Geologic Time Scale: Triassic Period
(251.902 to 201.36 million years ago)
The Triassic Period is the first and shortest period of the Mesozoic Era. Both the start (Permian-Triassic) and end (Triassic-Jurassic)of the period are marked by major extinction events. Triassic Period (Greek “triad” meaning three) was named in 1834 by Friedrich August von Alberti () after the a succession of three district rock layers that are widespread in southern Germany: the lower Bruntsandstein (colorful sandstone), the middle Muschelkalk (shell-bearing limestone), and the upper Keuper (colored clay).
During the Triassic, almost all the Earth’s land mass was concentrated in to a single supercontinent, Pangaea (meaning ‘entire land’) more or less centered on the equator and extended between the poles. New modern types of coral appear forming small reef patches, while cephalopods called ammonites recovered, diversifying from a single line that survived the Permian extinction during the Triassic.We also see the introduction of the first dinosaurs, marine reptiles, pterosaurs, and true mammals.
Rhaetian Age/Stage
Late Triassic: 208.5 to 201.3 million years ago
The Rhaetian Stage was named in 1856 by German paleontologist Albert Oppel and Austrian geologist Eduard Suess, after the Rhaetian Alps. This mountain chain stretches over parts of eastern Switzerland, northern Italy, and western Austria.
European Rhaetian Age/Stage Late Triassic: 208.5 to 201.3 million years ago
Genus: Plateosaurus “broad lizard”
Classification: Family: Plateosauridae
Time: Late Triassic (Norian to Rhaetian)
Locality: Across Europe. Also in Greenland - Fleming Fjord Formation
Size: 5 to 10 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Lufengosaurus “Lufeng lizard”
Classification: Family: Massospondylidae
Time: Late Triassic (Norian to Rhaetian)
Locality: Across Europe. Also in Greenland - Fleming Fjord Formation
Size: 5 to 10 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Mastodonsaurus ”Breast tooth lizard”
Classification: Class: Amphibia – Order: Temnospondyli – Family: Mastodonsauridae
Time period: Triassic (Anisian to Rhaetian)
Known locations: England - Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation, Wales - Sully Beds Formation, Germany - Erfurt Formation, and Russia - Bukobay Formation
Size: 4 to 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Genus: Xenacanthus “Foreign spike”
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida – Family: Xenacanthidae
Locations: USA, Europe, and India
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic
Size: Up to 1 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Belemnitina
Common name:“Belemnites”
Classification: Superoder: Belemnoidea – Order: Belemnitida
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Late Triassic to End Cretaceous
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
South American Rhaetian Age/Stage Late Triassic: 208.5 to 201.3 million years ago
Genus: Belemnitina
Common name:“Belemnites”
Classification: Superoder: Belemnoidea – Order: Belemnitida
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Late Triassic to End Cretaceous
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Mussasaurus “mouse lizard”
Classification: Clade: Prosauropoda
Time: Late Triassic (Norian/Rhaetian)
Locality: Argentina, Santa Cruz Province - El Tranquilo Formation
Size: 3 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Asia Rhaetian Age/Stage Late Triassic: 208.5 to 201.3 million years ago
Genus: Belemnitina
Common name:“Belemnites”
Classification: Superoder: Belemnoidea – Order: Belemnitida
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Late Triassic to End Cretaceous
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Helicoprion“Spiral saw“
Classification: Order: Eugeneodontida – Family: Agassizodontidae.
Locations: Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, USA.
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic.
Size: 7.5 to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Xenacanthus “Foreign spike”
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida – Family: Xenacanthidae
Locations: USA, Europe, and India
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic
Size: Up to 1 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Mastodonsaurus ”Breast tooth lizard”
Classification: Class: Amphibia – Order: Temnospondyli – Family: Mastodonsauridae
Time period: Triassic (Anisian to Rhaetian)
Known locations: England - Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation, Wales - Sully Beds Formation, Germany - Erfurt Formation, and Russia - Bukobay Formation
Size: 4 to 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
North American Rhaetian Age/Stage Late Triassic: 208.5 to 201.3 million years ago
Genus: Belemnitina
Common name:“Belemnites”
Classification: Superoder: Belemnoidea – Order: Belemnitida
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Late Triassic to End Cretaceous
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Helicoprion“Spiral saw“
Classification: Order: Eugeneodontida – Family: Agassizodontidae.
Locations: Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, USA.
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic.
