"But it may be the best place to see the terrestrial realm's transition from the Permian to the Triassic period." We ascended through sheep-ranching country toward the Lootsberg Pass. The rocks ...

As a period of geologic time, the boundaries of the Triassic are defined on the basis of rocks and the fossil record. It was the German geologist Friedrich August von Alberti who first marked the ...

Ancient fossils found near Dubois have scientists rethinking the lifespan of reptiles — and how to include Native communities in paleontology ...

The Triassic-Jurassic extinction was not as rapid ... noting that microbe-made ocean rocks from the Early Jurassic show a spike at a scale not seen in hundreds of millions of years.

It’s where naturalist Alexander von Humboldt first noticed that Jurassic rocks were distinct from those of the Triassic Period that came before it. We can divide the Jurassic Period into three key ...

In fact though, the Jurassic Coast is a confusing name, because along its 95 mile length, there are also younger, Cretaceous and older, Triassic rocks to be seen. The Cretaceous rocks are at the ...

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 ...