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    The Carnian (less commonly, Karnian) is the lowermost stage of the Upper Triassic Series (or earliest age of the Late Triassic Epoch). It lasted from...
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  • The Carnian pluvial episode (CPE), often called the Carnian pluvial event, was an interval of major change in global climate that was synchronous with...
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  • is usually divided into the Carnian, Norian, and Rhaetian ages, and the corresponding rocks are referred to as the Carnian, Norian, and Rhaetian stages...
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    the stage. From 242 to 233 Ma, the Ladinian-Carnian Cooling (LCC) ensued. At the beginning of the Carnian, global temperatures continued to be relatively...
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    Carnic Alps (redirect from Carnian Alps)
    mountains gave their name to the stage on the geologic time scale known as Carnian, an age in the Triassic Period. They extend from east to west for about...
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    During the Carnian and Norian, Shastosauria reached huge sizes. Shonisaurus popularis, known from a number of specimens from the Carnian of Nevada, was...
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    formation dates to the late Carnian age of the late Triassic period, about 237–227 million years ago. Shonisaurus lived during the Carnian stage of the late Triassic...
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    Carnian (Santa Maria Formation) of Brazil, and the silesaurids, which include Silesaurus from the Carnian of Poland, Eucoelophysis from the Carnian-Norian...
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    years ago). The Ladinian was preceded by the Anisian and succeeded by the Carnian (part of the Upper or Late Triassic). The Ladinian is coeval with the Falangian...
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    Theropoda (category Carnian first appearances)
    to become herbivores and omnivores. Theropods first appeared during the Carnian age of the late Triassic period 231.4 million years ago (Ma) and included...
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