A remarkable finding has surfaced in the colorful, fossil-rich badlands of Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park: North ...

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 groups ...

Paleontologists know the bone bed as PFV 393. The late fossil preparator Bill Amaral found the site in 2011 on a field trip ...

Researchers were able to date the fossil of the flying reptile, a close cousin of dinosaurs, back to more than 209 million ...

The Triassic Period (252-201 million years ago) began after Earth's worst-ever extinction event devastated life. The Permian-Triassic extinction event, also known as the Great Dying, took place ...

The Triassic period was the first period of the Mesozoic era and occurred between 251.9 million and 201.3 million years ago. It followed the great mass extinction at the end of the Permian period ...

Learn about the time period that took place 251 to 199 million years ago. 3 min read The start of the Triassic period (and the Mesozoic era) was a desolate time in Earth's history. Something—a ...

The end-Triassic extinction, which happened 201 million years ago, was Earth’s third most severe extinction event since the dawn of animal life. Like today, CO 2 rise and global warming were ...

New Triassic fossil features sharp claws and a nasty beak A non-flying precursor to pterosaurs shared the Earth with the first dinosaurs. Jeanne Timmons – Aug 16, 2023 11:08 am ...

The gull-sized pterosaur was found at the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona along with hundreds of other fossils ...

Fossils of the pterosaur were discovered in Petrified Forest National Park. The fossils date back 209 million years.

A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the ...