Of the remnants of the past that have been unearthed throughout Montgomery County, most residents are understandably familiar ...

Before the K-T extinction, dinosaurs had to endure another mass extinction in the early Triassic. And they did so brilliantly.

Here’s a short list of Triassic animals that evolved forms and behaviors we now associate with dinosaurs, long before the “terrible lizards” would do the same. Postosuchus While smaller ...

A Triassic Mass Extinction Mystery That Led To Dinosaur Dominance : Short Wave Dinosaurs ruled the earth for many millions of years, but only after a mass extinction took out most of their rivals.

At the beginning of the Triassic period, dinosaurs were one of many lizards roaming the Earth. "Most of the animals in the ecosystem were the various relatives of crocodiles," Qvarnström says.

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 | 26 ...

Millions of years before the most famous meat-eating dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus rex and Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, roamed the planet, other massive creatures claimed the role of apex predators in ...