Second age of the late Triassic
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← Full recovery of woody trees[ 2]
Subdivision of the Triassic according to the ICS , as of 2023.[ 5] Vertical axis scale: millions of years ago.
Name formality Formal Celestial body Earth Regional usage Global (ICS ) Time scale(s) used ICS Time Scale Chronological unit Age Stratigraphic unit Stage Time span formality Formal Lower boundary definition Not formally defined[ 6] Lower boundary definition candidates Base of Stikinoceras kerri ammonoid zone and near FAD of Metapolygnathus echinatus within the M. communisti Conodont zones[ 6] Lower boundary GSSP candidate section(s)
Upper boundary definition Not formally defined[ 6] Upper boundary definition candidates
Upper boundary GSSP candidate section(s)
The Norian is a division of the Triassic Period . It has the rank of an age (geochronology ) or stage (chronostratigraphy ). It lasted from ~227 to 208.5 million years ago .[ 8] It was preceded by the Carnian and succeeded by the Rhaetian .[ 9]
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^ According to Gradstein et al. (2004). Brack et al. (2005) give 226 to 207 million years
^ See for a detailed geologic timescale Gradstein et al. (2004)