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 ...

Positioned between the worst mass extinction of all time and the one that finished off the dinosaurs, the Triassic extinction is, understandably, less notorious. But in its own way, it was just as ...

By simulating the movement of two continent-sized Big Lower-Mantle Basal Structures, or BLOBs, researchers may have uncovered the magmatic engine behind Earth’s most devastating eruptions.

Researchers report three distinct tanystropheid taxa from the upper Blue Mesa Member of the Chinle Formation in the Petrified ...

Roughly 252 million years ago, Earth experienced its deadliest known extinction. Known as the Permian–Triassic Mass Extinction, or “The Great Dying,” this cataclysm wiped out over 80% of ...

During the Triassic period nearly 250 million years ago, a small reptile scurried after insects in the canopy of a lush forest. The creature, which could fit snugly inside the palm of a hand, looked ...

The Triassic period stands out in Earth’s history as the time when dinosaurs first evolved. It was followed by the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods – at the end of the latter, the dinosaurs ...

At the dawn of the Triassic period, about 252 million years ago, the ancient supercontinent of Pangea stretched between the ends of the Earth. The landmass contained the geologic precursors of all ...

Citation: "Atmospheric Carbon Injection Linked to End-Triassic Mass Extinction." By Micha Ruhl, Nina R. Bonis, Gert-Jan Reichart, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Wolfram M. Kürschner.