Size: 7.5 to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Xenacanthus “Foreign spike”
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida – Family: Xenacanthidae
Locations: USA, Europe, and India
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic
Size: Up to 1 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Australian Rhaetian Age/Stage Late Triassic: 208.5 to 201.3 million years ago
Genus: Belemnitina
Common name:“Belemnites”
Classification: Superoder: Belemnoidea – Order: Belemnitida
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Late Triassic to End Cretaceous
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Helicoprion“Spiral saw“
Classification: Order: Eugeneodontida – Family: Agassizodontidae.
Locations: Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, USA.
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic.
Size: 7.5 to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Norian Age/Stage
Late Triassic: 227.0 to 208.5 million years ago
The Norian Stage was named in 1869 by Austrian geologist Edmund Mojsisovis von Mojsvar after either the Noric Alps in Austria.
North American Norian Stage Late Triassic: 227.0 to 208.5 million years ago
Genus: Tawa “Named after the Puebloan sun god”
Classification: Order: Theropoda
Time: Late Triassic (Norian)
Locality: USA, New Mexico – Chinle Formation, Ghost Ranch
Size: 2 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Coelophysis “Hollow form”
Classification: Family: Coelophysidae
Time: Late Triassic (Carnian to Norian)
Locality: USA, New Mexico and Arizona
Size: 3 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Postosuchus “Crocodile from Post“
Classification: Family: Rausisuchidae
Time: Late Triassic (Carnian to Norian)
Locality: Arizona, New Mexico, North Carolina and Texas; USA
Size: 4 to 5 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Rutiodon “wrinkled tooth“
Classification: Family: Phytosauridae
Time: Late Triassic
Locality: Germany, Mexico, Switzerland, USA - Arizona, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas.
Size: 3 to 8 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Desmatosuchus “link crocodile“
Classification: Family: Stagonolepididae, Subfamily: Desmatosuchinae
Time: Late Triassic (Carnian to Norian)
Locality: Texas
Size: 4.5 to 5 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Placerias “Broad body”.
Classification: Family: Kannemeyeriidae.
Known locations: USA, Arizona.
Time period: Triassic (Carnian to Norian).
Type: Herbivore.
Size: Up to 3.5 meters long.
Genus: Xenacanthus “Foreign spike”
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida – Family: Xenacanthidae
Locations: USA, Europe, and India
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic
Size: Up to 1 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Belemnitina
Common name:“Belemnites”
Classification: Superoder: Belemnoidea – Order: Belemnitida
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Late Triassic to End Cretaceous
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Helicoprion“Spiral saw“
Classification: Order: Eugeneodontida – Family: Agassizodontidae.
Locations: Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, USA.
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic.
Size: 7.5 to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
European Norian Stage Late Triassic: 227.0 to 208.5 million years ago
Genus: Belemnitina
Common name:“Belemnites”
Classification: Superoder: Belemnoidea – Order: Belemnitida
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Late Triassic to End Cretaceous
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Xenacanthus “Foreign spike”
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida – Family: Xenacanthidae
Locations: USA, Europe, and India
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic
Size: Up to 1 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Liliensternus “Ruhle” von Lilienstern’s one”
Classification: Family: Coelophysidae
Time: Late Triassic (Norian)
Locality: Germany – Trossingen Formation
Size: 5.15 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Plateosaurus “broad lizard”
Classification: Family: Plateosauridae
Time: Late Triassic (Norian to Rhaetian)
Locality: Across Europe. Also in Greenland - Fleming Fjord Formation
Size: 5 to 10 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Lufengosaurus “Lufeng lizard”
Classification: Family: Massospondylidae
Time: Late Triassic (Norian to Rhaetian)
Locality: Across Europe. Also in Greenland - Fleming Fjord Formation
Size: 5 to 10 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Mastodonsaurus ”Breast tooth lizard”
Classification: Class: Amphibia – Order: Temnospondyli – Family: Mastodonsauridae
Time period: Triassic (Anisian to Rhaetian)
Known locations: England - Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation, Wales - Sully Beds Formation, Germany - Erfurt Formation, and Russia - Bukobay Formation
Size: 4 to 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Genus: Nothosaurus “false lizard“
Classification: Family: Nothosauridae – Subfamily: Nothosaurinae
Time: Triassic (Anisian to Norian)
Locality: North Africa, Europe, and China
Size: 4 to 7 meters long.
Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore
Asian Norian Stage Late Triassic: 227.0 to 208.5 million years ago
Genus: Nothosaurus “false lizard“
Classification: Family: Nothosauridae – Subfamily: Nothosaurinae
Time: Triassic (Anisian to Norian)
Locality: North Africa, Europe, and China
Size: 4 to 7 meters long.
Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore
Genus: Keichousaurus “keichow lizard“
Classification: Order: Nothosauroidea, Family: Keichousauridae
Time: Triassic (Anisian to Norian)
Locality: China
Size: 15 to 30 centimeters long
Diet: Piscivore
Genus: Mastodonsaurus ”Breast tooth lizard”
Classification: Class: Amphibia – Order: Temnospondyli – Family: Mastodonsauridae
Time period: Triassic (Anisian to Rhaetian)
Known locations: England - Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation, Wales - Sully Beds Formation, Germany - Erfurt Formation, and Russia - Bukobay Formation
Size: 4 to 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Genus: Xenacanthus “Foreign spike”
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida – Family: Xenacanthidae
Locations: USA, Europe, and India
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic
Size: Up to 1 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Belemnitina
Common name:“Belemnites”
Classification: Superoder: Belemnoidea – Order: Belemnitida
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Late Triassic to End Cretaceous
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Helicoprion“Spiral saw“
Classification: Order: Eugeneodontida – Family: Agassizodontidae.
Locations: Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, USA.
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic.
Size: 7.5 to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
South American Norian Stage Late Triassic: 227.0 to 208.5 million years ago
Genus: Belemnitina
Common name:“Belemnites”
Classification: Superoder: Belemnoidea – Order: Belemnitida
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Late Triassic to End Cretaceous
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Mussasaurus “mouse lizard”
Classification: Clade: Prosauropoda
Time: Late Triassic (Norian/Rhaetian)
Locality: Argentina, Santa Cruz Province - El Tranquilo Formation
Size: 3 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Australian Norian Stage Late Triassic: 227.0 to 208.5 million years ago
Genus: Belemnitina
Common name:“Belemnites”
Classification: Superoder: Belemnoidea – Order: Belemnitida
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Late Triassic to End Cretaceous
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Helicoprion“Spiral saw“
Classification: Order: Eugeneodontida – Family: Agassizodontidae.
Locations: Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, USA.
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic.
Size: 7.5 to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Carnian Age/Stage
Late Triassic: 237.0 to 227.0 million years ago
The Carnian Stage was named in 1869 by Austrian geologist Edmund Mojsisovis von Mojsvar after either the Carnic Alps or the Austrian region of Carinthia, or the Carnia historical region in northwestern Italy.
North American Carnian Stage Late Triassic: 237.0 to 227.0 million years ago
Genus: Coelophysis “Hollow form”
Classification: Family: Coelophysidae
Time: Late Triassic (Carnian to Norian)
Locality: USA, New Mexico and Arizona
Size: 3 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Postosuchus “Crocodile from Post“
Classification: Family: Rausisuchidae
Time: Late Triassic (Carnian to Norian)
Locality: Arizona, New Mexico, North Carolina and Texas; USA
Size: 4 to 5 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Rutiodon “wrinkled tooth“
Classification: Family: Phytosauridae
Time: Late Triassic
Locality: Germany, Mexico, Switzerland, USA - Arizona, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas.
Size: 3 to 8 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Desmatosuchus “link crocodile“
Classification: Family: Stagonolepididae, Subfamily: Desmatosuchinae
Time: Late Triassic (Carnian to Norian)
Locality: Texas
Size: 4.5 to 5 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Placerias “Broad body”.
Classification: Family: Kannemeyeriidae.
Known locations: USA, Arizona.
Time period: Triassic (Carnian to Norian).
Type: Herbivore.
Size: Up to 3.5 meters long.
Genus: Xenacanthus “Foreign spike”
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida – Family: Xenacanthidae
Locations: USA, Europe, and India
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic
Size: Up to 1 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Orthacanthus“Vertical spike“.
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida - Family: Orthacanthidae.
Locations: Europe and North America.
Time period: Devonian (Emsian) to Triassic (Carnian).
Size: Up to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Belemnitina
Common name:“Belemnites”
Classification: Superoder: Belemnoidea – Order: Belemnitida
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Late Triassic to End Cretaceous
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Helicoprion“Spiral saw“
Classification: Order: Eugeneodontida – Family: Agassizodontidae.
Locations: Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, USA.
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic.
