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Decade of fossil collecting in Africa gives new perspective on Triassic period, emergence of dinosaurs


March 28, 2018

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After a great mass extinction shook the world about 252 million years ago, animal life outside of the ocean began to take hold. The earliest mammals entered the scene, and reptiles — including early dinosaurs — lived on Pangea. A project spanning countries, years and institutions has attempted to reconstruct what the southern end of this world looked like during this period, known as the Triassic (252 to 199 million years ago).Full Story

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