Question

The permian period spanned the time between 286 million and _____ years ago.

Answer 1

The permian period spanned the time between 286 million and 245 years ago.

Step-by-step explanation:

Last period of the Paleozoic era, the Permian succeeded the Carboniferous Period and comprises the years from 286 million to 245 million years ago. It is subdivided into the Cisural (oldest), Guadalupian, and Lopingian (most recent) times.

It was during this period that the supercontinent Pangeia formed. With the immense concentration of land mass, the planet underwent a major climate change that made it drier, as there were rarely seas or rivers within the continent.

Answer 2

The answer would be 360 million. Carboniferous is the time from 286 million years to 360 million years and was name for the thick deposits of coal in that age.The forest did cover most of the land at that time and the decomposition then was the one who gave rise to the coal.