The Triassic period represents a pivotal chapter in Earth’s history, marking not only the recovery from the Permo‐Triassic mass extinction but also a remarkable burst in marine reptile diversity.

The neck has 32 separate vertebrae — longer than the creature’s body and tail combined,” said a study published by Cambridge ...

A series of extinction events over 200 million years ago may have sealed the fate of many marine reptiles. During the Triassic, between 252-200 million years ago, marine reptiles rapidly diversified ...

Triassic reptiles took 10,000 mile trips through 'hellish' conditions, ... following the mass extinction where more than half of land-based animals and 81% of marine life died. ...

Fossils have revealed an ancient marine reptile with a loosely connected jaw that allowed its throat to balloon out to a massive size so it could filter feed the way right whales do today.

Bite marks on Triassic fossils show signs of bloody dino decapitation Aquatic dinosaurs evolved long, inflexible necks—an asset for foraging, but also a liability. By Sara Kiley Watson ...

Researchers in China and the U.K. examined the fossil of a marine reptile called a pachypleurosaur from the early Triassic period (251.9 to 201.3 million years ago), which kicked off the start of ...

A father and daughter discovered fossil remnants of a giant ichthyosaur that scientists say may have been the largest-known marine reptile to ever swim the seas.

Archosaurs were once “ruling reptiles” that split into two groups during the Triassic. Both of these groups have surviving representatives: the descendants of dinosaurs (aka birds ) and ...

Scientists say a teenager and her father discovered fossilized pieces of a jawbone that belonged to an ancient marine reptile — perhaps the largest ichthyosaur ever found.

Citation: Triassic reptiles took 10,000 mile trips through 'hellish' conditions, study suggests (2025, June ... Shaped by paleogeography: A new world map of marine mollusks. Jul 2, 2025.