Paleontologists have identified a new ancient reptile from the Solnhofen limestone slabs, thanks to a chance discovery. A ...

Around 220 million years ago, shifting climate conditions created an environment that allowed pterosaurs to evolve and take ...

Pterosaurs, which dominated the skies of the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, first evolved to take to the air in warm and humid conditions during the Late Triassic, a new study suggests.

The Triassic Period occurred between 251 million and 199 million years ago. ... Early mammals of the late Triassic and early Jurassic were very small, rarely more than a few inches in length.

Researchers are scouring cliffs in Northern Ireland in an attempt to understand the mass extinction event at the boundary between the Triassic and Jurassic periods, 200 million years ago.

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 ...

The Triassic/Jurassic (T/J) mass-extinction event, one of the ‘big five’ extinctions in Earth history 1, has increasingly been linked to the eruption of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province ...

The gap between the final Triassic fossils and the first Jurassic fossils spans about 140,000 years, depending on the species. This doesn’t mean the extinction actually lasted that long.

SOUTH BEND — Family Quest Entertainment presents “Jurassic Quest” from Oct. 4 to 6 at Century Center, 120 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. According to a press release, the interactive ...

What is Jurassic Quest? Jurassic Quest is considered by many to be the largest and most realistic dinosaur exhibition in North America. Visitors are brought back millions of years to the Triassic ...