The Triassic is one of the most important periods in the evolution of life on Earth. After one of the greatest mass ...

Earlier failed attempts at the split formed rift valleys in North America and Africa filled with red sediments that today contain the best preserved fossils of Triassic life. The oceans teemed ...

The Permian-Triassic extinction, also known as the Great Dying, was the most devastating event in Earth’s history. 96% of ...

A paleo-art reconstruction of a scene from the late Early Triassic, showing a coastal mudplain to alluvial ecosystem in the Heshanggou Formation, North China Credit Mr J Sun (CC BY 4.0) ...

Pterosaur fossils were first unearthed in the late ... Pterosaurs originated during the Triassic Period — well before the other two groups of flying vertebrates, birds and bats ...

Tropical riparian ecosystems—those found along rivers and wetlands—recovered much faster than expected following the end-Permian mass extinction around 252 million years ago, according to new ...

A research team from the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart presents a comprehensive overview of Triassic terrestrial tetrapods and their environments in the Central European Basin. The ...

bookended with layers of rock that contained far fewer fossils, which clearly signified extinctions. The Triassic began 252 million years ago and ended 201 million years ago. The period of time ...