The Late Triassic period, which lasted from approximately 237 to 201 million years ago, was a significant time for the development of reef ecosystems, particularly in the Panthalassa Ocean.

The Late Triassic period, particularly the Carnian stage, was marked by significant climate dynamics and geological changes that had profound effects on both terrestrial and marine ecosystems.

Grasshoppers appeared. But perhaps the biggest changes came with the evolution of dinosaurs and the first mammals in the late Triassic, starting around 230 million years ago. The Triassic closed ...

Researchers developed a picture of the Triassic and Jurassic ecosystems from 230 to 200 million ... evolution during the first part of the Late Triassic period. “The research material was ...

The earliest definitive dinosaur is not one animal but an entire ecosystem containing a few different species. There's no universally accepted dinosaur species that lived earlier in time. Dating to ...

This discovery marks the third venomous reptile from the Late Triassic and the earliest known ... offering insights into how ...

It wasn’t until the late Triassic period (approximately 225 million ... geographical shifts and ecosystem changes. Here are just a few groups of ancient animals that live on: And, here are ...

Plesiosaurs appeared in the late Triassic period about 203 million years ago and ruled the oceans unchallenged for millions of years. One of these marine reptiles, Elasmosaurus, evolved to be ...

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, ...