TRIASSIC

ERA

• Mesozoic

TIME RANGE

• 248-206 million years ago

ANIMALS OF THE TRIASSIC

• Coelophysis
• Plateosaurus
• Riojasaurus

PLANTS

• Glossopteris
• Leptocycas

MAJOR CLIMATE

• The climate was influenced by pandora.
• The average temperature was much higher than today.
• It made life as a reptile much easier.

MAJOR EVENTS

• The evolution of dinosaurs was in the Triassic period.
• At the end of the Triassic, another mass extinction occurred.

RESOURCES

• http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/geophys/geotime.html
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/mesozoic/triassic/
• http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/palaeofiles/triassic/climate.htm