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Triassic

Syllabification: (Tri·as·sic)
Pronunciation: /trīˈasik/
Definition of Triassic

adjective

Geology
  • of, relating to, or denoting the earliest period of the Mesozoic era, between the Permian and Jurassic periods. See also Permo–Triassic.
  • (as noun the Triassic or the Trias) the Triassic period or the system of rocks deposited during it.

The Triassic lasted from about 245 million to 208 million years ago. Many new organisms appeared following the mass extinctions of the end of the Paleozoic era, including the earliest dinosaurs and ammonites and the first primitive mammals

Origin:

mid 19th century: from late Latin trias (see triad), because the strata are divisible into three groups, + -ic

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