3 min read The start of the Triassic period (and the Mesozoic era) was a desolate time in Earth's history. Something—a bout of violent volcanic eruptions, climate change, or perhaps a fatal run ...

Tropical riparian ecosystems—those found along rivers and wetlands—recovered much faster than expected following the ...

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.

Some dinosaurs were getting bigger by the end of the Triassic. Climate changes during the period underwrote a vegetation boom that provided some previously omnivorous dinosaur lineages with enough ...

By the Late Triassic there was a shift in dominance between the mammal-like reptiles and the archosaurs. There are various theories as to what may have caused this, such as competition in a climate ...

Fossil evidence from North China suggests that some ecosystems may have recovered within just two million years of the ...

The team reached the conclusion partly by conducting modeling of the global mid-Triassic climate, and how this translated regionally. In addition, they treated areas where no fossils are known as ...

It wasn’t until the late Triassic period (approximately 225 million ... of time–surviving through mass extinctions, changing climate conditions, geographical shifts and ecosystem changes.

Scientists divide the Mesozoic Era into three periods: the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous. During this era, the land gradually split from one huge supercontinent into smaller ones. The associated ...

The Triassic period stands out in Earth’s history ... As you might expect, this change in global climate killed off a huge number of species and decimated the pseudosuchian populations.