Size: 7.5 to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
South American Carnian Stage Late Triassic: 237.0 to 227.0 million years ago
Genus: Belemnitina
Common name:“Belemnites”
Classification: Superoder: Belemnoidea – Order: Belemnitida
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Late Triassic to End Cretaceous
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Herrerasaurus “Herrera’s lizard”
Classification: Family: Herrerasauridae
Time: Late Triassic (Ladinian to early Carnian)
Locality: Argentina, San Juan Province – Ischigualasto Formation
Size: 3 to 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Hyperodapedon “best pestle tooth“
Classification: Order: Rhynchosauria, Family: Hyperodapedontinae
Time: Late Triassic (Carnian)
Locality: Argentina, Brazil, India, Scotland
Size: 1.3 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
European Carnian Stage Late Triassic: 237.0 to 227.0 million years ago
Genus: Tanystropheus “long strap“
Classification: Family: Tanystrophidae
Time: Triassic (Anisian to Carnian)
Locality: Europe, Middle East and China
Size: 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Hyperodapedon “best pestle tooth“
Classification: Order: Rhynchosauria, Family: Hyperodapedontinae
Time: Late Triassic (Carnian)
Locality: Argentina, Brazil, India, Scotland
Size: 1.3 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Ornithosuchus “bird crocodile“
Classification: Family: Ornithosuchidae
Time: Late Triassic (Carnian)
Locality: Scotland
Size: 2.2 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Nothosaurus “false lizard“
Classification: Family: Nothosauridae – Subfamily: Nothosaurinae
Time: Triassic (Anisian to Norian)
Locality: North Africa, Europe, and China
Size: 4 to 7 meters long.
Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore
Genus: Belemnitina
Common name:“Belemnites”
Classification: Superoder: Belemnoidea – Order: Belemnitida
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Late Triassic to End Cretaceous
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Henodus “single tooth“
Classification: Family: Henondontidae
Time: Triassic (Carnian)
Locality: Europe: Guermany
Size: 1 meters long
Diet: Shellfish
Genus: Xenacanthus “Foreign spike”
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida – Family: Xenacanthidae
Locations: USA, Europe, and India
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic
Size: Up to 1 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Orthacanthus“Vertical spike“.
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida - Family: Orthacanthidae.
Locations: Europe and North America.
Time period: Devonian (Emsian) to Triassic (Carnian).
Size: Up to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Mastodonsaurus ”Breast tooth lizard”
Classification: Class: Amphibia – Order: Temnospondyli – Family: Mastodonsauridae
Time period: Triassic (Anisian to Rhaetian)
Known locations: England - Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation, Wales - Sully Beds Formation, Germany - Erfurt Formation, and Russia - Bukobay Formation
Size: 4 to 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Asian Carnian Stage Late Triassic: 237.0 to 227.0 million years ago
Genus: Nothosaurus “false lizard“
Classification: Family: Nothosauridae – Subfamily: Nothosaurinae
Time: Triassic (Anisian to Norian)
Locality: North Africa, Europe, and China
Size: 4 to 7 meters long.
Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore
Genus: Keichousaurus “keichow lizard“
Classification: Order: Nothosauroidea, Family: Keichousauridae
Time: Triassic (Anisian to Norian)
Locality: China
Size: 15 to 30 centimeters long
Diet: Piscivore
Genus: Tanystropheus “long strap“
Classification: Family: Tanystrophidae
Time: Triassic (Anisian to Carnian)
Locality: Europe, Middle East and China
Size: 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Hyperodapedon “best pestle tooth“
Classification: Order: Rhynchosauria, Family: Hyperodapedontinae
Time: Late Triassic (Carnian)
Locality: Argentina, Brazil, India, Scotland
Size: 1.3 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Belemnitina
Common name:“Belemnites”
Classification: Superoder: Belemnoidea – Order: Belemnitida
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Late Triassic to End Cretaceous
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Helicoprion“Spiral saw“
Classification: Order: Eugeneodontida – Family: Agassizodontidae.
Locations: Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, USA.
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic.
Size: 7.5 to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Xenacanthus “Foreign spike”
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida – Family: Xenacanthidae
Locations: USA, Europe, and India
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic
Size: Up to 1 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Mastodonsaurus ”Breast tooth lizard”
Classification: Class: Amphibia – Order: Temnospondyli – Family: Mastodonsauridae
Time period: Triassic (Anisian to Rhaetian)
Known locations: England - Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation, Wales - Sully Beds Formation, Germany - Erfurt Formation, and Russia - Bukobay Formation
Size: 4 to 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Africa and Middle East Carnian Stage Late Triassic: 237.0 to 227.0 million years ago
Genus: Belemnitina
Common name:“Belemnites”
Classification: Superoder: Belemnoidea – Order: Belemnitida
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Late Triassic to End Cretaceous
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Nothosaurus “false lizard“
Classification: Family: Nothosauridae – Subfamily: Nothosaurinae
Time: Triassic (Anisian to Norian)
Locality: North Africa, Europe, and China
Size: 4 to 7 meters long.
Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore
Genus: Tanystropheus “long strap“
Classification: Family: Tanystrophidae
Time: Triassic (Anisian to Carnian)
Locality: Europe, Middle East and China
Size: 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Australian Carnian Stage Late Triassic: 237.0 to 227.0 million years ago
Genus: Belemnitina
Common name:“Belemnites”
Classification: Superoder: Belemnoidea – Order: Belemnitida
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Late Triassic to End Cretaceous
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Helicoprion“Spiral saw“
Classification: Order: Eugeneodontida – Family: Agassizodontidae.
Locations: Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, USA.
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic.
Size: 7.5 to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Ladinian Age/Stage
Middle Triassic: 242.0 to 237.0 million years ago
The Ladinian Stage was named in 1892 by Austrian geologist Alexander Bittner after the Ladin people that live in the Italian Alps. Near the Dolomites then parts of Austria-Hungary.
South American Ladinian Stage Middle Triassic: 242.0 to 237.0 million years ago
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Prestosuchus “fast crocodile“
Classification: Family: Prestosuchidae
Time: Middle Triassic (Ladinian)
Locality: Brazil – Santa Maria Formation
Size: 5 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Herrerasaurus “Herrera’s lizard”
Classification: Family: Herrerasauridae
Time: Late Triassic (Ladinian to early Carnian)
Locality: Argentina, San Juan Province – Ischigualasto Formation
Size: 3 to 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
European Ladinian Stage Middle Triassic: 242.0 to 237.0 million years ago
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Nothosaurus “false lizard“
Classification: Family: Nothosauridae – Subfamily: Nothosaurinae
Time: Triassic (Anisian to Norian)
Locality: North Africa, Europe, and China
Size: 4 to 7 meters long.
Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore
Genus: Tanystropheus “long strap“
Classification: Family: Tanystrophidae
Time: Triassic (Anisian to Carnian)
Locality: Europe, Middle East and China
Size: 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Xenacanthus “Foreign spike”
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida – Family: Xenacanthidae
Locations: USA, Europe, and India
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic
Size: Up to 1 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Orthacanthus“Vertical spike“.
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida - Family: Orthacanthidae.
Locations: Europe and North America.
Time period: Devonian (Emsian) to Triassic (Carnian).
Size: Up to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Mastodonsaurus ”Breast tooth lizard”
Classification: Class: Amphibia – Order: Temnospondyli – Family: Mastodonsauridae
Time period: Triassic (Anisian to Rhaetian)
Known locations: England - Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation, Wales - Sully Beds Formation, Germany - Erfurt Formation, and Russia - Bukobay Formation
Size: 4 to 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Asian Ladinian Stage Middle Triassic: 242.0 to 237.0 million years ago
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Helicoprion“Spiral saw“
Classification: Order: Eugeneodontida – Family: Agassizodontidae.
Locations: Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, USA.
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic.
Size: 7.5 to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Xenacanthus “Foreign spike”
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida – Family: Xenacanthidae
Locations: USA, Europe, and India
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic
Size: Up to 1 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Mastodonsaurus ”Breast tooth lizard”
Classification: Class: Amphibia – Order: Temnospondyli – Family: Mastodonsauridae
Time period: Triassic (Anisian to Rhaetian)
Known locations: England - Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation, Wales - Sully Beds Formation, Germany - Erfurt Formation, and Russia - Bukobay Formation
Size: 4 to 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Genus: Nothosaurus “false lizard“
Classification: Family: Nothosauridae – Subfamily: Nothosaurinae
Time: Triassic (Anisian to Norian)
Locality: North Africa, Europe, and China
Size: 4 to 7 meters long.
Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore
Genus: Keichousaurus “keichow lizard“
Classification: Order: Nothosauroidea, Family: Keichousauridae
Time: Triassic (Anisian to Norian)
Locality: China
Size: 15 to 30 centimeters long
Diet: Piscivore
Genus: Tanystropheus “long strap“
Classification: Family: Tanystrophidae
Time: Triassic (Anisian to Carnian)
Locality: Europe, Middle East and China
Size: 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Shringasaurus “horned lizard“
Classification: Family: Azendohsauridae
Time: Middle Triassic (Anisian)
Locality: India, Madhya Pradesh – Denwa Formation
Size: 4 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Africa and Middle East Ladinian Stage Middle Triassic: 242.0 to 237.0 million years ago
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Nothosaurus “false lizard“
Classification: Family: Nothosauridae – Subfamily: Nothosaurinae
Time: Triassic (Anisian to Norian)
Locality: North Africa, Europe, and China
Size: 4 to 7 meters long.
Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore
Genus: Tanystropheus “long strap“
Classification: Family: Tanystrophidae
Time: Triassic (Anisian to Carnian)
Locality: Europe, Middle East and China
Size: 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
North American Ladinian Stage Middle Triassic: 242.0 to 237.0 million years ago
Genus: Xenacanthus “Foreign spike”
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida – Family: Xenacanthidae
Locations: USA, Europe, and India
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic
Size: Up to 1 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Orthacanthus“Vertical spike“.
