After Earth's worst mass extinction, surviving ocean animals spread worldwide. Stanford's model shows why this happened.

The Triassic is one of the most important periods in the evolution of life on Earth. After one of the greatest mass extinctions 252 million years ago, not only the dinosaurs but also many other ...

A new review of Triassic fossils from Germany reveals rich tetrapod diversity and links to modern biodiversity and climate ...

Two Paleontology and Evolution students from the University of Bristol have undertaken the first ever study which describes ...

The Jurassic Period is one of the three prehistoric geological periods of the Mesozoic Era. It spans from 145 million to 201 million years ago. This period was preceded by the Triassic Period and ...

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 ...

"Welcome to the Black Triangle," said paleobiologist Cindy Looy as our van slowed to a stop in the gentle hills of the northern Czech Republic, a few miles from the German and Polish borders.

Earth’s continents are constantly shifting. About 252 to 199 million years ago, all the continents were actually one huge “supercontinent” surrounded by one enormous ocean. Slowly, this ...

The Triassic Period was a time of great change. Bookended by extinctions, this era saw huge shifts in the diversity and dominance of life on Earth, ushering in the appearance of many well-known groups ...

A research team from the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart presents a comprehensive overview of Triassic terrestrial tetrapods and their environments in the Central European Basin.

The Triassic period stands out in Earth’s history as the time when dinosaurs first evolved. It was followed by the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods – at the end of the latter, the dinosaurs ...