How did the shape and size of the basioccipital bone (at the base of the skull) in Triassic dinosaurs relate to the articulation of the skull with the vertebral column?

We tend to think of dinosaurs as living in tropical rainforests, and for good reason — the Triassic and Jurassic periods in which they came to rule the ... Nov 18, 2022 ... ... Triassic period, the period that eventually birthed the rise of the dinosaurs. ... were flabbergasted by the “freak show” of utterly ... Feb 24, 1997 ... The fossil record reveals that dinosaurs first appeared in the Triassic Period, between 250 to 213 million years ago. It also indicates that ... Mar 24, 2023 ... ... Triassic period. The fossils have been key to understanding ... were early dinosaurs. Dicynodonts were stocky like rhinos with tusks ... 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 ... Jul 1, 2022 ... Late Triassic–Early Jurassic high-latitude L-IRD. Late Triassic and Early Jurassic strata of the Junggar Basin were deposited north of the ... Oct 23, 2021 ... The Camposaurus is the most ancient neotheropod. This little guy's group is a fighter because the neotheropods were the only Triassic dinosaurs ... 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 ... Jan 23, 2025 ... The Triassic Period creature Nyasasaurus, considered either an early dinosaur ... dinosaurs were living," Heath said. The researchers said ... Dec 23, 2024 ... The dinosaurs that left the footprints in south Wales lived here 220 million years ago. This was in the upper part of the Triassic period (the ...