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.

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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
Geologic timespan.strat_unit: Stage
Geologic timespan.timespan_formality: Formal
Geologic timespan.lower_boundary_def: Not formally defined
Geologic timespan.lower_def_candidates: Base of Stikinoceras kerri ammonoid zone and near FAD of Metapolygnathus echinatus within the M. communisti Conodont zones
Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_candidates: Black Bear Ridge, British Columbia, Canada Pizzo Mondello, Sicily, Italy
Geologic timespan.upper_boundary_def: Not formally defined

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Commons category: Norian
sRGB color hex triplet: DDB4D1
start time: 227000000-
end time: 208500000-

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Stratigraphic definitions
Subages
Notable formations
References
Notes
Literature
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==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.