The Paleontology of North America

The Permian in Massachusetts, US

 map

undifferentiated rock units

See exposures in this state from the:

Quaternary
Tertiary
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
Permian
Carboniferous
Devonian
Silurian
Ordovician
Cambrian
Precambrian

Permian Fossils

No slide show is available for the Permian in Massachusetts.

Paleontology and geology

There are no Permian rocks known from Massachusetts. This was a time of uplift and erosion in the state. Though the map indicates undifferentiated Paleozoic rocks, none are Permian in age.

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