Read more Largest ever animal may have been Triassic ichthyosaur super ... Japan and his colleagues estimate the dinosaur would have been around 3 metres long and weighed approximately 270 kilograms.

There were a lot of weird groups of Triassic archosaurs at this time, such as aetosaurs,' says Mike. 'These were large, armoured animals which looked a bit like some of the armoured dinosaurs that ...

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 ...

Giant reptiles such as the dolphin-shaped ichthyosaurs and the long-necked and paddle ... came with the evolution of dinosaurs and the first mammals in the late Triassic, starting around 230 ...

Dinosaurs are one of the most successful groups of animals to have roamed the planet. For over 170 million years they dominated the land, from small creatures just a few feet long to some of ... in ...

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.

This period was preceded by the Triassic Period and followed by the ... feeding on plants and insects and trying to keep out of the dinosaur’s way! Extinction has happened ever since life ...

The Triassic period stands ... pseudosuchians died back and the dinosaurs really took over, evolving into huge animals like the stegosaurus and the long-necked diplodocus. It’s always been ...