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Carnian is a geologic age in the Late Triassic period
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- The lowermost stage of the Upper Triassic series (or earliest age of the Late Triassic epoch), which lasted from 237 to 227 million years ago and was preceded by the Ladinian and followed by the Norian.
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There are a few invertebrates which are typical and characteristic of the Carnian.
By the Carnian they had been supplanted by traversodont cynodonts and rhynchosaur reptiles.
The horizon from which remains have been found is Carnian in age.
A new transgression in the Carnian permitted new carbonate platforms to develop in swallow basins.
This sequence was deposited from during the Middle Carnian.
The Carnian is preceded by the Ladinian and is followed by the Norian.
It was found in Carnian rock.
During the Carnian and Norian, shastosaurs reached huge sizes.
These three dinosaurs lived during the Carnian stage of the Triassic period.
Most workers have assigned the Cumnock Formation a Carnian age.
Its fossils have been found in the Carnian Lossiemouth Sandstone of Scotland.
Omosaurus is an extinct genus of the Crurotarsi, perhaps from the late Trias Carnian.
The Hurley spans latest Carnian or earliest Norian to middle Norian time.
Ichthyosaurs of the Carnian.
Phytosaurs first appeared during the Carnian age, evolving from an unknown crurotarsan ancestor.
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Also notably, there was a heightened rate of extinction during the Carnian Pluvial Event.
During the Carnian and Norian, Shastosauria reached huge sizes.
This extends the temporal range of Probelesodon into the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic.
The formation is of Carnian to early Norian ( Upper Triassic ) in age.
Henodus chelyops was a type of placodont, which during the Carnian stage of Late Triassic period.
It was found in Carnian ( Upper Triassic ) - age strata of the Ischigualasto Formation in Argentina.
The type species of Shastasaurus is S. pacificus, from the late Carnian of northern California.
In the Tethys domain, the Carnian stage contains six ammonite biozones,.
These rocks are part of the Santa Maria Formation, which dates to the Carnian epoch.
Life-scene from 232 million years ago, during the Carnian Pluvial Episode after which dinosaurs took over.
Hyperodapedon is a genus of rhynchosaur ( a beaked, archosaur-like reptile ) from the late Triassic period Carnian stage.
The earliest dinosaur Eoraptor originated slightly before the Carnian stage began around 230 Ma.
Hyperodapedon is a genus of rhynchosaurs ( beaked, archosaur-like reptiles ) from the Late Triassic period Carnian stage.
The holotype, PVSJ 846, was found in a layer of the Ischigualasto Formation dating from the Carnian.
In 1990, the Cancha de Bochas Member produced more Herrerasaurus specimens, also from its Carnian beds.
