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 ...

Paleontologists have known something strange happened between the end of the Triassic Period and the beginning of the Jurassic ... seem to become more abundant after an extinction. “Groups of life ...

The Triassic period was a unique episode in Earth’s ... These evolved land reptiles thrived during the periods after the Triassic – Jurassic and Cretaceous – and ruled Earth’s landscape ...

The Jurassic Period is named after the Jura Mountains, a mountain range that stretches along the France-Switzerland border. It’s where naturalist Alexander von Humboldt first noticed that Jurassic ...

This was many millions of years before the first modern humans, Homo sapiens, appeared. Scientists divide the Mesozoic Era into three periods: the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous. During this era, ...

Life on Earth began over four billion years ago, not long after the Earth was formed. It wasn’t until the late Triassic period (approximately 225 million years ago) that mammals came into existence.

Scientists are suggesting that dinosaurs may have originated in regions of the modern-day Sahara desert and Amazon rainforest, areas that were once part of the southern supercontinent Gondwana. Their ...

The scientists from Nagoya University and elsewhere made the discovery after comparing sea lilies ... from a stratum dating back to the early Triassic Period (250 million years ago).

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 ...