Learn about the time period that took place 251 to 199 million years ago. 3 min read The start of the Triassic period (and the Mesozoic era) was a desolate time in Earth's history. Something—a ...

The period of time before the Triassic was called the Permian. This was a time when a wide variety of animals lived, including a group of animals called the synapsids, which would later evolve ...

Scientists have described a new species of procolophonid reptile, notable for its unique teeth and jaw, found at a fossil ...

Fossilized digestive material offers unparalleled insights into the dinosaurs' diets, feeding behaviors and parasites.

The analysis of hundreds of fossilized droppings (plus a little bit of petrified vomit) from roughly 230 million years ago ...

An analysis of hundreds of bromalites – fossilised faeces and vomit – shows how changes in diet enabled dinosaurs to take ...

Analysis of 200-million-year-old digested foods reveals how the animals became dominant.

Fossilized droppings from the Triassic and Jurassic are revealing the diets of some dinosaurs—including a surprising taste ...

As humidity increased through the Triassic period, the climate altered vegetation growth patterns, but researchers said that ...

The way the dinosaurs relinquished their long dominance is well known. An asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago, ...