Artinskian
![Jimbacrinus bostocki Arkisitan of Australia. (Found near Jimba Jimba Station )](/Images/godic/202412/22/Jimbacrinus_bostocki_MHNT_Gascoyne_Junction,_Western_Australia2938.jpg")
In the geologic timescale, the Artinskian is an age or stage of the Permian. It is a subdivision of the Cisuralian epoch or series. The Artinskian lasted between 290.1 ± 0.26 and 283.5 ± 0.6 million years ago (Ma). It was preceded by the Sakmarian and followed by the Kungurian.