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See Raetians for the Alpine people of antiquity.
See Romansh language for the Rhaetian language.
The Rhaetian Stage is the final stage of the Late Triassic
Late Triassic

The Late Triassic is in the geologic timescale the third and final of three epoch s of the Triassic geological timescale. The corresponding series is known as the Upper Triassic....
 Period. It lasted from 203.6 ± 1.5 to 199.6 ± 0.6 million years ago. It was preceded by the Norian
Norian

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

The Triassic is a geologic period that extends from about 251 to 199 annum . As the first period of the Mesozoic Era, the Triassic follows the Permian and is followed by the Jurassic....
 Period and succeeded by the Hettangian
Hettangian

The Hettangian is the first faunal stage of the Early Jurassic epoch . It spans the time between 199.6 ? 0.6 annum and 196.5 ? 1 Ma . The stage follows the Rhaetian Stage of the Triassic Period....
 Stage of the Jurassic
Jurassic

The Jurassic is a geologic period that extends from about annum to  Ma, that is, from the end of the Triassic to the beginning of the Cretaceous....
 Period.








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See Raetians for the Alpine people of antiquity.
See Romansh language for the Rhaetian language.
The Rhaetian Stage is the final stage of the Late Triassic
Late Triassic

The Late Triassic is in the geologic timescale the third and final of three epoch s of the Triassic geological timescale. The corresponding series is known as the Upper Triassic....
 Period. It lasted from 203.6 ± 1.5 to 199.6 ± 0.6 million years ago. It was preceded by the Norian
Norian

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

The Triassic is a geologic period that extends from about 251 to 199 annum . As the first period of the Mesozoic Era, the Triassic follows the Permian and is followed by the Jurassic....
 Period and succeeded by the Hettangian
Hettangian

The Hettangian is the first faunal stage of the Early Jurassic epoch . It spans the time between 199.6 ? 0.6 annum and 196.5 ? 1 Ma . The stage follows the Rhaetian Stage of the Triassic Period....
 Stage of the Jurassic
Jurassic

The Jurassic is a geologic period that extends from about annum to  Ma, that is, from the end of the Triassic to the beginning of the Cretaceous....
 Period.

Paleogeography

At this stage, Pangaea
Pangaea

Pangaea, Pang?a or Pangea was the supercontinent that existed during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras about 250 million years ago, before the component continents were separated into their current configuration....
 began to break-up, though the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
 was not yet formed.

Life


Dinosauria

Dinosaurs
Dinosaur

Dinosaurs were the dominant vertebrate animals of Landform ecosystems for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic Period until the end of the Cretaceous Period , when most of them became extinct in the Cretaceous?Tertiary extinction event....
 of the Rhaetian
Taxa Presence Location Description Images
  • Agnosphitys
    Agnosphitys

    Agnosphitys is a disputed genus of dinosaur. It contains only one species, the type species A. cromhallensis. Its remains include an ilium , maxilla, talus bone and humerus, which date variously from the Norian and Rhaetian stages of the Late Triassic....
   
  • Agrosaurus
    Agrosaurus

    Agrosaurus Members of an expedition from the British ship HMS Fly supposedly collected a tibia, a claw and some other fragments in 1844 from Cape York, Queensland....
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  • Liliensternus
    Liliensternus

    Liliensternus was a genus of coelophysoid dinosaur from the Late Triassic period, between about 215-200 mya. Liliensternus was originally found in 1934 in Germany and was named after the Germany scientist, Dr....
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  • Pantydraco
    Pantydraco

    Pantydraco was a genus of Basal sauropodomorpha dinosaur from the Late Triassic of United Kingdom. It is based on a partial juvenile skeleton once thought to belong to Thecodontosaurus....
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  • Thecodontosaurus
    Thecodontosaurus

    Thecodontosaurus is a genus of herbivore dinosaur which lived during the late Triassic Period . Its remains are known mostly from Triassic "fissure fillings" in South England and Wales....
  • Norian
    Norian

    The Norian Stage was a portion of the Triassic geological period. It dates from 216.5 ? 2.0 to 203.6 ? 1.5 Mya . It was preceded by the Carnian Stage and succeeded by the Rhaetian Stage....
    /Rhaetian
      


    Mammaliaformes

    Mammaliaformes
    Mammaliaformes

    Mammaliaformes is a clade that contains the mammals and their closest Extinction relatives. The precise Phylogenetics is disputed due to the scantness of evidence in the fossil record....
     of the Rhaetian
    Taxa Presence Location Description Images
    • Eozostrodon
      Eozostrodon

      Eozostrodon was one of the earliest mammals. It lived during the late Triassic and the early Jurassic,about 210 million years ago. Eozostrodon was one of the largest early mammals, measuring more than a meter long....
       
  • Haramiya
    Haramiya

    Haramiya is an extinct genus of Multituberculata mammal from the Mesozoic era.Only Haramiyas teeth have been found; judging from these it has been constructed as a 12 cm creature with a resemblance to modern Arvicolinae....
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  • Megazostrodon
    Megazostrodon

    Megazostrodon is an extinct Mammaliaformes, widely accepted as being one of the first mammals, appearing in the fossil record approximately 200 million years ago....
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    See also

    • Triassic-Jurassic extinction event
      Triassic-Jurassic extinction event

      The Triassic?Jurassic extinction event marks the boundary between the Triassic and Jurassic periods, , and is one of the major extinction events of the Phanerozoic eon, profoundly affecting life on land and in the oceans....