A giant, plant-eating creature with a beak-like mouth and reptilian features may have roamed the Earth during the late Triassic period more than 200 million years ago, scientists said Thursday.

At the end of the Triassic Period, just over 200 million years ago, the supercontinent Pangaea was breaking apart. In the wake of its dissolution, as Africa and the Americas separated, intense ...

Science Monster swallows monster: Fossil reveals doubly fatal Triassic encounter Scientists say five-metre-long ichthyosaur likely broke its neck trying to swallow a four-metre thalattosaur ...

Triassic herbivores starved to death as diet took toll on teeth, study suggests Rhynchosaurs were an important part of the ecosystems on land during the period, experts said. Nina Massey ...

The Triassic period represents a pivotal chapter in Earth’s history, marking not only the recovery from the Permo‐Triassic mass extinction but also a remarkable burst in marine reptile ...

The specimen dates to the Late Triassic period, about 230 million years ago. Müller said he knew it was a lagerpetid based on the look of the specimen’s femur.

A recently discovered species of ancient crocodile was found to be much sturdier than even our modern-day crocs. Indeed these reptiles, knowns as aetosaurs, which are thought to have gone extinct ...

Journal Reference: Miengah Abrahams, Emese M. Bordy. The oldest fossil bird-like footprints from the upper Triassic of southern Africa. PLOS ONE, 2023; 18 (11): e0293021 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone ...