Dozens of amphibians perished together on an ancient floodplain around 230 million years ago, according to a study published ...

Dozens of amphibians perished together on an ancient floodplain around 230 million years ago, according to a study published April 2, 2025 in the ...

It was in this environment that the reptiles known as dinosaurs first evolved. Reptiles tend to flourish in hot climates because their skin is less porous than, for example, mammal skin, so it loses ...

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 ...

The rise of the dinosaurs began in the Triassic. There were already predecessors of modern mammals, and predatory crocodile ...

The Permian period’s mass extinction had wiped out the mammals that could have been competitors for these reptiles on land and in water ... to become dinosaurs during the mid-Triassic period ...

The Triassic period, spanning 252 to 201 million years ago, was crucial for the evolution of terrestrial tetrapods, including early dinosaurs, mammalian ancestors, and crocodile relatives.

The Triassic period stands out in Earth’s history as the time when dinosaurs first evolved ... ocean called Panthalassa and the expanse of water nestled in its curve is called the Tethys ...

The Triassic is one of the most important periods in the evolution of life on Earth. After one of the greatest mass extinctions 252 million years ago, not only the dinosaurs but also many other ...

The end of the Triassic Period, 201.4 million years ago ... Palaeontologists have had more luck finding dinosaurs where islands sat in shallower water, such as in modern-day Oxfordshire and ...

According to a press release, the interactive event features photorealistic dinosaurs that allow attendees ... up to 165 ...

A herd of primitive carnivorous dinosaurs (Coelophysis, foreground) is enveloped by a sandstorm, while a large carnivorous crocodile-like archosaur (Postosuchus) and several early sauropodomorph ...