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida - Family: Orthacanthidae.
Locations: Europe and North America.
Time period: Devonian (Emsian) to Triassic (Carnian).
Size: Up to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Helicoprion“Spiral saw“
Classification: Order: Eugeneodontida – Family: Agassizodontidae.
Locations: Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, USA.
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic.
Size: 7.5 to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Australian Ladinian Stage Middle Triassic: 242.0 to 237.0 million years ago
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Helicoprion“Spiral saw“
Classification: Order: Eugeneodontida – Family: Agassizodontidae.
Locations: Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, USA.
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic.
Size: 7.5 to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Anisian Age/Stage
Middle Triassic: 247.2 to 242.0 million years ago
The Anisian Stage was named in 1895 by Austrian geologist Wilhelm Heinrich Waagen and Carl Diener after the Latin name of the river Enns.
European Anisian Stage Middle Triassic: 247.2 to 242.0 million years ago
Genus: Tanystropheus “long strap“
Classification: Family: Tanystrophidae
Time: Triassic (Anisian to Carnian)
Locality: Europe, Middle East and China
Size: 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Nothosaurus “false lizard“
Classification: Family: Nothosauridae – Subfamily: Nothosaurinae
Time: Triassic (Anisian to Norian)
Locality: North Africa, Europe, and China
Size: 4 to 7 meters long.
Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore
Genus: Mastodonsaurus ”Breast tooth lizard”
Classification: Class: Amphibia – Order: Temnospondyli – Family: Mastodonsauridae
Time period: Triassic (Anisian to Rhaetian)
Known locations: England - Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation, Wales - Sully Beds Formation, Germany - Erfurt Formation, and Russia - Bukobay Formation
Size: 4 to 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Orthacanthus“Vertical spike“.
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida - Family: Orthacanthidae.
Locations: Europe and North America.
Time period: Devonian (Emsian) to Triassic (Carnian).
Size: Up to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Xenacanthus “Foreign spike”
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida – Family: Xenacanthidae
Locations: USA, Europe, and India
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic
Size: Up to 1 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Asian Anisian Stage Middle Triassic: 247.2 to 242.0 million years ago
Genus: Nothosaurus “false lizard“
Classification: Family: Nothosauridae – Subfamily: Nothosaurinae
Time: Triassic (Anisian to Norian)
Locality: North Africa, Europe, and China
Size: 4 to 7 meters long.
Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore
Genus: Keichousaurus “keichow lizard“
Classification: Order: Nothosauroidea, Family: Keichousauridae
Time: Triassic (Anisian to Norian)
Locality: China
Size: 15 to 30 centimeters long
Diet: Piscivore
Genus: Tanystropheus “long strap“
Classification: Family: Tanystrophidae
Time: Triassic (Anisian to Carnian)
Locality: Europe, Middle East and China
Size: 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Cynognathus “Dog jaw”.
Classification: Clade: Synapsida – Clade: Therapsida – Family Cynognathia
Known locations: Antarctica, Argentina, China, South Africa.
Time period: Triassic (Anisian).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: 1 meter long.
Genus: Xenacanthus “Foreign spike”
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida – Family: Xenacanthidae
Locations: USA, Europe, and India
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic
Size: Up to 1 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Helicoprion“Spiral saw“
Classification: Order: Eugeneodontida – Family: Agassizodontidae.
Locations: Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, USA.
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic.
Size: 7.5 to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Mastodonsaurus ”Breast tooth lizard”
Classification: Class: Amphibia – Order: Temnospondyli – Family: Mastodonsauridae
Time period: Triassic (Anisian to Rhaetian)
Known locations: England - Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation, Wales - Sully Beds Formation, Germany - Erfurt Formation, and Russia - Bukobay Formation
Size: 4 to 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Africa and Middle East Anisian Stage Middle Triassic: 247.2 to 242.0 million years ago
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Nothosaurus “false lizard“
Classification: Family: Nothosauridae – Subfamily: Nothosaurinae
Time: Triassic (Anisian to Norian)
Locality: North Africa, Europe, and China
Size: 4 to 7 meters long.
Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore
Genus: Tanystropheus “long strap“
Classification: Family: Tanystrophidae
Time: Triassic (Anisian to Carnian)
Locality: Europe, Middle East and China
Size: 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Cynognathus “Dog jaw”.
Classification: Clade: Synapsida – Clade: Therapsida – Family Cynognathia
Known locations: Antarctica, Argentina, China, South Africa.
