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{{Infobox period||image = Triassic.jpg
{{Dinoseries|WWM|WWD|SM}}
 
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|name = Triassic
Triassic is the first period when first true dinosaurs appeared. It was also the first period of Mesozoic. Triassic spanned from about 251 to 199 million years ago. Beginning and the end of Triassic period was marked by an [[Permian|extinction]] event. The first flowering plants may have evolved during the Triassic, as did the first flying vertebrates, the pterosaurs. This period is named in 1834 by Friedrich Von Alberti because of the three distinct layers found in Europe and Germany called Trias. Like Jurassic it is separated into three parts: Early-Scythian, Middle (Tr2) and Late (Tr3). It is one of the driest periods in Earths history.
 
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|creatures = ''[[Triassic#Creatures|See full list below]]''
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|locations = Arizona <br> Switzerland <br> Antarctica
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|span = 248 to 206 mya
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|era = [[Mesozoic]]
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|previous = [[Permian]]
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|next = [[Jurassic]]}}The '''Triassic''' was a period in [[Earth]]'s history. The beginning of the [[Mesozoic]], this period marked the beginning of the [[dinosaur]] dynasty. As the reptiles spread across the land, they also made their way into the seas and the skies.
 
==In ''[[Walking with Dinosaurs]]''==
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===[[New Blood]]===
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The entire episode was set in the Triassic.
   
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==In ''[[Sea Monsters]]''==
== Geography and Climate ==
 
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===[[Dangerous Seas]]===
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">During the beginning of the Triassic Era, the Earth had just begun to show signs of recovery. The deserts stopped growing and huge forests of primitive conifer started to re-colonize the land. During this time, there were no separate cotenants, just one giant land mass call Pangaea. Towards the end of the Triassic, it turned into a harsh place…dominated by deserts. The Triassic had already seen many different varieties of ancient reptile come and go, but now out of the dry wilderness had appeared something revolutionary…a family of reptiles destined to shape the course of life on Earth for the next 160 million years.</span>
 
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After his visit to the [[Ordovician]], [[Nigel Marven]] visited the Triassic to observe some of the [[Marine Reptiles|marine reptiles]] that lived there. After accomplishing his goal, he traveled backwards in time to the [[Devonian]].
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==In ''[[Walking with Monsters]]''==
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===[[Clash of Titans]]===
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The second half of this episode takes place during the Triassic. It descibes a ''Lystrosaurus'' migration and is set in Antarctica.
   
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==Creatures==
In time of Triassic, all continents were one big super continent called Pangaea. On eastern side of Pangaea was a huge gulf of the Tethys sea. Everything around it was a huge ocean called Panthalassa. Pangaea however, shifted during the late Triassic period, almost [[Jurassic|breaking up]].
 
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*[[Centipede]]
 
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*[[Coelacanth]]
Because of the limited shoreline of this super-continental mass, Triassic marine deposits are globally relatively rare, and they have been most studied in Western Europe. Triassic was generally dry and hot period. There was no ice on aether poles and it seamed that poles had temperate climate. Pangaea had very extreme seasonal changes from very hot, dry summers to wet rain seasons and very cold winters.
 
 
*''[[Coelophysis]]''
[[File:1112848571.jpg|thumb|A Postosuchus faces off with a Placerias in the modern state of Arizona during late Triassic.]][[File:Coelophysis_on_the_beach.jpg|thumb|A Triassic beach.]]
 
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*[[Corals]]
 
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*[[Crayfish]]
== Plant Life ==
 
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*[[Crynoid]]
These extreme dry seasons did not made plant life any less successful than today. Dominant plants included cycads and seed plants. In northern hemisphere, conifers flourished. While on the southern hemisphere was dominant seed fern tree. Center of the continents was very dry huge desert with very little or no plant life.
 
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*''[[Cymbospondylus]]''
 
 
*''[[Desmatosuchus]]''
== Animals ==
 
After Permian extinction event most synapsids died out, being replaced with archosaurs. There was a variety of strange sea reptiles out in the sea, and the [[Peteinosaurus|first pterosaurs]] raised to the skies. First were dinosaurs slowly taking over from [[Postosuchus|crocodilian beasts]] that ruled. However, at the end of Triassic, shifting of the continents caused massive extinction where many species were affected, making way for the [[Jurassic|time of the dinosaurs]].
 
