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  1. El Sclerocormus parviceps fue un ictiosauriforme del Triásico temprano (248 MdA) de 1,5 m de longitud y más de 15 kg de peso, donde 92 cm pertenecen a la cola. No habría nadado muy rápido ni en aguas muy profundas, alimentándose probablemente por succión, alimentándose de presas pequeñas debido a sus diminutas mandíbulas.📷Nobu Tamura #triasico #triassic

  2. El Benthosuchus fue un anfibio temnospóndilo del Triásico temprano (251-247 MdA) de hasta 2,5 m de longitud. Fue un depredador en ríos y lagos, por lo que no nadaba en aguas tan profundas como sugiere su nombre.📷Dmitry Bogdanov #triasico #triassic

  3. Rare Triassic Fossil Reveals Last Survivor of Ancient Carnivorous Dinosaur Lineage

    📰 Original title: A crushed fossil revealed a dinosaur that shouldn’t have existed

    🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
    👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️

    View full AI summary: killbait.com/en/rare-triassic-

    #science #dinosaurs #fossils #triassic

  4. 🌍 Geographic & evolutionary significance: Geometric #morphometric analysis places 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘴 among the most morphologically extreme austrolimulids, most similar to forms from #australia. This extends their range to Central Europe and reveals Triassic xiphosurids were already widespread by the Early #Triassic, suggesting rapid post-Permian #diversification or earlier dispersal.

  5. 🌍 Geographic & evolutionary significance: Geometric #morphometric analysis places 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘴 among the most morphologically extreme austrolimulids, most similar to forms from #australia. This extends their range to Central Europe and reveals Triassic xiphosurids were already widespread by the Early #Triassic, suggesting rapid post-Permian #diversification or earlier dispersal.

  6. 🌍 Geographic & evolutionary significance: Geometric #morphometric analysis places 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘴 among the most morphologically extreme austrolimulids, most similar to forms from #australia. This extends their range to Central Europe and reveals Triassic xiphosurids were already widespread by the Early #Triassic, suggesting rapid post-Permian #diversification or earlier dispersal.

  7. 🌍 Geographic & evolutionary significance: Geometric #morphometric analysis places 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘴 among the most morphologically extreme austrolimulids, most similar to forms from #australia. This extends their range to Central Europe and reveals Triassic xiphosurids were already widespread by the Early #Triassic, suggesting rapid post-Permian #diversification or earlier dispersal.

  8. 🦀 New discovery: 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘻𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘻𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 gen. et sp. nov., a striking new austrolimulid #xiphosurid from the Early #Triassic of Poland’s Holy Cross Mountains! This find pushes the boundaries of what we know about early #Mesozoic horseshoe crab #diversity peerj.com/articles/20950/

  9. 9-Mar-2026
    “Peculiar” ancient ancestor of the #crocodile started life on four legs in adolescence before it began walking on two
    Newly discovered Late #Triassic #reptile was among creatures that had physical features mimicking the late-evolving #dinosaurs it lived beside

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

    #science #evolution #paleontology

  10. Mountain photographer stumbles on one of the largest ever collections of Triassic dinosaur prints.

    A newfound site in the Italian Alps holds one of the largest collections of Triassic dinosaur footprints ever seen

    scientificamerican.com/article #globalmuseum #dinosaurs #Triassic

  11. University of Queensland researchers confirmed that a #dinosaur #footprint #fossil discovered in Brisbane is Australia's oldest, dating back to the Late #Triassic period, approximately 230 million years ago.
    #Paleontology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/02/pal02022601

  12. El Teraterpeton hrynewichorum fue un reptil trilofosaurio del Triásico tardío (237-228 MdA) distinguido de su familia por las diferencias en su cráneo alargado, con dientes únicamente en la porción posterior de la mandíbula y una gran cavidad nasal.📷Hyrotrioskjan #triasico #triassic

  13. El parque nacional del Bosque Petrificado en Arizona, Estados Unidos, conserva árboles caídos fosilizados del Triásico tardío (225 MdA). En su día, cayeron en los ríos y quedaron enterrados en ceniza volcánica. El agua subterránea eliminó el sílice y dejó los cristales de cuarzo con trazas de óxido de hierro, que le dan su color. Se han identificado 200 plantas, 9 de ellas árboles, donde predomina la conífera Araucarioxylon arizonicum.📷Jerome Gorin #triasico #triassic

