The dinosaur exhibit is broken down into several periods — the Triassic (252 to 201 million ... of being in the field and participating in a fossil dig. "You will learn how to be a ...

based on the locations of the currently oldest-known dinosaur fossils, the evolutionary relationships among these early forms and Earth’s geography during the Triassic Period. This locale spans ...

According to a study published Thursday in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, the fossils are from giant ichthyosaurs that roamed the world’s oceans at the end of the Triassic period over 200 ...

The dinosaurs and early pterosaurs that thrived during the Triassic likely retained the warm-running metabolisms and fuzzy coats of their ancestors. Even though direct fossil evidence of fuzzy ...

by looking at their oldest-known fossils, how early dinosaurs evolved and what Earth looked like during the Triassic Period. Their answer for the birthplace are the Sahara desert and the Amazon ...

However, evidence of this creature has always been tied to the much older Triassic period, including evidence of a Triassic period ichthyosaur found by researchers back in 2020. This particular ...

Scientists divide the Mesozoic Era into three periods: the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous ... Despite this separation, similarities in their fossil records show that there were some land ...

Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks that lived alongside the dinosaurs. By Asher Elbein Asher Elbein ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

The fossil was unearthed in the 1950s in a former lignite mining area in the Geiseltal in Germany. It was initially misclassified and thus led a shadowy existence until its rediscovery.