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The Triassic (/ traɪˈæsɪk / try-ASS-ik; sometimes symbolized 🝈) [ 8 ] is a geologic period and system which spans 50.5 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.4 Mya. [ 9 ] The Triassic is the first and shortest period of the Mesozoic Era.
This category contains the dinosaurs of the Triassic period. Subcategories. ... Triassic dinosaurs of North America (1 C) * Late Triassic dinosaurs (6 C, 1 P) T.
Liliensternus is an extinct genus of basal neotheropod dinosaur that lived approximately 210 million years ago during the latter part of the Triassic Period in what is now Germany. Liliensternus was a moderate-sized, bipedal, ground-dwelling carnivore, that could grow up to 5.15 m (16.9 ft) long.
Coelophysis (/ s ɛ ˈ l ɒ f ɪ s ɪ s / se-lOF-iss-iss traditionally; / ˌ s ɛ l oʊ ˈ f aɪ s ɪ s / SEL-oh-FY-siss or / ˌ s iː l oʊ ˈ f aɪ s ɪ s / SEE-loh-FY-siss, as heard more commonly in recent decades [3]) is a genus of coelophysid theropod dinosaur that lived approximately 215 to 208.5 million years ago during the Late Triassic period from the middle to late Norian age in what ...
The Jurassic (/ dʒʊˈræsɪk / juurr-ASS-ik[2]) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period 201.4 million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately 145 Mya. The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of the Mesozoic Era and is named after the Jura Mountains ...
Plateosaurus. Plateosaurus (probably meaning "broad lizard ", often mistranslated as "flat lizard") is a genus of plateosaurid dinosaur that lived during the Late Triassic period, around 214 to 204 million years ago, in what is now Central and Northern Europe. Plateosaurus is a basal (early) sauropodomorph dinosaur, a so-called "prosauropod".
1991. The Mesozoic Era[3] is the era of Earth's geological history, lasting from about 252 to 66 million years ago, comprising the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods. It is characterized by the dominance of gymnosperms and of archosaurian reptiles, such as the dinosaurs; a hot greenhouse climate; and the tectonic break-up of Pangaea.
Procompsognathus / ˌproʊkɒmpˈsɒɡnəθəs / is an extinct genus of coelophysid theropod dinosaur that lived approximately 210 million years ago during the later part of the Triassic Period, in what is now Germany. Procompsognathus was a small-sized, lightly built, ground-dwelling, bipedal carnivore, that could grow up to 1 m (3.3 ft) long.