In the latest days of the Triassic, early dinosaurs lived alongside giant amphibians, gharial-like phytosaurs and an array of crocodile relatives that took forms ranging from armadillo-like to ...

During the Late Triassic, the supercontinent of Pangea split into two ... avoiding the jaws of much larger reptiles like 17-foot-long Heptasuchus, crocodile-like phytosaurs, and four-foot-long ...

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 ...