000 years. Great video 👍
  • @myleswelnetz6700
    The climate back then was more or less the same as it is today, but the similarities end there.
  • @numberpirate
    Good job on this, I already knew quite a bit but you explain things well. You speak clearly in my opinion.
  • @Clearlight201
    Can you conceptualise or comprehend how long 299 million years is? This may help.. imagine you had a time lapse video that replayed backwards into the past at one minute per century. How long would that video have to play for to reach 299 million years ago? After playing for a whole week it would reach the time before there were any humans in the British Isles. After playing for 7 MONTHS and 3 weeks it would reach the time of the late Eocene with prehistoric whales such as Basilosaurus. To reach the time before the first dinosaurs it would have to play for 4.39 YEARS. And to finally get to the beginning of the Permian, 299 million years ago, this video would play for 5 years, 8 months, and 3 weeks. By which time you would probably have eaten all your popcorn!
  • @CaptJohnsen
    Great video. Just found your channel and I really these kind of great informational paleo vids.
  • @erichtomanek4739
    I thought Dimetrodon, Edaphosaurus and Lystrosaurus were Stem Mammals, not reptiles. Also goats and deer don't have simple digestive systems; four chambered stomachs, chewing the cud, long intestines are not simple. Ophiacodon's legs are not directly beneath its body like a true mammal but splayed more in a classic reptile position. Although it may have altered gait to a high walk like today's crocodiles. Please advise if I'm incorrect.
  • @Corey_Lee_Slater
    Good video, thanks for the share. -Now I want to play Ark again.
  • @hoibsh21
    Spectacular, that's yr answer!
  • @Ektor-yj4pu
    Another interesting permian therapsid was the monkey-like Suminia.
  • @Deathwings800
    Hey can you make video about "can palaeoloxodon namadicus survive in permian or 3 dino era's"?
  • @docblade3270
    Is crazy to think we know things about creatures that lived more than 250000000 years ago and mostly of them we will never know!
  • @mcjohngd3583
    How do you only have 60 subs?? Keep up the great content, I really like listening to you