India’s First Leptosuchomorph Is a Crocodile Look-Alike From Telangana’s Triassic
A Maleri Formation skull from Telangana reveals Primisuchus gillettei, India’s first leptosuchomorph phytosaur and a new Triassic marker.
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Triassic
Triassic fossil news, 252 to 201 million years ago: the rise of the first dinosaurs, strange reptiles like Mirasaura, and the ancestors of giants.
India’s First Silesaurid Is a Dinosaur Cousin With Forward-Jutting Teeth
A small skull from Madhya Pradesh reveals Rewasaurus minori, India’s first definitive silesaurid: a Late Triassic dinosaur cousin with forward-pointing teeth.
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Several New Coelacanth Species Lived in Museum Drawer for 150 Years
Paleontologists reexamined old museum collections of Triassic fossils in Britain and uncovered that many specimens were previously misidentified.
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Mirasaura: A Triassic Reptile Like Nothing You’ve Seen
Paleontologists have revealed a wondrous new reptile from the Triassic called Mirasaura. It had a stunning crest of long, feather-like appendages.
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Oldest East Asian Sauropodomorph Dinosaur Discovered
Scientists in China have discovered a new dinosaur species in Yunnan Province, Wudingloong wuiin, that lived about 200 million years ago.
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A New Triassic Sauropodomorph Dinosaur Unearthed in Switzerland
Paleontologists have discovered a previously unknown species of sauropodomorph dinosaur in Switzerland. This new dinosaur lived during the Late Triassic.
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