Definition of triassic

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Triassic (a.) Of the age of, or pertaining to, the Trias..

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Poecilitic :: Poecilitic (a.) Specifically: Of or pertaining to, or characterizing, Triassic and Permian sandstones of red and other colors..
Rh/tic :: Rh/tic (a.) Pertaining to, or of the same horizon as, certain Mesozoic strata of the Rhetian Alps. These strata are regarded as closing the Triassic period. See the Chart of Geology..
Triassic :: Triassic (a.) Of the age of, or pertaining to, the Trias..
Neuropteris :: Neuropteris (n.) An extensive genus of fossil ferns, of which species have been found from the Devonian to the Triassic formation..
Otozoum :: Otozoum (n.) An extinct genus of huge vertebrates, probably dinosaurs, known only from four-toed tracks in Triassic sandstones..
Muschelkalk :: Muschelkalk (n.) A kind of shell limestone, whose strata form the middle one of the three divisions of the Triassic formation in Germany. See Chart, under Geology..
Goniatite :: Goniatite (n.) One of an extinct genus of fossil cephalopods, allied to the Ammonites. The earliest forms are found in the Devonian formation, the latest, in the Triassic..
Mastodonsaurus :: Mastodonsaurus (n.) A large extinct genus of labyrinthodonts, found in the European Triassic rocks..
Labyrinthodon :: Labyrinthodon (n.) A genus of very large fossil amphibians, of the Triassic period, having bony plates on the under side of the body. It is the type of the order Labyrinthodonta. Called also Mastodonsaurus..
Microlestes :: Microlestes (n.) An extinct genus of small Triassic mammals, the oldest yet found in European strata..
Dromatherium :: Dromatherium (n.) A small extinct triassic mammal from North Carolina, the earliest yet found in America..
Ichnite :: Ichnite (n.) A fossil footprint; as, the ichnites in the Triassic sandstone..
Labyrinthodonta :: Labyrinthodonta (n. pl.) An extinct order of Amphibia, including the typical genus Labyrinthodon, and many other allied forms, from the Carboniferous, Permian, and Triassic formations. By recent writers they are divided into two or more orders. See Stegocephala..
Jura-trias :: "Jura-trias (n.) A term applied to many American Mesozoic strata, in which the characteristics of the Jurassic and Triassic periods appear to be blended..
Keuper :: Keuper (n.) The upper division of the European Triassic. See Chart of Geology.
Triassic :: Triassic (n.) The Triassic formation.
Psarolite :: Psarolite (n.) A silicified stem of tree fern, found in abundance in the Triassic sandstone..
Dicynodont :: Dicynodont (n.) One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon, supporting also a pair of powerful tusks. Their remains are found in triassic strata of South Africa and India..
Theriodontia :: Theriodontia (n. pl.) An extinct order of reptiles found in the Permian and Triassic formations in South Africa. In some respects they resembled carnivorous mammals. Called also Theromorpha.
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