Bizarre Reptiles from the Triassic Period The Age of Reptiles: Dinosaur Documentary

Two hundred and fifty-one million years ago, the worst mass extinction event planet Earth has ever experienced ruined life at the end of the Permian. Known as the Great Dying, this colossal extinction, caused by brutal mass volcanism, wiped out ninety-six percent of all marine species and seventy percent of all land species. What followed was the Triassic period, which marked the beginning of an entirely new era on Earth: the Mesozoic era. In the wake of this great disaster, evolution was free to run wild. Vast numbers of species across the world, from arboreal insectivores to enormous ambush predators, were now extinct, leaving many different ecological niches to be filled by those who could rise to the challenge of filling them. After extinction, the world was left with many generalists – species capable of efficiently exploiting a wide range of lifestyles and food sources. We will examine the main areas and continents that these particular species call home, where we will encounter strange hovering creatures, gigantic marine predators and the strange life forms of the world's coasts and shallows; unlike anything else alive on Earth today.

00:00 Presentation
2:18 Europe
10:45 a.m. North America
5:54 p.m. South America
9:30 p.m. Africa
24h18 Oceania and Antarctica
27:15 Asia
38:02 Exit

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