The Triassic period represents a pivotal chapter in Earth’s history, marking not only the recovery from the Permo‐Triassic mass extinction but also a remarkable burst in marine reptile diversity.

History Of This Two-faced Creature And What It Can Teach Us About Mass Extinction. Figuring out what this creature’s face actually looked like would take paleontologists years. But understanding this ...

Paleontologists have found a fossilized pterosaur precursor with gnarly, scimitar-like claws and a beak, indicating that the reptilian group it belongs to was more diverse than previously thought. The ...

Had a volcano-driven mass extinction not occurred at the end of the Triassic 201 million years ago, we likely would have had something closer to an Age of Crocodiles than the Age of Dinosaurs that ...

The largest and most diverse group of Triassic aquatic reptiles gave birth to live young, researchers recently reported. 1 The finding represents the first evidence of viviparity in sauropterygians, ...

The forerunners of dinosaurs and crocodiles in the Triassic period were able to migrate across areas of the ancient world deemed completely inhospitable to life, new research suggests. In a paper ...

Having a long, stiff neck helped some Triassic reptiles stealthily hunt for fish and other animals in shallow lagoons. But their uniquely gangly necks also made them easy targets for other predators, ...

Technological advancements have brought us many things. For paleontologists, it’s introduced the ability to probe softer material—skin, feathers, scales, and hair—found on fossilized creatures. And ...

PHOENIX — A Triassic reptile species discovered at Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona was named after a former park superintendent and his wife in the peer-reviewed scientific article that ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A type of vertebrate trace fossil gaining recognition in the field of paleontology is that made by various tetrapods (four-footed land-living vertebrates) as they traveled through ...

Over 50 Triassic coelacanth fossils of mawsoniid, found mislabeled in British museums, show these ancient fish thrived in ...