Triassic
252 Ma – 201.4 Ma · part of the Mesozoic era
Life recovered from the great extinction on a Pangaean world. The first dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and mammals appeared in the Triassic before another extinction closed the period.
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Highlights
- Recovery from the end-Permian extinction
- First dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and mammals
- End-Triassic extinction