Lias may refer to:

Geology

Lias Formation The Lias Formation is a geologic formation in France. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period Period may refer to: Common uses * Era, a length or span of time * Full stop (or period), a punctuation mark Arts, entertainment, ...

, a geologic formation in France *

Lias Group The Lias Group or Lias is a lithostratigraphic unit (a sequence of rock strata) found in a large area of western Europe, including the British Isles, the North Sea, the Low Countries and the north of Germany. It consists of marine limestones, sh ...

, a lithostratigraphic unit in western Europe *

Early Jurassic The Early Jurassic Epoch (geology), Epoch (in chronostratigraphy corresponding to the Lower Jurassic series (stratigraphy), Series) is the earliest of three epochs of the Jurassic Period. The Early Jurassic starts immediately after the Triassic-J ...

, an epoch

People

Godfrey Lias Godfrey Lias was a British author, primarily of historical works, as well as a journalist, teacher and military man. Career During the first World War, Godfrey Lias was Captain and Adjutant, 11th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment and Inst ...

, British author *

Mohd Shamsudin Lias Dato' Mohd Shamsudin Lias (born 15 December 1953) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Burong since March 2004. He served as State Leader of the Opposition of Selango ...

(born 1953), Malaysian politician *

Lias Andersson Lias Andersson (born 13 October 1998) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward for the Ontario Reign in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the ...

(born 1998), Swedish hockey player

Other uses

* ''Lias'' (journal), title of the ''Journal of Early Modern Intellectual Culture and its Sources'' *

Lias, Gers Lias (; oc, Liars) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. Geography Population See also *Communes of the Gers department The following is a list of the 461 communes of the Gers department of France. The communes co ...

, a commune of the Gers ''département'' in France *

LIAS (gene) Lipoic acid synthetase is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LIAS gene In biology, the word gene (from , ; "...Wilhelm Johannsen coined the word gene to describe the Mendelian units of heredity..." meaning ''generation'' or ''birt ...

, a gene that in humans encodes the protein lipoic acid synthetase