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Roughly 252 million years ago, Earth experienced its deadliest known extinction. Known as the Permian–Triassic Mass ...
The collapse of tropical forests during Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged global warming which followed, according to new research.
Around 252 million years ago, Earth went through its most devastating extinction event, the Permian–Triassic Mass Extinction ...
A water bottle, sun protection, and a camera are highly recommended, along with a small backpack that leaves hands free for safe climbing and exploration. Those planning to explore the broader ...
Paleontologists know the bone bed as PFV 393. The late fossil preparator Bill Amaral found the site in 2011 on a field trip ...
In the remote reaches of Arizona s Petrified Forest National Park, scientists have unearthed North America's oldest known pterosaur a small, gull-sized flier that once soared above Triassic ecosystems ...
Triassic reptiles took 10,000 mile trips through 'hellish' conditions, study suggests The forerunners of dinosaurs and crocodiles in the Triassic period were able to migrate across areas of the ...
Scientists have unearthed in Arizona fossils from an assemblage of animals, including North America's oldest-known flying reptile, that reveal a time of transition when venerable lineages that were ...
These rocks were deposited more than 200 million years ago, putting the fossils in the late Triassic period, a time when this area supported rivers and lakes rather than the desert seen today.
Many of us have wondered what a landscape we see in a modern photograph might have looked like centuries ago. This question ...