3 min read The start of the Triassic period (and the Mesozoic era ... ginkgoes, and palm-like cycads. Spiders, scorpions, millipedes, and centipedes thrived. Grasshoppers appeared.

Forests of ferns, cycads, and conifers. Warm, moist, tropical breezes. This was the Jurassic, which took place 199 to 145 million years ago. At the start of the period, the breakup of the ...

This period was preceded by the Triassic Period and followed by the ... At ground level, there were cycads (evergreen, cone-bearing, palm-like plants) and ferns. Low-growing mosses and liverworts ...

Earth’s continents are constantly shifting. About 252 to 199 million years ago, all the continents were actually one huge “supercontinent” surrounded by one enormous ocean. Slowly, this ...