The Triassic Period was a time of great change ... when the archosaurian reptiles, which includes the dinosaurs, came to dominate.' The cause of the Permian-Triassic extinction event is not fully ...

A fossil from British Columbia, originally discovered in the 80s, has finally been identified as a new species named ...

As the Permian period drew to a close, many top predators in southern regions went extinct. Inostrancevia appears to have migrated southward to occupy these vacant ecological roles. This rapid ...

Unfortunately, the uppermost (youngest) rock layers in the Grand Canyon date back to the Permian period, before the time of the dinosaurs, meaning there are no dinosaur fossils preserved in the area.

One of them was Inostrancevia, a gruesome top predator that survived for a brief period amidst the turmoil. Daily Paleo ; Inostrancevia alexandriFrom Late Permian Russia, Inostrancevia is the ...

For decades, scientists have debated what wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago ... years ago): This extinction happened over a long period and may have been caused by widespread oxygen ...

P.E.I.’s fossil record is far older than the age of dinosaurs and contains some of the most internationally significant specimens from the Permian period, geologist Laura MacNeil told attendees during ...

Dinosaurs first arose in the Middle to Late Triassic Period about 230 to 240 million years ago. At this time, the landmass of Earth was one large continent called Pangea. A massive extinction event ...

Pterosaurs Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs. Image by Tim Evanson ... reflecting the experimental nature of evolutionary development during the Cambrian period. Opabinia fossil. Image by Jstuby at ...

Spring in the Arctic brings forth a plethora of peeps and downy hatchlings as millions of birds gather to raise their young.

Scientists found 80 dinosaur footprints in China that show a meat-eating dinosaur walking, then speeding up for a bit and ...