"It brings us into the realm of what humans can grasp," researcher Dennis Kent said. "These events happened in the span of a lifetime." ...

A rare Triassic fossil unearthed in Brazil, Gondwanax paraisensis, could provide new insights into the origins of dinosaurs.

In Paraíso do Sul in southern Brazil, scientists discovered a fossil of a dog-sized reptile dating back to 237 million years ...

This new species exhibits several unique traits, including specific structural differences in its ribs and vertebrae, such as ...

Roughly 233 million years ago, Earth’s continents were fused into one massive landmass, and life as we know it was on the ...

It marked the end of the Triassic period and the beginning of the Jurassic, the period when dinosaurs arose to take the place of Triassic creatures and dominate the planet. The exact mechanisms of ...

When dinosaurs first got their start during the middle Triassic Period, maybe as early as 245 million years ago, North America was connected to the other continents as part of Pangaea.

This event marked the end of the Triassic period and the start of the Jurassic period, which saw dinosaurs rise to prominence. Deposits in Morocco associated with the Triassic-Jurassic mass ...

Paleontologist from the Federal University of Santa Maria, Rodrigo Temp Muller, holds a fossil (REUTERS) “Understanding the characteristics of these precursors could shed light on what was crucial for ...