Anisian
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In the geologic timescale, the Anisian is the age of the Middle Triassic epoch of the Triassic period of the Mesozoic era of the Fanerozoic eon that is comprehended between 245 million and 237 million years ago, approximately. The Anisian age succeeds the Olenekian age of the Lower Triassic epoch of its own period and precedes the Ladinian age of the Middle Triassic epoch.
The earliest dinosaurs to date have been found in rock dating from the Anisian Age.[link]
| Triassic period | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower/Early Triassic | Middle Triassic | Upper/Late Triassic | |||
| Induan | Olenekian | Anisian | Ladinian | Carnian | Norian |
| Rhaetian | |||||
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