Time period: Triassic (Anisian).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: 1 meter long.
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
North American Anisian Stage Middle Triassic: 247.2 to 242.0 million years ago
Genus: Xenacanthus “Foreign spike”
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida – Family: Xenacanthidae
Locations: USA, Europe, and India
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic
Size: Up to 1 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Orthacanthus“Vertical spike“.
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida - Family: Orthacanthidae.
Locations: Europe and North America.
Time period: Devonian (Emsian) to Triassic (Carnian).
Size: Up to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Helicoprion“Spiral saw“
Classification: Order: Eugeneodontida – Family: Agassizodontidae.
Locations: Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, USA.
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic.
Size: 7.5 to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Antartica and Australian East Anisian Stage Middle Triassic: 247.2 to 242.0 million years ago
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Helicoprion“Spiral saw“
Classification: Order: Eugeneodontida – Family: Agassizodontidae.
Locations: Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, USA.
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic.
Size: 7.5 to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Cynognathus “Dog jaw”.
Classification: Clade: Synapsida – Clade: Therapsida – Family Cynognathia
Known locations: Antarctica, Argentina, China, South Africa.
Time period: Triassic (Anisian).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: 1 meter long.
Olenekian Age/Stage
Early Triassic: 251.2 to 247.2 million years ago
The Olenekian Stage was named in 1865 by Russian stratigraphers after Olenek in Siberia.
African Olenekian Stage Early Triassic: 251.2 to 247.2 million years ago
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Lystrosaurus “Shovel lizard”.
Classification: Family: Lystrosauridae.
Known locations: South Africa, Antarctica, China, India, Mongolia and Russia.
Time period: Late Permian to the Early Triassic.
Type: Herbivore.
Size: Between 0.6 and 2.5 meters long, average about 0.9 meters long.
Genus: Kannemeyeria ”From Kanne”.
Classification: Family: Kannemeyeriidae.
Known locations: Africa, Asia, India, South America.
Time period: Early Triassic (Olenekian to Anisian).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: 3 meters long.
Genus: Euparkeria “Parker’s good animals“
Classification: Family: Euparkeriidae
Time: Early Triassic (Olenekian)
Locality: South Africa
Size: 60 centimeters long
Diet: Carnivore
Asian Olenekian Stage Early Triassic: 251.2 to 247.2 million years ago
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Helicoprion“Spiral saw“
Classification: Order: Eugeneodontida – Family: Agassizodontidae.
Locations: Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, USA.
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic.
Size: 7.5 to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Xenacanthus “Foreign spike”
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida – Family: Xenacanthidae
Locations: USA, Europe, and India
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic
Size: Up to 1 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Lystrosaurus “Shovel lizard”.
Classification: Family: Lystrosauridae.
Known locations: South Africa, Antarctica, China, India, Mongolia and Russia.
Time period: Late Permian to the Early Triassic.
Type: Herbivore.
Size: Between 0.6 and 2.5 meters long, average about 0.9 meters long.
Genus: Kannemeyeria ”From Kanne”.
Classification: Family: Kannemeyeriidae.
Known locations: Africa, Asia, India, South America.
Time period: Early Triassic (Olenekian to Anisian).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: 3 meters long.
South American Olenekian Stage Early Triassic: 251.2 to 247.2 million years ago
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Kannemeyeria ”From Kanne”.
Classification: Family: Kannemeyeriidae.
Known locations: Africa, Asia, India, South America.
Time period: Early Triassic (Olenekian to Anisian).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: 3 meters long.
North American Olenekian Stage Early Triassic: 251.2 to 247.2 million years ago
Genus: Xenacanthus “Foreign spike”
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida – Family: Xenacanthidae
Locations: USA, Europe, and India
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic
Size: Up to 1 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Orthacanthus“Vertical spike“.
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida - Family: Orthacanthidae.
Locations: Europe and North America.
Time period: Devonian (Emsian) to Triassic (Carnian).
Size: Up to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Helicoprion“Spiral saw“
Classification: Order: Eugeneodontida – Family: Agassizodontidae.
Locations: Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, USA.
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic.
Size: 7.5 to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
European Olenekian Stage Early Triassic: 251.2 to 247.2 million years ago
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Orthacanthus“Vertical spike“.
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida - Family: Orthacanthidae.
Locations: Europe and North America.
Time period: Devonian (Emsian) to Triassic (Carnian).
Size: Up to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Xenacanthus “Foreign spike”
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida – Family: Xenacanthidae
Locations: USA, Europe, and India
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic
Size: Up to 1 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Antartica and Ausralian Olenekian Stage Early Triassic: 251.2 to 247.2 million years ago
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Helicoprion“Spiral saw“
Classification: Order: Eugeneodontida – Family: Agassizodontidae.
