- Triassic - Wikipedia
The vast supercontinent of Pangaea dominated the globe during the Triassic, but in the latest Triassic (Rhaetian) and Early Jurassic it began to gradually rift into two separate landmasses: Laurasia to the north and Gondwana to the south
- Triassic Period | Plants, Animals, Major Events, Facts | Britannica
Triassic Period, in geologic time, the first period of the Mesozoic Era It began 252 million years ago, at the close of the Permian Period, and ended 201 million years ago, when it was succeeded by the Jurassic Period
- Triassic Period—251. 9 to 201. 3 MYA (U. S. National Park Service)
During the Triassic, the first dinosaurs walked on the land, the first pterosaurs sailed through the skies, and the first ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs swam in the oceans The lineage of many modern-day reptiles began in the Triassic Period, including crocodiles, lizards, and turtles
- The Triassic Period: the rise of the dinosaurs - Natural History Museum
The Triassic was the first period of the Mesozoic Era Discover what animals lived in the Triassic Period, which were the first dinosaurs and what prehistoric plants they lived alongside
- Triassic - New World Encyclopedia
The Triassic period is an interval of about 51 million years defined on the geologic time scale as spanning roughly from 251 to 200 million years ago (mya)
- Triassic Period Facts and Information - National Geographic
Learn about the time period that took place 251 to 199 million years ago The start of the Triassic period (and the Mesozoic era) was a desolate time in Earth's history
- The Triassic Period
It was at this time that the world-continent of Pangea existed, altering global climate and ocean circulation The Triassic also follows the largest extinction event in the history of life, and so is a time when the survivors of that event spread and recolonized
- Permian–Triassic extinction event - Wikipedia
The Permian–Triassic extinction event, [α] colloquially known as the Great Dying, [7][8] was an extinction event that occurred approximately 251 9 million years ago (mya), at the boundary between the Permian and Triassic geologic periods, and with them the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras [9]
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