Norian
Also known as Norian Age, Norian Stage
The Norian is a division of the Triassic Period. It has the rank of an age (geochronology) or stage (chronostratigraphy). It lasted from ~227.3 to million years ago. It was preceded by the Carnian and succeeded by the Rhaetian.
Key facts
- Geologic timespan.name
- Norian
- Geologic timespan.color
- Norian
- Geologic timespan.time_start
- 227.3
- Geologic timespan.time_start_prefix
- ~
- Geologic timespan.time_end
- 205.7
- Geologic timespan.time_end_prefix
- ~
- 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
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Article
7 sectionsContents
- Stratigraphic definitions
- Subages
- Notable formations
- References
- Notes
- Literature
- External links
The Norian is a division of the Triassic Period. It has the rank of an age (geochronology) or stage (chronostratigraphy). It lasted from ~227.3 to million years ago. It was preceded by the Carnian and succeeded by the Rhaetian.
==Stratigraphic definitions== thumb|Cast of a tridactyl footprint of a theropod dinosaur from the Norian of the Czech Republic. The Norian was named after the Noric Alps in Austria. The stage was introduced into scientific literature by Austrian geologist Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvar in 1869.