The Paleontology of North America

The Triassic in Tennessee, US

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See exposures in this state from the:
Quaternary
Tertiary
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
Permian
Carboniferous
Devonian
Silurian
Ordovician
Cambrian
Precambrian

Triassic Fossils

No slide show is available for the Triassic in Tennessee.

Paleontology and geology

Most of Tennessee was above sea level during the Triassic. As a result, erosion outpaced deposition, and there are no rocks of this age found in the state.
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