Wuchiapingian

English

Alternative forms

• Wujiapingian

Etymology

From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 吳家坪／吴家坪 (Wújiāpíng, literally “Wu Family Flatland”) in Shaanxi Province in China: Wu²-chia¹-pʻing².

Proper noun

Wuchiapingian

1. (geology, paleontology) A subdivision of the Permian period.
   • 2022 January 11, Li Yuan, “Investigating benthic marine redox conditions from late Permian to earliest Triassic”, in Phys.org‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 January 2022, Earth Sciences‎^[2]:

     Anoxic/euxinic benthic marine conditions prevailed throughout the middle Wuchiapingian to the early Changhsingian at Shangsi, which persisted for 3.9 Myr (256.974–253.073 Ma). This long-term middle Wuchiapingian-early Changhsingian anoxia event could be correlated both regionally and globally, and was caused by paleogeographic restrictions, relative high sea levels, high marine productivities, and possible global climate changes.

Translations

A subdivision of the Permian period.

• Catalan: Wujiapingià
• Dutch: Wuchiapingien
• French: Wuchiaping’ien (fr)
• German: Wuchiapingium
• Hungarian: Wuchiapingi
• Italian: Wuchiapingiano
• Polish: wucziaping (pl) m inan
• Spanish: Wuchiapingiense