The Triassic is one of the most important periods in the evolution of life on Earth. After one of the greatest mass ...

Learn about the time period that took place 251 to 199 ... came with the evolution of dinosaurs and the first mammals in the late Triassic, starting around 230 million years ago.

New research from the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart reconstructs Triassic terrestrial ecosystems using fossils ...

during the late Triassic period. Previous research suggests endothermy in mammals evolved gradually over 120 million years, reports New Scientist, but the new evidence tells a different tale. “The ...

The Triassic Period was a time of great change. Bookended by extinctions, this era saw huge shifts in the diversity and dominance of life on Earth, ushering in the appearance of many well-known groups ...

Namely, a group of primitive amphibians called the temnospondyls. They may have survived the Great Dying by feeding on some ...

The rise of mammals The earliest known mammals first appeared about 225 to 200 million years ago during the late Triassic period. This was about the same time that the earliest dinosaurs first ...

Witton ( The end-Permian mass extinction, 252 million years ago, was the largest, wiping out up to 90% of species. Researchers have focused on the survivors and their fate in the following Triassic ...

The Triassic period stands out in Earth’s history as ... which would later evolve into mammals. One member of this group was a large, sail-backed animal called dimetrodon, which looks like ...

A research team from the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart presents a comprehensive overview of Triassic terrestrial tetrapods and their environments in the Central European Basin.