A herd of primitive carnivorous dinosaurs (Coelophysis, foreground) is enveloped by a sandstorm, while a large carnivorous crocodile-like archosaur (Postosuchus) and several early sauropodomorph ...

Despite the widespread devastation, life recovered during the Triassic period as new species arose and diversified quickly. This also marked the first time the earliest dinosaurs appeared.

He says, 'The Triassic is an interesting period. It forms the transition between the late Palaeozoic Era, which was mainly populated by synapsids, or mammal-like reptiles, and the Mesozoic Era, when ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 million to 230 million years ago in the Triassic Period, and went ...

The Triassic is ... from the Triassic period, including crocodile relatives - the top predators of their time - giant amphibians, the world's oldest turtle, the first dinosaurs in Europe ...

There's no universally accepted dinosaur species that lived earlier in time. Dating to around 230 million years ago, in the Late Triassic Period, the Ischigualasto Formation in Argentina contains an ...

As the Middle Triassic period rolled in ... into the early evolution of ornithomimosaurs. Adding to our list of South African dinosaurs, we introduce Ledumahadi mafube (Le-doo-ma-HA-dee MA ...

Pterosaurs, Greek for “wing lizards,” arrived on the scene in the Triassic Period, perhaps as early ... The same asteroid that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs about 66 million years ago ...

The Triassic period, spanning 252 to 201 million years ago, was crucial for the evolution of terrestrial tetrapods, including early dinosaurs, mammalian ancestors, and crocodile relatives.