Researchers Discover an Exceptionally-Preserved Fossil From the Alps, Reveal That This Ancient Reptile Lurked on Land and Not ...

The Triassic period stands out in Earth’s history as the time when dinosaurs first evolved. It was followed by the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods – at the end of the latter, the dinosaurs ...

The first dinosaurs may have evolved near the equator, and not in the southwest of the supercontinent Gondwana, as researchers previously assumed due to an abundance of fossils in places like ...

The end of the Triassic Period, 201.4 million years ago ... There’s a big gap in our fossil record, so the secret to dinosaurs’ success is unclear. “The Middle Jurassic is one of the worst sampled ...

Therefore, Menadon lived in the middle of the Triassic period—250 million to 200 million years ago—when South America, Africa (including Madagascar) and the other continents were all part of a single ...

Paleontologists have known something strange happened between the end of the Triassic Period and the beginning of the Jurassic for the better part of a century. In the latest days of the Triassic ...

The associated changes in the climate and vegetation affected how dinosaurs evolved. All continents during the Triassic Period were part of a single land mass called Pangaea. This meant that ...

Earth’s continents are constantly shifting. About 252 to 199 million years ago, all the continents were actually one huge “supercontinent” surrounded by one enormous ocean. Slowly, this ...

They found a pattern with the same characteristics on a fossil unearthed in Utah from a stratum dating back to the early Triassic Period (250 million years ago). Sea lilies are sometimes called ...

Learn about the time period that took place 251 to 199 million years ago. 3 min read The start of the Triassic period (and the Mesozoic era) was a desolate time in Earth's history. Something—a ...