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What animals lived on Pangaea?
Pangaea existed from the Permian, about 299 million years ago, through the Triassic, and into the early Jurassic.There were very different animals in Pangaea during the Permian than there were in the Triassic because, at the end of the Permian, about 90% of species became extinct in the worst mass extinction in Earth's history.PermianInsects in Pangaea included beetles, dragonflies, and flies. Early in the Permian, large amphibians and pelycosaur reptiles, like the carnivorous, sail backed Demitrodon, or the herbivorous, sail backed Edaphosaurus. Later in the Permian the archosaurs evolved, which later gave rise to the dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and crocodillians. There were also therapsids, the reptillian ancestors of mammals. TriassicThe temnospndyli, which were large amphibians, and therapsids both survived the Permian extinction event. Archosaurs were the primary terrestrial vertebrates. There were herbivores such as Hyperodapedon, and carnivores like Postosuchus. The first dinosaurs were small meat eaters like Eoraptor, and small, long necked, herbivorous dinosaurs called prosauropods, evolved in Panagaea during the Triassic.
How long ago did the 'paleozoic' era begin?
That would be 251 million years ago. The end of the Paleozoic era marks the beginning of the Mesozoic. The last period of the Paleozoic era was the Permian, and the first period of the Mesozoic era was the Triassic; hence the extinction event (the biggest extinction event in the earth's history), the Permian-Triassic extinction, which defines the border between the eras.
What is a tooth whorl?
Helicoprion ("Spiral Saw") was a long-liced genus of shark-like cartilaginous fish that fist arose in the oceans of the late Caboniferous 280 million years ago, survied the Permian-Triassic Extiction Event, and eventually went extinct during the early Triassic some 225 million years ago. The only known fossils are the teeth, which were arranged in a fantastic "tooth-whorl" strongly reminiscent of a circular saw. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicoprion
What animals lived in pangaea?
there were several groups of creatures on Pangaea. but for going the insects there where 4 major groups amphibians, anapsids diapsids and therapsids. the amphibians where remnants from the coniforus still large but not dominante on land anymore. anapsids accounted for a good chunk of life on land at this time. therapsids or so called mamal like reptials (eventualy evolved into mamals) where very common but the ones you know about are the diapsids. thees included crocidiles lizards and dinosaurs.
Were there dinosaurs in the Permian Period?
Yes. Non-avian dinosaurs first appeared in the Triassic period and were around until the end of the Cretaceous period. Birds, which are now classified as dinosaurs, appeared in the late Jurassic and live through the Cretaceous period as well.
How long did it take for Pangaea to split?
Pangaea (or Pangea) was on Earth from about 300 million years ago to 180 million years ago.
How long did plateosaurus live?
how many years did plateosaurus live
Did all prosauropods live in the triassic?
Yes. all the PROSAUROPODS lived in the triassic period. PRO means before, SAUROPOD means long necked dinosaurs that lived in the JURASSIC and CRETACEOUS. PROSAUROPODS, on the other hand, lived in the TRIASSIC.
How long ago did the Permian era begin?
According to the 2012 Geologic Time Scale the Permian Period of the Paleozoic Era lasted from about 298.9 million to 252.2 million years ago. It is the last (latest) period of the Paleozoic.
How long ago where dinosaurs around?
Depending on the species, dinosaurs were around anytime between about 230 million years go to about 65 million years ago. However, if birds are included as dinosaurs, as they are by most paleontologists, then dinosaurs are still around to this day. A young earth Creationist would say that dinosaurs were created on Day 6 of God's creation. Man was created on Day 6 as
When did dinosaur start to live?
From the fossils of the earliest dinosaurs, scientists have deduced that dinosaurs first appeared on Earth around 250-270 million years ago.
Who or what lived on Pangaea?
No. Pangaea broke up long before humans evolved.
