But back in the Triassic, there were scores of them, including armoured ones that ate plants, toothless omnivores that sprinted on their hind legs and apex predators called rauisuchians that were ...

New research from the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart reconstructs Triassic terrestrial ecosystems using fossils ...

The first few million years of the Triassic is marked by an absence of coals. This is thought to be related to the mass extinction that happened and the time it took for the recovery of plants.' This ...

Research shows how Earth's climate suddenly warmed 10°C, transforming ecosystems and causing the worst mass extinction in history.

The mass extinction that ended the Permian geological epoch, 252 million years ago, wiped out most animals living on Earth.

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

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.

All continents during the Triassic Period were part of a single land mass called Pangaea. This meant that differences between animals or plants found in different areas were minor. The Triassic ...

By the start of the Triassic, all the Earth's landmasses had ... The bottom rung of the food chain was filled with microscopic plants called phytoplankton; two of the major groups still in the ...