The Paleontology of North America

The Permian in Missouri, US

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undifferentiated rock units

See exposures in this state from the:
Quaternary
Tertiary
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
Permian
Carboniferous
Devonian
Silurian
Ordovician
Cambrian
Precambrian

Permian Fossils

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Paleontology and geology

No Permian-age rocks are known from Missouri. The state was primarily above sea level at this time, and erosion outpaced deposition.
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