Ladinian

The Ladinian is a stage and age in the Middle Triassic series or epoch. It spans the time between Ma and ~237 Ma (million years ago). The Ladinian was preceded by the Anisian and succeeded by the Carnian (part of the Upper or Late Triassic).

Key facts

Geologic timespan.name: Ladinian
Geologic timespan.color: Ladinian
Geologic timespan.time_start: 241.464
Geologic timespan.time_start_uncertainty: 0.28
Geologic timespan.time_end: 237
Geologic timespan.time_end_prefix: ~
Geologic timespan.image_outcrop: Lago di Lugano.jpg
Geologic timespan.caption_outcrop: Monte San Giorgio exhibits exceptionally preserved Ladinian vertebrate fossils
Geologic timespan.timeline: Triassic
Geologic timespan.name_formality: Formal
Geologic timespan.celestial_body: earth
Geologic timespan.usage: Global (ICS)
Geologic timespan.timescales_used: ICS Time Scale
Geologic timespan.chrono_unit: Age
Geologic timespan.strat_unit: Stage
Geologic timespan.timespan_formality: Formal
Geologic timespan.lower_boundary_def: FAD of the Ammonite Eoprotrachyceras curionii
Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_location: Bagolino, Lombardian pre-Alps, Italy