Early Triassic (251.902 +/-0.024 Ma)

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
40 / 75 / 0 / 0 (Commission for the Geological Map of the World)
Color RGB
R: 152 G: 57 B: 153
Rank
chronostratigraphic Epoch
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid formal name

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Frühe Trias
Français
Trias précoce
Italiano
Triassico primo
English
Early Triassic (251.902 +/-0.024 Ma)
Historical Variants

Eotrias (Hirsch 1966)

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units
Units at roof

Age

Age at top
  • Olenekian
Age at base
  • Induan

  • Olenekian (251.2 Ma)

    Name Origin

    Olenek = Olenyok River, N Siberian Russia

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Stage
    Status
    valid formal name
    In short

    In Europe the Olenekian is the time when the deposition of a large part of the Buntsandstein occured .

    Age
    Olenekian
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    • Spathian

      Name Origin

      Leonard Frank Spath (1882-1957), British geologist and paleontologist.

      Rank
      chronostratigraphic Substage
      Status
      local name (informal)
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    • Smithian

      Name Origin
      James Perrin Smith (1864-1931), US geologist and paleontologist.
      Rank
      chronostratigraphic Substage
      Status
      local name (informal)
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  • Induan (251.902 +/-0.024 Ma)

    Name Origin

    Indus River in the Salt Range of Pakistan.

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Stage
    Status
    valid formal name
    Age
    Induan
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    • Dienerian

      Name Origin

      Karl Diener (1862-1928), Austrian geologist, paleontologist and alpinist.

      Rank
      chronostratigraphic Substage
      Status
      local name (informal)
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    • Griesbachian

      Name Origin
      Griesbach
      Rank
      chronostratigraphic Substage
      Status
      local name (informal)
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