The Permian globe.
![](http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/%7Ercb7/260_Permian_2globes.jpg)
NorAm's Permian Geography
![](http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/%7Ercb7/namP260.jpg)
The PT Boundary in the SW US:
![](http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/%7Ercb7/westlateperm.jpg)
Now you know where to go hunting for potential Permian-Triassic Boundary sequences. I'd be itching to see if there are any terrestrial vertebrate - especially therapsid - fossils to be found in the sequences. NorAm at the time was close to equatorial, iirc, and theories state it would have been hot. Damned hot.
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