It is my privilege to announce the discovery of a Crossopterygian ifish of a type believed to have become extinct by the close of the Mesozoic period. This fish was taken by trawl-net at a depth ...

We knew that this coastline contained Mesozoic sedimentary rocks ... all the southern African dinosaur tracks known until now are from the Triassic and Jurassic periods, so they pre-date these ...

We knew that this coastline contained Mesozoic sedimentary rocks ... African dinosaur tracks known until now are from the Triassic and Jurassic periods, so they pre-date these eruptions.

While South Africa has a well-documented fossil record from the Mesozoic Era, most known remains predate a ... all documented dinosaur footprints in the region came from the Triassic and Jurassic ...

During the Triassic Period (about 200 million years ago) this supercontinent began to break apart. We’ll discuss some of the current theories about why this happened in a moment, but the process ...

The Triassic period, spanning 252 to 201 million years ago, was crucial for the evolution of terrestrial tetrapods, including early dinosaurs, mammalian ancestors, and crocodile relatives.

"While fossilized spores and pollen of plants from the Early Triassic do not provide strong evidence for a sudden and catastrophic biodiversity loss, both marine and terrestrial animals ...

“Mesozoic scorpions are mainly from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, whereas compression fossil of scorpions normally deposited in the strata are relatively rare except in the Late Triassic Keuper ...

Broader examination of Triassic ecosystems also indicates that the freshwater habitats they preferred provided them with a relatively stable variety of food resources, allowing them to thrive ...