The Carnian is a stage on the geologic time scale occuring from 228 +/- 2 to 216.5 +/- 2 million years ago. Jump to: navigation, search The geologic time scale is used by geologists and other scientists to describe the timing and relationships between events that have occurred during the history of the Earth. ...
It is the first stage of the Late Triassic Epoch, in the Triassic Period. The Triassic is a geologic period that extends from about 245 to 202 million years ago (mya). ...
The Triassic is a geologic period that extends from about 245 to 202 million years ago (mya). ... Jump to: navigation, search In the geologic timescale, the Anisian is the age of the Middle Triassic epoch of the Triassic period of the Mesozoic era of the Fanerozoic eon that is comprehended between 245 million and 237 million years ago, approximatedly. ... The Norian Stage was a portion of the Triassic geological period. ... The Rhaetian Stage is the most recent stage of the Upper Triassic. ... The Mesozoic is one of three geologic eras of Phanerozoic eon. ... The Triassic is a geologic period that extends from about 245 to 202 million years ago (mya). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Jurassic period is a major unit of the geologic timescale that extends from about 200 Ma (million years ago) at the end of the Triassic to 146 Ma at the beginning of the Cretaceous. ... The Cretaceous period is one of the major divisions of the geologic timescale, reaching from the end of the Jurassic period (about 146 MYA) to the beginning of the Paleocene epoch of the Tertiary period (65. ...
By the Carnian, all of the various minor blocks around Siberia, including the large Kazakhian piece, had consolidated, and the whole thing was suturing itself to the eastern end of Laurasia.
Meanwhile, the rivers, lakes and swamps were populated by new types of amphibians (metoposaurs, although possible ancestors are reported from the early Triassic [Steyer 2002]) and the astonishingly crocodile-like phytosaurian archosaurs, which, unlike their terrestrial relatives, had a primitive, typically reptilian sprawling posture.
The Otischalkian is a short period that encompasses the early part of the late Carnian, and the Adamanian the remainder of the Carnian.
There is a constant southern wind with a speed of 20-40 km/h after noon and until the evening, sometimes accompanied by an extremely strong zonda wind.
The Ischigualasto Formation contains Late Triassic (Carnian) deposits (230 million years before the present), with some of the oldest known dinosaur remains, which are the world's first with regards to quality, number and importance.
In the Carnian this area was a volcanically active floodplain dominated by rivers and had a strongly seasonal rainfall.
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