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nounfrom 230 million to 190 million years ago; dinosaurs, marine reptiles; volcanic activity
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of or relating to or denoting the first period of the Mesozoic era
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- pangaea (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland
- pangea (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland
- theropod any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs
- genus pisanosaurus primitive ornithischian dinosaur found in Argentina; early Triassic
- theropod dinosaur any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs
- coelophysis one of the oldest known dinosaurs; late Triassic; cannibalistic
- superorder labyrinthodontia extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy-bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic
- order thecodontia extinct terrestrial reptiles having teeth set in sockets; of the late Permian to Triassic
- labyrinthodontia extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy-bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic
- genus coelophysis late Triassic carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs