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Triassic period

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Noun1.Triassic period - from 230 million to 190 million years agoTriassic period - from 230 million to 190 million years ago; dinosaurs, marine reptiles; volcanic activity
Triassic
Age of Reptiles, Mesozoic, Mesozoic era - from 230 million to 63 million years ago
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During the Triassic period, the kangaroo-sized, plant-eating species lived in herds on lushly vegetated islands around where Bristol now is.
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The "socket-tooth lizard" lived on hot and vegetated islands which made up south west England during the Triassic period, the remnants of one survives today as the Bristol Downs.
Country's oldest dinosaur to be dug up by AFP / AFP European Edition
The first dinosaurs appeared in the Triassic period almost 220 million years ago, developing through the Jurassic period 150 million years ago and into the Cretaceous period 127 million years ago.
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