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Early/Lower Triassic

Hierarchy:Phanerozoic Mesozoic  Triassic
   Early/Lower Triassic
Classification:Epoch (as per International Commission on Stratigraphy)
Top:247.2 Ma
Base:252.17 ± 0.06 Ma
Preceeds:Middle Triassic Anisian
Follows:Paleozoic Permian  Lopingian   Changhsingian
Primary Divisions:OlenekianInduan
Fossil Record

Data via PaleoBioDB


Taxa Count Key
First appearance
Extinction
First appearance and extinction
Related precursors
KingdomPhylumClassTaxa Count
AnimaliaAnnelida Clitellata3
AnimaliaAnnelida Polychaeta22
AnimaliaArthropoda Arachnida29
AnimaliaArthropoda Branchiopoda12
AnimaliaArthropoda Cephalocarida1
AnimaliaArthropoda Chilopoda3
AnimaliaArthropoda Diplopoda3
AnimaliaArthropoda Entognatha1
AnimaliaArthropoda Insecta189
AnimaliaArthropoda Malacostraca26
AnimaliaArthropoda Maxillopoda6
AnimaliaArthropoda Merostomata1
AnimaliaArthropoda Ostracoda245
AnimaliaArthropoda Pycnogonida1
AnimaliaArthropoda Remipedia1
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Craniata4
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Lingulata34
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Rhynchonellata157
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Strophomenata61
AnimaliaBryozoa Gymnolaemata14
AnimaliaBryozoa Stenolaemata39
AnimaliaChordata Actinopterygii36
AnimaliaChordata Amphibia46
AnimaliaChordata Ascidiacea1
AnimaliaChordata Cephalaspidomorphi1
AnimaliaChordata Elasmobranchii5
AnimaliaChordata Holocephali2
AnimaliaChordata Myxini1
AnimaliaChordata Reptilia264
AnimaliaChordata Sarcopterygii34
AnimaliaCnidaria Anthozoa14
AnimaliaCnidaria Cubozoa1
AnimaliaCnidaria Hydrozoa5
AnimaliaCnidaria Scyphozoa5
AnimaliaCnidaria Staurozoa4
AnimaliaEchinodermata Asteroidea1
AnimaliaEchinodermata Crinoidea20
AnimaliaEchinodermata Echinoidea12
AnimaliaEchinodermata Holothuroidea39
AnimaliaEchinodermata Ophiuroidea19
AnimaliaHemichordata Enteropneusta4
AnimaliaHemichordata Pterobranchia2
AnimaliaMollusca Bivalvia383
AnimaliaMollusca Cephalopoda1,199
AnimaliaMollusca Gastropoda289
AnimaliaMollusca Monoplacophora1
AnimaliaMollusca Polyplacophora7
AnimaliaMollusca Scaphopoda13
AnimaliaNematoda Adenophorea1
AnimaliaPorifera Calcarea7
AnimaliaPorifera Demospongiae31
AnimaliaPorifera Hexactinellida25
BacteriaCyanobacteria Cyanophyceae7
ChromistaForaminifera Globothalamea41
ChromistaForaminifera Monothalamea20
ChromistaForaminifera Tubothalamea53
ChromistaHaptophyta Prymnesiophyceae2
ChromistaMyzozoa Dinophyceae5
ChromistaRadiozoa Polycystina141
PlantaeBryophyta Bryopsida2
PlantaeCharophyta Charophyceae2
PlantaeCharophyta Zygnematophyceae1
PlantaeChlorophyta Chlorophyceae2
PlantaeChlorophyta Trebouxiophyceae2
PlantaeChlorophyta Ulvophyceae27
PlantaeMarchantiophyta Marchantiopsida1
PlantaeRhodophyta Florideophyceae10
PlantaeRhodophyta Rhodophyceae5
PlantaeTracheophyta Cycadopsida10
PlantaeTracheophyta Ginkgoopsida8
PlantaeTracheophyta Gnetopsida4
PlantaeTracheophyta Lycopodiopsida13
PlantaeTracheophyta Magnoliopsida6
PlantaeTracheophyta Pinopsida20
PlantaeTracheophyta Polypodiopsida41
 

Geologic Events

Event NameTypeAgeArea
Permian–Triassic extinction eventMass Extinction Event251.941 ± 0.037 - 251.880 ± 0.031 MaGlobal
Hunter-Bowen orogeny (ongoing)Orogeny260 - 225 MaAustralia
Uralian orogeny (concludes)Orogeny~320 - ~175 MaRussia


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