[[File:Lystrosaurus_gang.jpg|thumb|The ''Lystrosaurus'' was one of the dominant animals during the early Triassic.]]
 
==='''Invertebrates'''===
 
 
*[[Dragonfly]]
 
*[[Dragonfly]]
*[[Scorpion]]
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*''[[Euparkeria]]''
==='''Fish'''===
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*[[Fish]]
*[[Fish|Lungfish]]
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*[[Fly]]
 
*''[[Herrerasaurus]]''
*Unidentified [[fish]]
 
 
*''[[Hesperosuchus]]''
==='''Pterosaurs'''===
 
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*''[[Koskinonodon]]''
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*[[Lungfish]]
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*''[[Liliensternus]]''
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*''[[Lystrosaurus]]''
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*''[[Mastodonsaurus]]''
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*''[[Metoposaurus]]''
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*''[[Microscalenodon]]''
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*''[[Neuticosaurus]]''
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*''[[Nothosaurus]]''
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*''[[Parasuchus]]''
 
*''[[Peteinosaurus]]''
 
*''[[Peteinosaurus]]''
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*[[Phytosaur]]
==='''Marine Reptiles'''===
 
*''[[Cymbospondylus]]''
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*''[[Placerias]]''
*''[[Nothosaurus]]''
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*''[[Placodont|Placodus]]''
*''[[Tanystropheus]]''
 
==='''Dinosaurs'''===
 
*''[[Coelophysis]]''
 
*''[[Liliensternus]]''
 
 
*''[[Plateosaurus]]''
 
*''[[Plateosaurus]]''
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*''[[Postosuchus]]''
==='''Rauisuchians'''===
 
 
*''[[Proterosuchus]]''
 
*''[[Proterosuchus]]''
*''[[Postosuchus]]''
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*''[[Procompsognathus]]''
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*[[Scorpion]]
==='''Dicynodonts'''===
 
*''[[Lystrosaurus]]''
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*''[[Tanystropheus]]''
*''[[Placerias]]''
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*[[Therocephalian]]
==='''Other animals'''===
 
*''[[Euparkeria]]''
 
 
*''[[Thrinaxodon]]''
 
*''[[Thrinaxodon]]''
*''[[Therocephalian]]''
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*''[[Trilophosaurus]]''
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*[[Whip scorpion/Thelyphonida|Whip scorpion]]
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[[Category:Geological history]]
 
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==Behind the scenes==
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===List of appearances===
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*''[[Walking with Dinosaurs]]''
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**[[New Blood]]
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*''[[Walking with Dinosaurs: A Natural History]]''
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**[[New Blood (chapter)|New Blood]]
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*''[[Sea Monsters]]''
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**[[Dangerous Seas]]
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*''[[Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Predators of the Deep]]''
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**[[The Triassic]]
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*''[[Sea Monsters Adventure Game]]''
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*''[[Walking with Monsters]]''
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**''[[Clash of Titans]]''
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*''[[The Complete Guide to Prehistoric Life]]''
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*''[[Walking with Dinosaurs: Inside Their World]]''
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===Notes and references===
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{{reflist}}
 
[[Category:Time periods]]
 
[[Category:Time periods]]
 
[[Category:Time periods in Walking with Dinosaurs]]
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[[Category:Time periods in New Blood]]
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[[Category:Time periods in Sea Monsters]]
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[[Category:Time periods in Dangerous Seas]]

Revision as of 08:44, 15 October 2018

Triassic
Triassic
Temporal information
CreaturesSee full list below
LocationsArizona
Switzerland
Antarctica
Time span248 to 206 mya
Part ofMesozoic
Chronological information
Previous period
Permian
Following period
Jurassic

The Triassic was a period in Earth's history. The beginning of the Mesozoic, this period marked the beginning of the dinosaur dynasty. As the reptiles spread across the land, they also made their way into the seas and the skies.

In Walking with Dinosaurs

New Blood

The entire episode was set in the Triassic.

In Sea Monsters

Dangerous Seas

After his visit to the Ordovician, Nigel Marven visited the Triassic to observe some of the marine reptiles that lived there. After accomplishing his goal, he traveled backwards in time to the Devonian.

In Walking with Monsters

Clash of Titans

The second half of this episode takes place during the Triassic. It descibes a Lystrosaurus migration and is set in Antarctica.

Creatures

Behind the scenes

List of appearances

Notes and references