Norian

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The Norian Stage was a portion of the Triassic geological period. It dates from 216.5 ± 2.0 to 203.6 ± 1.5 million years ago. It was preceded by the Carnian Stage and succeeded by the Rhaetian Stage.

Contents 1 Vertebrate fauna 1.1 Dinosaurs 1.2 Pterosaurs 1.3 Crocodylomorphs 1.4 Ichthyosaurs 1.5 Dinosauromorphs (non-dinosaurian) 1.6 Placodonts 1.7 Crurotarsans (non-crocodylomorph) 1.8 Mammaliaformes 2 Invertrebrate Fauna 2.1 Ammonites

[edit] Vertebrate fauna

• Synapsids
• Aetosaurs
• Dicynodonts
• Phytosaurs

[edit] Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs of the Norian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Agnosphitys				Coelophysis Liliensternus Plateosaurus Sellosaurus Thecodontosaurus
Coelophysis	Late Carnian to early Norian	Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, USA
Halticosaurus
Liliensternus
Plateosaurus
Sellosaurus
Thecodontosaurus	Norian/Rhaetian

[edit] Pterosaurs

Pterosaurs of the Norian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Eudimorphodon				Eudimorphodon Preondactylus
Peteinosaurus
Preondactylus

[edit] Crocodylomorphs

Crocodylomorphs of the Norian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Saltoposuchus				Saltoposuchus

[edit] Ichthyosaurs

Ichthyosaurs of the Norian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Shonisaurus Shonisaurus popularis				Shonisaurus

[edit] Dinosauromorphs (non-dinosaurian)

†Non-dinosaurian dinosauromorphs of the Norian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Dromomeron				Dromomeron
Eucoelophysis		New Mexico

[edit] Placodonts

Placodonts of the Norian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Psephoderma				Psephoderma

[edit] Crurotarsans (non-crocodylomorph)

†Non-crocodylomorph Crurotarsans of the Carnian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Basutodon				Teratosaurus
Teratosaurus

[edit] Mammaliaformes

Mammaliaformes of the Carnian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Eozostrodon
Morganucodon
Sinocodon

[edit] Invertrebrate Fauna

[edit] Ammonites

• Acanthinites

Triassic period
Lower/Early Triassic	Middle Triassic	Upper/Late Triassic
Induan | Olenekian	Anisian | Ladinian	Carnian | Norian Rhaetian