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.

At the time, those other lineages seemed poised to outcompete and dominate dinosaurs altogether. At Petrified Forest, these Triassic weirdos are the main attraction. You can see some of their ...

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 ...

The Mesozoic wasn’t just the age of dinosaurs. Reptiles of all sorts thrived through the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous at ...

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

A new species, named Threordatoth chasmatos, has now been added to the list ... in the Late Triassic, looking for plants and bugs to eat while avoiding the early relatives of dinosaurs." ...

All of the Triassic archosaurs (the ruling reptiles) who had evolved since the last great extinction were made extinct apart from the dinosaurs, pterosaurs and crocodiles. Other victims were ...

The associated changes in the climate and vegetation affected how dinosaurs evolved. All continents during the Triassic Period were part of a single land mass called Pangaea. This meant that ...

"Triassic Parq" is a musical parody of "Jurassic Park," told from the perspective of the dinosaurs. The comedy also speaks to the experience of trans people. Three decades after “Jurassic Park ...