"But it may be the best place to see the terrestrial realm's transition from the Permian to the Triassic period." We ascended through sheep-ranching country toward the Lootsberg Pass. The rocks ...

The period of time before the Triassic was called the Permian. This was a time when a wide variety of animals lived, including a group of animals called the synapsids, which would later evolve ...

3 min read The start of the Triassic period (and the Mesozoic era ... and sea urchins that survived the Permian extinction and were quickly diversifying. The first corals appeared, though other ...

Life in the Triassic period had a rough start. In the Permian period before, the largest mass extinction event in Earth’s history had just taken place. Despite the widespread devastation ...

Surviving cataclysmic events, such as the Permian-Triassic extinction that wiped out 96% of marine life, the ginkgo emerged as a "living fossil" due to its remarkable resilience. Its distinctive ...