At Petrified Forest, these Triassic weirdos are the main attraction ... referring to the heavily armored aetosaurs and gharial-like phytosaurs found in the park, “But what I’ve been really ...

That happened during two mass extinction events. The first was during the end-Triassic, about 201.4 million years ago. The second was at the end-Cretaceous, about 66 million years ago. Other ...

is the first to reconstruct the dietary ecology of crocodylomorphs to identify characteristics that helped some groups persist and thrive through two mass extinctions -- the end-Triassic ...

Crocodylomorphs survived both the end-Triassic mass extinction (roughly 201.4 million years ago) and the end-Cretaceous mass extinction (about 66 million years ago), which killed all non-avian ...

Scientists analyzing the image said the area's distinctive reddish hue signals vast oxidation of sedimentary layers caused by extreme climate swings during the Triassic Period, when North America ...

A New Species of Extinct Crocodile Relative Rewrites Life on the Triassic Coastline July 10, 2024 — The surprising discovery of a new species of extinct crocodile relative from the Triassic ...

Giant freshwater crayfish, longer and bulkier than today's species, roamed New Zealand 20 million years ago. They would have made a perfect snack for the crocodiles and trout-sized whitebait that ...

Folds of rusted rock neighbor the Bighorn Canyon’s deep scar in the western United States. In the Triassic era, North America was part of Pangea, a supercontinent whose massive scale sparked extreme ...

School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Xi’ an Shiyou University, Xi’an 710065, China Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Petroleum Accumulation Geology, Xi’ an Shiyou University, Xi’an 710065, China ...