Triassic - Wikipedia The vast supercontinent of Pangaea dominated the globe during the Triassic, but in the latest Triassic (Rhaetian) and Early Jurassic it began to gradually rift into two separate landmasses: Laurasia to the north and Gondwana to the south
Triassic Period | Plants, Animals, Major Events, Facts - Britannica Triassic Period, in geologic time, the first period of the Mesozoic Era It began 252 million years ago, at the close of the Permian Period, and ended 201 million years ago, when it was succeeded by the Jurassic Period
Triassic - New World Encyclopedia The Triassic period is an interval of about 51 million years defined on the geologic time scale as spanning roughly from 251 to 200 million years ago (mya)
Triassic Period—251. 9 to 201. 3 MYA (U. S. National Park Service) During the Triassic, the first dinosaurs walked on the land, the first pterosaurs sailed through the skies, and the first ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs swam in the oceans The lineage of many modern-day reptiles began in the Triassic Period, including crocodiles, lizards, and turtles
The Triassic Period - University of California Museum of Paleontology It was at this time that the world-continent of Pangea existed, altering global climate and ocean circulation The Triassic also follows the largest extinction event in the history of life, and so is a time when the survivors of that event spread and recolonized
Triassic Period | Natural History Museum Reptiles (Reptilia): The Triassic begins the Mesozoic Era, also known as the Age of Reptiles Reptiles diversified tremendously during this Period, filling many of the empty niches on land and in the sea
Triassic Period - ScienceViews. com The Triassic period began approximately 251 million years ago and extended for roughly 50 million years until 200 Ma This period started and finished with large extinction events and dinosaur life was not as diverse as it would become later in the Jurassic period