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  1. Triassic - Wikipedia

    Chronologically, the Triassic Period is divided into three epochs: (i) the Early Triassic, (ii) the Middle Triassic, and (iii) the Late Triassic. The Triassic Period began after the Permian–Triassic extinction …

  2. Triassic Period | Plants, Animals, Major Events, & Facts | Britannica

    3 days ago · 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 …

  3. Triassic Period Facts and Information - National Geographic

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

  4. Triassic Period—251.9 to 201.3 MYA (U.S. National Park Service)

    Apr 28, 2023 · 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 …

  5. The Triassic Period

    In many ways, the Triassic, lasting from 251.0 mya to 199.6 mya,* was a time of transition. It was at this time that the world-continent of Pangea existed, altering global climate and ocean circulation.

  6. 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).

  7. The Triassic Period: the rise of the dinosaurs - Natural History Museum

    The Triassic was the first period of the Mesozoic Era. Discover what animals lived in the Triassic Period, which were the first dinosaurs and what prehistoric plants they lived alongside.

  8. Triassic Period | Natural History Museum

    Oct 30, 2012 · It took nearly four million years for ocean biotic diversity to recover, while on land it was not until the middle Triassic that conifer dominated forests finally displaced the lycopsids. As we …

  9. Triassic Period Facts: Climate, Animals & Plants - Live Science

    Feb 11, 2014 · The Triassic period was the first period of the Mesozoic era and occurred between 251.9 million and 201.3 million years ago. It followed the great mass extinction at the end of the Permian …

  10. The Triassic Period - Science and History Museum

    The Triassic was a geological period that marked the end of the Permian age and saw the first Dinosaurs find their place in a chaotic world.