Paläontologie-Leitfäden
Umfassende Leitfäden für Dinosaurier-Enthusiasten und Paläontologie-Studenten.
Life Through the Mesozoic
A journey through the three periods of the Mesozoic Era, exploring how dinosaur ecosystems evolved over 186 million years.
The Triassic Period: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Early archosaurs, first true dinosaurs, the supercontinent Pangaea, and the mass extinction that ended the Triassic.
The Jurassic Period: Age of Giants
Sauropod dominance, Allosaurus and the great predators, the first bird Archaeopteryx, Jurassic marine reptiles, and the breakup of Pangaea.
The Early Cretaceous: A World Transformed
Flowering plants arrive, spinosaurs emerge, iguanodonts spread across continents, early tyrannosaurs appear small, and continental drift reshapes the world.
The Late Cretaceous: Peak Diversity
T. rex, Triceratops, hadrosaurs, the Western Interior Seaway, and Cretaceous ecosystems at peak richness and complexity.
The K-Pg Extinction: End of an Era
The Chicxulub impact, evidence for the asteroid theory, Deccan Traps volcanism, what survived and why the world was never the …