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Triassic paleogeography geologic time Pangea: Early Triassic Period Daonella Lystrosaurus
Collage showing a dog plus a saber-toothed cat equaling a prehistoric, quadrupedal creature with thick limbs and dark, hairless skin.
Plateosaurus Coelophysis Triassic Period in geologic time plant evolution
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Triassic paleogeography
geologic time
Pangea: Early Triassic Period
Daonella
Lystrosaurus
Plateosaurus
Coelophysis
Triassic Period in geologic time
plant evolution
marine family diversity
Collage showing a dog plus a saber-toothed cat equaling a prehistoric, quadrupedal creature with thick limbs and dark, hairless skin.
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Mantell, detail of an engraving
Gideon Algernon Mantell
British paleontologist