  14. Por su cuello excepcionalmente largo, el Lijiangosaurus yongshengensis parece un plesiosaurio, pero es un notosaurio, que tenía patas palmeadas. Vivió en el Triásico medio (246-241 MdA) de más de 2,5 m, donde 18,2 cm corresponden a la cabeza y 115 cm al cuello, con 42 vértebras. La articulaciones entre las apófisis superiores e inferiores de las vértebras habrían limitado el movimiento lateral del cuello.📷Kelai Li #triasico #triassic

  15. From the vault: my double life-size Morganucodon model (2017), for the University of Bristol Palaeobiology Research Group and National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. There was a lot of fun debate about what size and shape the ear pinna should be!

    #Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Mammals #Palaeontology #Paleontology #JurassicWorld #Morganucodon #Triassic

  16. El Erythrosuchus africanus era un reptil arcosauriforme primigenio de la primera mitad del Triásico (249-244 MdA). Era un cuadrúpedo carnívoro de 4,75-5 m de longitud con una gran cabeza de 1 m de longitud sujeta por un cuello corto.📷Nobu Tamura #triasico #triassic

  17. El Guizhouichthyosaurus tangae fue un ictiosaurio del Triásico superior (241-227 MdA) que medía, al menos, 5 metros de longitud. A diferencia de ictiosaurios posteriores, aún habría nadado como las anguilas. Su dieta era variada, sin especializarse en una presa, usando sus pequeños dientes sin bordes para agarrar a su presa, ahogarla y agitarla para despedazarla como las orcas. 📷Slate Weasel #triasico #triassic

  18. El Mirasaura grauvogeli fue un drepanosaurio del Triásico medio (247 MdA) con prolongaciones cutáneas en el dorso que habría mudado regularmente. Estos apéndices habrían surgido de forma independiente y sin relación con las plumas y pelos desarrollados en otros clados, aunque tienen similitudes con las primeras.📷Gabriel Ugueto #Triasico #Triassic

  19. New blog post! The last (for now) of my posts about ribs: a story about hidden fossils, CT scanners, and tiny dragons!

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    #FossilFriday #paleontology #museum #scicomm #Triassic #fossil

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  20. El pterosaurio Eotephradactylus mcintireae del Triásico tardío (209 MdA) se podría haber alimentado de peces de escamas duras e invertebrados con conchas, según se observa por el desgaste de sus dientes. 📷Brian Engh #triasico #triassic

  21. Helveticosaurus zollingeri fue un diápsido marino del Triásico medio (242 MdA) que vivía en aguas poco profundas. Tenía un método de propulsión singular, pues tanto su potente primer par de patas como el movimiento lateral de su cola le habrían permitido desplazarse por el agua. 📷Mark P. Witton #triasico #triassic

  22. El Faxinalipterus minimus es una pequeña criatura del Triásico tardío (220-215 MdA) dinosauromorfo basal que pertenecería a un clado hermano a los pterosaurios, los popularmente conocidos como "dinosaurios voladores". 📷Márcio L. Castro #fTriasico #Triassic

  23. My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

    A 2023 illustration of Herrerasaurus chasing a pack of Eoraptor, from DINOSAUR BEHAVIOUR, by Prof Michael Benton (published by Princeton University Press).

    #Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Herrerasaurus #Eoraptor #Triassic #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld #CampCretaceous #WildlifeArt

  24. what I love about the Triassic is it has an intriguing mix of organisms more commonly associated with the Paleozoic, like Temnospondyls, weird Xiphosurans, and Dicynodonts, organisms unique to the Mesozoic, like Pterosaurs and Sauropods, and organisms that are still with us today, like Theropods, Triops, several insect orders, decapods, and so on. Then there's all the things unique to the Triassic: Sharovipteryx, Tanystropheus, and so many more.

