The period of time before the Triassic was called the Permian. This was a time when a wide variety of animals lived, including a group of animals called the synapsids, which would later evolve ...

This needs to change. For the truth is that, the Cambrian animal-factory aside, the Triassic was the most important geological period of all. It was the moment of life’s reset, a festival of ...

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 ...

These strange animals are ... whose lineage stretches back approximately 230 million years to the Triassic period, making it one of the oldest surviving lineages of reptiles.

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 ...

The Triassic period was a unique episode in Earth’s ... At first, these creatures were much smaller, but they eventually outgrew other animals such as the Lystrosaurus, a dog-sized animal ...

The origin of mammals is shrouded in mystery, but every fossil clue helps rewrite the story. A new discovery on a Mediterranean island is challenging what we know about when—and where—mammal ancestors ...

Less than 5 percent of the animal species in the seas survived ... terrestrial realm's transition from the Permian to the Triassic period." We ascended through sheep-ranching country toward ...

As visitors enter the exhibition they will see the history of Earth presented on a large-scale timeline covering the Triassic period to the present day. They will then explore Jurassic specimens that ...