Early Triassic
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The Early Triassic is the first of three epochs of the Triassic Period of the geologic timescale. It spans the time between 251.902 Ma and 247 Ma. Rocks from this epoch are collectively known as the L
Sandstone from the Lower Triassic Series
The Putorana Plateau is composed of basalt rocks of the Siberian Traps.
Early Triassic brittle stars (echinoderms)
Fossils of the bivalve Claraia clarai
Triassic
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The Triassic is a geologic period and a stratigraphic system that spans 50.5 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 Ma to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.4 Ma. The Triassic
Early Triassic
…The Early Triassic is the first of three epochs of the Triassic Period of the geologic timescale. It spans the time between 251.902 Ma and 247 Ma (million years ago). Rocks from this epoch are collectively known as…
Middle Triassic Muschelkalk (shell-bearing limestone) near Dörzbach, Germany
Late Triassic Steigerwald Formation and overlying Hassberge Formation in Schönbuch, Germany
Sydney, Australia lies on Triassic shales and sandstones. Almost all of the exposed rocks around Sydney belong to the Triassic Sydney sandstone.