    #Triassic
    #paleo
    #paleontology

  25. Los listrosaurios (Lystrosaurus) fueron unos abundantes dicinodontos que vivieron desde el Pérmico tardío pero que realmente triunfaron en el Triásico temprano, cuando este robusto herbívoro se encontró sin apenas depredadores ni competidores. Vivir en madrigueras posiblemente le permitió sobrevivir al aumento del dióxido de carbono en la atmósfera.📷John Sibbick #permico #permian #triasico #triassic

  26. Ancient #amphibians bounced back from Earth's greatest mass #extinction by exploiting #freshwater prey phys.org/news/2025-03-ancient-

    The ecology and geography of #temnospondyl recovery after the #Permian#Triassic #MassExtinction royalsocietypublishing.org/doi

    "the #temnospondyls success lay in their generalist feeding ecology, enabling them to feed on a wide variety of prey... the freshwater habitats they preferred provided them with a relatively stable variety of food resources"

  27. New #venomous reptile species from the Late #Triassic unearthed in #Arizona phys.org/news/2024-10-venomous

    A small venomous reptile from the Late Triassic (Norian) of the southwestern United States peerj.com/articles/18279/ by Helen Burch​ et al.

    "We know very little about the origins of reptile #venom systems outside of living #snakes and# lizards, so Microzemiotes sonselaensis is a very exciting addition to a small handful of #Mesozoic envenomaters"

  28. Here is Caelestiventus hanseni! One of the few #pterosaurs discovered from the #Triassic!

    This definitely has one of the best names of any #pterosaur! Its generic name translates to “heavenly wind”, which is definitely up there with #Sordes and #Cryodrakon!

    #cartoon #rubberhose #Caelestiventus #Dimorphodon #Rhamphorhynchus #science

  29. I wish I knew what kinds of #weather changes (if any?) happened when #flying #insects became widespread in the #Carboniferous (or before?), again when flying #pterosaurs became widespread in the #Triassic, a third time when flying #birds became widespread (late #Jurassic or early #Cretaceous), and fourth time when flying #bats became widespread in the #Paleocene.

    #dinosaurs
    #deepTime

  30. Above and upon #igneous #dikes

    The feature sure looked like a #dike on #satellite view, and a ground check confirmed it. Probably a late #Triassic or early #Jurassic intrusion into #Proterozoic Dedham #Granite, as #Pangea rifted. At Black Rock #Beach, #Hingham, #Massachusetts, #NewEngland #geology USA.

    Satellite view from #AppleMaps, #photo by me.

  31. Above and upon #igneous #dikes

    The feature sure looked like a #dike on #satellite view, and a ground check confirmed it. Probably a late #Triassic or early #Jurassic intrusion into #Proterozoic Dedham #Granite, as #Pangea rifted. At Black Rock #Beach, #Hingham, #Massachusetts, #NewEngland #geology USA.

    Satellite view from #AppleMaps, #photo by me.

  32. New #Triassic #fossil features sharp claws and a nasty beak: A non-flying precursor to #pterosaurs shared the Earth with the first #dinosaurs arstechnica.com/science/2023/0

    New #reptile shows dinosaurs and pterosaurs evolved among diverse precursors nature.com/articles/s41586-023

    "#Venetoraptor gassenae is the name of this #NewSpecies of #lagerpetid that lived 230 million years ago... The #skull consists of a raptorial-like #beak without teeth. Its forelimbs end in long #fingers with #scimitar-like #claws."

  33. #FossilSunday in one of the two fossiliferous localities of 🇳🇱. #Triassic #ichnofossils aka #TraceFossils in a marginal marine warm lagoon that once stretched here and hosted nothosaurs, sharks, bony fish and, hopefully, also #conodonts

  34. 220-Million-Year-Old #Fossils Identified as Oldest Known Caecilian sci.news/paleontology/funcusve

    #Triassic stem #caecilian supports dissorophoid origin of living #amphibians nature.com/articles/s41586-022

    #Caecilians have cylindrical bodies with a compact, bullet-shaped skull that helps them burrow #underground. They spend their lives burrowing in leaf-litter or #soil searching for prey such as #worms and #insects.

  35. Chañares Formation landscape

    Made for a paper focused on palynology of the unit

    #paleontology #palynology #triassic