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Carnian

Carnian proper noun: the lowermost stage of the Upper Triassic series (or earliest age of the Late Triassic epoch), which lasted from 237 to 227 million years ago and was preceded by the Ladinian and followed by the Norian.

Proper noun

Carnian

  1. The lowermost stage of the Upper Triassic series (or earliest age of the Late Triassic epoch), which lasted from 237 to 227 million years ago and was preceded by the Ladinian and followed by the Norian.

Forms of Carnian

alternative formKarnian

Words formed from Carnian

Questions about Carnian

What does Carnian mean?
Carnian means the lowermost stage of the Upper Triassic series (or earliest age of the Late Triassic epoch), which lasted from 237 to 227 million years ago and was preceded by the Ladinian and followed by the Norian.
What part of speech is Carnian?
Carnian is a proper noun.

Words near Carnian in the dictionary

  1. carneys
  2. Carnforth
  3. Carngham
  4. Carnham
  5. Carnia
  6. Carnian
  7. Carnian humid episode
  8. Carnian pluvial episode
  9. Carnic
  10. carnic acid
  11. carniceria

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