Middle Triassic (247.2 Ma)
Back to Triassic (251.902 +/- 0.024 Ma)Representation and status
- Color CMYK
- 30/55/0/0
- Color RGB
- R: 177 G: 104 B: 177
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Epoch
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid formal name
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Mittlere Trias
- Français
- Trias moyen
- Italiano
- Triassico medio
- English
- Middle Triassic (247.2 Ma)
- Historical Variants
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Mésotrias
Hierarchy and sequence
- Subordinate units
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- Ladinian
- Age at base
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- Anisian
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Ladinian (~ 242 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Ladini people of the Dolomites, N Italy.
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- Age
- Ladinian
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Longobardian
- Name Origin
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Name derived fromthe term Longobardi, designating the territories controlled by the Lombards in Italy.
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Substage
- Status
- local name (informal)
- In short
- Last, informal substage of the Ladinian.
- Age
- Late Ladinian
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Fassanian
- Name Origin
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Named after the Val di Fassa (Italia).
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Substage
- Status
- local name (informal)
- In short
- First, informal substage of the Ladinian. Originally based on the Buchenstein Beds, it corresponds to a major transgressive interval.
- Age
- Early Ladinian
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Anisian (247.2 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Enns (= Anisus) River at Grossreifling (Austrian Alps).
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Virglorien supérieur</p>
- In short
-
First stage of the Middle Triassic.
- Age
- Anisian
-
Illyrian
- Name Origin
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Named after the antique region Illyria (western part of the Balkan Peninsula).
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Substage
- Status
- local name (informal)
- In short
- Last substage of the Anisian (Middle Triassic).
- Age
- Spätes Anisien
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Pelsonian
- Name Origin
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Named after Lake Pelso = Lake Balaton (Transdanubian region, Hungary.
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Substage
- Status
- local name (informal)
- In short
- Third substage of the Anisian.
- Age
- Anisian
-
Bithynian
- Name Origin
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Named after the Roman province Bithynia (NW Turkey).
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Substage
- Status
- local name (informal)
- In short
- Second substage of the Anisian (Middle Triassic).
- Age
- Anisian
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Aegean
- Name Origin
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Named after the Aegean Sea (Greece).
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Substage
- Status
- local name (informal)
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- Ägäissches Meer = mer Égée
- In short
- First substage of the Anisian (Middle Triassic).
- Age
- Frühes Anisien