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The Permian-Triassic Extinction Event: The Largest Mass Extinction ...
Although scientists know the extinction event that marked the end of the Permian was the largest in magnitude, there is general disagreement regarding its causes.

The Life of Madygen: Triassic critters: Titanopterans
Olivier Béthoux shows on the basis of wing venation topology that members of a Permian "family" of Orthoptera - the Tcholmanvissiidae - are the closest relatives of the Triassic group Titanoptera. Such a relationship was also proposed ...

Mixosaurus panzianensis - Triassic - China « FossilsPictures
Tagged: China, Guaning Formation, Ichthyosaur, Mixosaurus, Mixosaurus panzianensis, Norian, Panxian County, Triassic, Upper Triassic. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, ...

Saurichthys seefeldensis - Triassic - Switzerland « FossilsPictures
Tagged: Actinopterygii, Cassina, Middle Triassic, San Giorgio Mt., Saurichthys, Saurichthys seefeldensis, Switzerland, Triassic. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback ...

Triassic critters: Kazacharthrans
All yet known occurrences are restricted to the Middle Triassic to Lower Jurassic of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, the northwestern Chinese Province Xinjiang, and Kyrgyzstan: the Madygen Formation). ...

Geology Field Trips: Triassic/Permian
When we saw the top part of this layer we stopped at "The Neck," on the North East end of Canyon Lands National Park we were actually standing on the Glen Canyon Group which is the upper layers of the Triassic. We were standing in the ...

Triassic Park « Mallorca Daily Photo Blog
Triassic Park is everywhere, including right here in Mallorca. The Balearic islands had a Triassic period, and a Jurassic one and a Cretaceous one, just the same. Bones and shells and stones and remnants of these various Mesozoic ...

DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS: LIFE IN THE TRIASSIC by Nicholas Fraser
The Triassic Period of the Mesozoic, the opening shot of the middle period of well-displayed Earthly life, is considered by many to have been a harsh, arid time of relatively low biodiversity. It came, after all, right after the worst ...

HowStuffWorks Videos "Mammals vs Dinos: Triassic Evolution"
Before the arrival of mammals and dinosaurs, reptiles and amphibians dominated the landscape. But due to climate changes during the Triassic period, mammals and dinosaurs began to flourish. Learn more on the Science Channel's "Mammals ...

The Life of Madygen: Bernburg's Middle Triassic Prosauropods
Their consequent conclusion was that dinosaurs were proven to be a much older group than previously documented and that major dinosaur lineages had already diverged by early Middle Triassic time. Some debate arose, reported by DER ...