The Late Triassic period, particularly the Carnian ... the hypothesis that volcanic eruptions played a crucial role in the environmental changes observed during this period. Another study utilized ...

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 ...

Roughly 201 million years ago, drastic changes extinguished many forms of life and led to conditions that allowed the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Changes in taphonomic regimes in the Early Triassic may well have preferentially aided the preservation of isoëtaleans ... As autogenic ecosystem engineers, their structural, physical and chemical ...

Scientists are suggesting that dinosaurs may have originated in regions of the modern-day Sahara desert and Amazon rainforest, areas that were once part of the southern supercontinent Gondwana. Their ...

Scientists have long been puzzled about the origins of dinosaurs. Recent research suggests a surprising location based on the oldest-known dinosaur fossils, evolutionary relationships, and Triassic ...

The Triassic climate was relatively hot and dry, and much of the land was covered with large deserts. Unlike today, there were no polar ice caps. It was in this environment that the reptiles known as ...

Towards the end of the Triassic period, volcanic activity likely caused environmental changes, creating a wider variety of plants. This supported the growth of larger plant-eating dinosaurs ...