Life on Earth began over ... million years to the Triassic period, making it one of the oldest surviving lineages of reptiles. Native to New Zealand, this lizard-like creature is the only ...
Life that survived ... and gave rise to new creatures, including rodent-size mammals and the first dinosaurs. By the start of the Triassic, all the Earth's landmasses had coalesced to form Pangaea ...
For months I'd been on the trail of the greatest natural disaster in Earth's history ... realm's transition from the Permian to the Triassic period." We ascended through sheep-ranching country ...
Capturing fossil life from the eastern Panthalassan Ocean of the Triassic, the locality that includes the Favret Formation is known for fossils of sea-going creatures like ammonites along with ...
Life in the Triassic period had a rough start. In the Permian period before, the largest mass extinction event in Earth’s history ... At first, these creatures were much smaller, but they ...
The Triassic period stands out in Earth’s ... a predator that looked a bit like a miniature T-rex. When these animals lived, Earth’s land was all mushed together into one big C-shaped ...