Triassic Definition

trī-ăsĭk
adjective
Designating or of the first geologic period of the Mesozoic Era, characterized by the breakup of Pangea, the development of tall forests of cycads and conifers, and the presence of the first dinosaurs, turtles, frogs, and small mammals.
Webster's New World
noun
The Triassic Period.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • Triassic period

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Triassic

  • the Triassic

Origin of Triassic

  • Late Latin trias triad (from the subdivision of this period into three parts) triad –ic

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Triassic Sentence Examples

  • Diabases pierce to Devonian rocks, and olivine rocks appear as dykes amidst the Triassic deposits.

  • The Mesozoic begins with a Triassic land period in the mainland of Australia; while the islands of the Australasian festoon contain the Triassic marine limestones, which fringe the whole of the Pacific. The Triassic beds are best known in New South Wales, where round Sydney they include a series of sandstones and shales.

  • Triassic slates appear in the south-east.

  • And when we know that the Chrysomelidae and Buprestidae also lived in Triassic, and the Carabidae, Elateridae, Cerambycidae and Scarabaeidae, in Liassic times, we cannot doubt that the great majority of our existing families had already been differentiated at the beginning of the Mesozoic epoch.

  • Russia, rich in salt-springs, but very poor in fossils, are now held by most Russian geologists to be Triassic. The Permian deposits contain marine shells and also remains of plants similar to those of England and Germany.

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