It wasn’t until the late Triassic period (approximately 225 million ... s earliest life forms have long since gone extinct, some animals have stood the test of time–surviving through mass ...

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 ... triggered the extinction of more than 90 percent of Earth's species. But it was also a time of tremendous change and rejuvenation.

Despite the widespread devastation, life recovered during the Triassic period as new species arose and diversified quickly. This also marked the first time the earliest dinosaurs appeared.