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Bookmark or Share- Triassic - WikipediaThe Triassic is the first and shortest period of the Mesozoic Era and the seventh period of the Phanerozoic Eon. Both the start and end of the period are marked by major extinction events. [10] The Triassic Period is subdivided into three epochs: Early Triassic, Middle Triassic and Late Triassic.
- Triassic Period - Climate, Extinction, Reptiles | BritannicaTriassic Period - Climate, Extinction, Reptiles: Worldwide climatic conditions during the Triassic seem to have been much more homogeneous than at present. No polar ice existed.
- Triassic Period Facts: Climate, Animals & Plants - Live ScienceThe 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 period...
- Triassic Period | Plants, Animals, Major Events, & Facts - BritannicaTriassic 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 Period—251.9 to 201.3 MYA - U.S. National Park ServiceTriassic age trace fossil of a horseshoe crab (Kouphichnium isp.), Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona.NPS image. Introduction. In 1834 Fredrich von Alberti, a longtime official in the German salt-mining industry, introduced “Triassic” as a descriptive term for a sequence of rocks within a striking threefold division: red beds, topped by chalk, followed by black shale.
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