Triassic

American  

[trahy-as-ik] / traɪˈæs ɪk /

adjective

1. noting or pertaining to a period of the Mesozoic Era, occurring from 230 to 190 million years ago and characterized by the advent of dinosaurs and coniferous forests.

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noun

1. Also Trias the Triassic Period or System.

Triassic British  

/ traɪˈæsɪk /

adjective

1. of, denoting, or formed in the first period of the Mesozoic era that lasted for 42 million years and during which reptiles flourished

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noun

1. the Triassic period or rock system

Triassic Scientific  

/ trī-ăs′ĭk /

1. The earliest period of the Mesozoic Era, from about 245 to 208 million years ago. During the early part of the Triassic Period the supercontinent Pangaea was located along the equator; by the end of the Triassic it had started to split up. Land life diversified in the Triassic in response to the mass extinctions of the end of the Paleozoic. Conifers, cycads, marine reptiles, dinosaurs, and the earliest mammals first appeared.

2. See Chart at geologic time

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Other Word Forms

• post-Triassic adjective

Etymology

Origin of Triassic

1835–45; Trias the three-part series of strata characterizing the period (< German < Greek triás; triad ) + -ic

Example Sentences

The fossils uncovered in this study date back about 200 million years to the end of the Triassic Period, a time when what is now the United Kingdom was located in warmer, tropical latitudes.

From Science Daily

The species lived at the end of the Triassic period, during which the first dinosaurs and the ancestors of mammals started to appear, the researchers said.

From Barron's

"The bones of Triassic pterosaurs are small, thin, and often hollow, so they get destroyed before they get fossilised," explained Dr Kligman.

From BBC

The study focused on a previously underexplored region, Polish Basin, located in the Late Triassic time in the in the northern parts of the then supercontinent Pangea.

From Science Daily

The ancestors of dinosaurs were small omnivores, minor players in the Triassic ecosystem.

From Science Magazine