How did the evolution of a more pronounced medial condyle (part of the femur) in early dinosaurs improve the articulation with the tibia?

When dinosaurs first became numerous in the late Triassic Period, nearly all of the major groups of vascular plants except the angiosperms were in existence. Mar 18, 2015 ... ... Triassic Period. In the Southern Hemisphere, “these animals hunted alongside the earliest theropod dinosaurs, creating a predator pile-up ... Jun 16, 2015 ... Climate and plant community instability may have hampered the success of dinosaurs in the tropics during the Late Triassic Period (235-201 ... Oct 10, 2016 ... ... were later convergently evolved by post-Triassic dinosaurs. As one ... Triassic Period and post-Triassic archosaurs demonstrates the ... The Mesozoic Era lasted from about 250 million to 66 million years ago. It includes the Triassic,. Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods. Page 6 ... Sep 23, 2019 ... Giant, predatory croc-like animals that lived during the Triassic period in southern Africa preyed on early dinosaurs and mammal relatives 210 million years ... Dr. Schachner explains a possible reason why dinosaurs were not only able to survive, but to thrive during the Triassic period more than 200 million years ago. Mar 28, 2018 ... The earliest mammals entered the scene, and reptiles — including early dinosaurs — lived on Pangea, the name given to the giant landmass in ... Nov 10, 2021 ... ... Triassic era, creating the conditions in which dinosaurs ... While dinosaurs had emerged in this time period, they were different ... They first emerged during the Triassic period around 245 million years ago. ... Around 80 per cent of crocodilian species were wiped out in the extinction event ...