Anisian
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The Anisian is a Middle Triassic age/stage in the geologic timescale, notable for early Mesozoic marine and terrestrial life diversification following the end-Permian mass extinction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anisian canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8356678 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anisian Context triple: [Late Triassic, precededBy, Anisian]
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A.
Katuic
Katuic is a branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily in parts of Laos, Vietnam, and neighboring regions of Southeast Asia.
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B.
Condrusi
The Condrusi were an ancient Belgic tribe of northeastern Gaul, known from Julius Caesar’s accounts during the Gallic Wars.
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C.
Iazyges
The Iazyges were a Sarmatian nomadic people of the Eurasian steppe who settled in the Carpathian Basin and became notable adversaries of the Roman Empire during the Marcomannic Wars.
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D.
Aesernia
Aesernia was an important ancient town of the Samnite people in south-central Italy, later becoming a Roman colony.
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E.
Aleosan
Aleosan is a rural municipality in the province of North Cotabato on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines, known for its agricultural economy and diverse local communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anisian Target entity description: The Anisian is a Middle Triassic age/stage in the geologic timescale, notable for early Mesozoic marine and terrestrial life diversification following the end-Permian mass extinction.
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A.
Katuic
Katuic is a branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily in parts of Laos, Vietnam, and neighboring regions of Southeast Asia.
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B.
Condrusi
The Condrusi were an ancient Belgic tribe of northeastern Gaul, known from Julius Caesar’s accounts during the Gallic Wars.
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C.
Iazyges
The Iazyges were a Sarmatian nomadic people of the Eurasian steppe who settled in the Carpathian Basin and became notable adversaries of the Roman Empire during the Marcomannic Wars.
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D.
Aesernia
Aesernia was an important ancient town of the Samnite people in south-central Italy, later becoming a Roman colony.
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E.
Aleosan
Aleosan is a rural municipality in the province of North Cotabato on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines, known for its agricultural economy and diverse local communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle Triassic stage
ⓘ
chronostratigraphic unit ⓘ geologic age ⓘ geologic stage ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
early archosaur evolution
ⓘ
early dinosaurs’ close relatives (dinosauromorphs) ⓘ temnospondyl amphibians ⓘ therapsid recovery and diversification ⓘ |
| biologicalSignificance |
continued recovery of terrestrial ecosystems
ⓘ
diversification of ammonoids ⓘ expansion of early marine reptiles ⓘ major diversification of marine life after end-Permian extinction ⓘ recovery and radiation of reef ecosystems ⓘ |
| chronologicalRange | ~247.2–242.0 Ma ⓘ |
| climateContext | generally warm greenhouse climate ⓘ |
| containsBiozones |
ammonoid biozones
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conodont biozones ⓘ foraminiferal biozones ⓘ |
| end | approximately 242.0 million years ago ⓘ |
| followedBy | Ladinian ⓘ |
| follows | Olenekian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsEvent | end-Permian mass extinction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| GSSPApprovalYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| GSSPApprovedBy | International Commission on Stratigraphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| GSSPDefined | yes ⓘ |
| GSSPLocation | Deşli Caira section, North Dobrogea, Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfNameOrigin | Latinized from local river name ⓘ |
| lithostratigraphicCorrelates |
Moenkopi Formation in western North America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Muschelkalk Group in Central Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Yinping Formation and equivalents in South China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lowerBoundaryDefinedBy | first appearance of conodont Chiosella timorensis ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Anisus River (Enns River) in the Austrian Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedBy |
Johann Mojsisovics
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wilhelm Waagen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedInYear | 1895 ⓘ |
| paleogeography | characterized by widespread shallow epicontinental seas ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mesozoic Era
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Middle Triassic NERFINISHED ⓘ Triassic Period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInMiddleTriassic | lower stage of the Middle Triassic ⓘ |
| positionInTriassic | second stage of the Triassic Period ⓘ |
| precededBy | Olenekian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedes | Ladinian ⓘ |
| start | approximately 247.2 million years ago ⓘ |
| subdividedInto |
Aegean substage
ⓘ
Bithynian substage ⓘ Illyrian substage NERFINISHED ⓘ Pelsonian substage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeScale | International Commission on Stratigraphy timescale ⓘ |
| upperBoundaryDefinedBy | first appearance of ammonoid Eoprotrachyceras curionii ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Anisian Description of subject: The Anisian is a Middle Triassic age/stage in the geologic timescale, notable for early Mesozoic marine and terrestrial life diversification following the end-Permian mass extinction.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.