Locations: Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, USA.
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic.
Size: 7.5 to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Lystrosaurus “Shovel lizard”.
Classification: Family: Lystrosauridae.
Known locations: South Africa, Antarctica, China, India, Mongolia and Russia.
Time period: Late Permian to the Early Triassic.
Type: Herbivore.
Size: Between 0.6 and 2.5 meters long, average about 0.9 meters long.
Induan Age/Stage
Early Triassic: 251.902 to 251.2 million years ago
The Induan Stage was named in 1865 by Soviet paleontologist Lubov D. Kiparisova and Yurij N. Popov after the Indus River.
Asian Induan Stage Early Triassic: 251.902 to 251.2 million years ago
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Orthacanthus“Vertical spike“.
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida - Family: Orthacanthidae.
Locations: Europe and North America.
Time period: Devonian (Emsian) to Triassic (Carnian).
Size: Up to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Xenacanthus “Foreign spike”
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida – Family: Xenacanthidae
Locations: USA, Europe, and India
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic
Size: Up to 1 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Proterosuchus “early crocodile“
Classification: Family: Proterosuchidae
Time: Early Triassic (Induan)
Locality: China and South Africa
Size: 3.5 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Lystrosaurus “Shovel lizard”.
Classification: Family: Lystrosauridae.
Known locations: South Africa, Antarctica, China, India, Mongolia and Russia.
Time period: Late Permian to the Early Triassic.
Type: Herbivore.
Size: Between 0.6 and 2.5 meters long, average about 0.9 meters long.
Genus: Kannemeyeria ”From Kanne”.
Classification: Family: Kannemeyeriidae.
Known locations: Africa, Asia, India, South America.
Time period: Early Triassic (Olenekian to Anisian).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: 3 meters long.
African Induan Stage Early Triassic: 251.902 to 251.2 million years ago
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Proterosuchus “early crocodile“
Classification: Family: Proterosuchidae
Time: Early Triassic (Induan)
Locality: China and South Africa
Size: 3.5 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Lystrosaurus “Shovel lizard”.
Classification: Family: Lystrosauridae.
Known locations: South Africa, Antarctica, China, India, Mongolia and Russia.
Time period: Late Permian to the Early Triassic.
Type: Herbivore.
Size: Between 0.6 and 2.5 meters long, average about 0.9 meters long.
Genus: Kannemeyeria ”From Kanne”.
Classification: Family: Kannemeyeriidae.
Known locations: Africa, Asia, India, South America.
Time period: Early Triassic (Olenekian to Anisian).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: 3 meters long.
South American Induan Stage Early Triassic: 251.902 to 251.2 million years ago
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Kannemeyeria ”From Kanne”.
Classification: Family: Kannemeyeriidae.
Known locations: Africa, Asia, India, South America.
Time period: Early Triassic (Olenekian to Anisian).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: 3 meters long.
North American Induan Stage Early Triassic: 251.902 to 251.2 million years ago
Genus: Xenacanthus “Foreign spike”
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida – Family: Xenacanthidae
Locations: USA, Europe, and India
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic
Size: Up to 1 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Orthacanthus“Vertical spike“.
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida - Family: Orthacanthidae.
Locations: Europe and North America.
Time period: Devonian (Emsian) to Triassic (Carnian).
Size: Up to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Helicoprion“Spiral saw“
Classification: Order: Eugeneodontida – Family: Agassizodontidae.
Locations: Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, USA.
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic.
Size: 7.5 to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
European Induan Stage Early Triassic: 251.902 to 251.2 million years ago
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Orthacanthus“Vertical spike“.
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida - Family: Orthacanthidae.
Locations: Europe and North America.
Time period: Devonian (Emsian) to Triassic (Carnian).
Size: Up to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Xenacanthus “Foreign spike”
Classification: Order: Xenacanthida – Family: Xenacanthidae
Locations: USA, Europe, and India
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic
Size: Up to 1 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Antartica and Austarlian Induan Stage Early Triassic: 251.902 to 251.2 million years ago
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Suborder: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ammonoidae
Locality: Worldwide
Time range: Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Hybodus “Humped tooth“.
Classification: Order: Hybodontiformes - Family: Hybodontidae.
Locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Permian (Changhsingian) to Cretaceous (Berriasian).
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
Genus: Helicoprion“Spiral saw“
Classification: Order: Eugeneodontida – Family: Agassizodontidae.
Locations: Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, USA.
Time period: Late Devonian to end Triassic.
Size: 7.5 to 3 meters long.
Diet: Carnivore
