The Dinosaurs of the Triassic Period: A Summary of the First Dinosaurs and their Rise to Dominance

The Triassic was the first period of the Mesozoic Era, the Age of Reptiles. Unlike the following Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, dinosaurs were not yet the dominate animals during the Triassic Period. The purpose of this video is to provide an extensive summary of these early dinosaurs, which were quiet different from the view most people have of the dinosaurs.

It covers both the most famous dinosaurs of this time, such as Coelophysis and Plateosaurus, and much more obscure ones like Daemonosaurus and Saturnalia. It also gives an overview of their spread across Pangea, their early evolution, and of course their rise to dominance.

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00:00 - Introduction
01:49 - The Triassic World
06:50 - Dinosaur Ancestors
09:11 - The First Dinosaurs
10:58 - Dinosaur Relationships
11:47 - Herrerasauria
15:59 - Triassic Theropods
21:48 - Basal Sauropodomorphs
25:06 - Prosauropods
29:56 - Triassic Ornithischians
36:09 - Triassic Dinosaur Paleobiogeography
40:35 - The Rise Of The Dinosaurs
45:10 - Other Triassic Survivors
46:37 - The Early Jurassic World
49:16 - Conclusion
50:13 - Outro

[TransSappho]

I’m a phylogenetics researcher who specifically studied the phylogeny of Triassic dinosaurs, and this video’s representation of the consensus regarding dinosaur phylogeny being unsolved gets my seal of approval

[dinohall]

I can't believe I just watched a 51-minute video in one go with no breaks and was engrossed the whole time. Bravo, excellent video which deserves to be screened in every classroom that ever discusses dinosaurs!

[alexfritz]

A Triassic deep dive, is legitimately the content I’ve have been looking for for years, you sir have finally quenched my mighty thirst.

[nono]

These dinosaurs deserve just as much respect as your favorite dinosaurs. The success of these guys would determine the course of nature for the next hundreds of millions of years to come. It's because of their success that we have so many various birds today that are still thriving. The dinosaurs never died out because of them. These rose to be speedy fast thinking animals and that is how they have survived today.

[ego]

Finally, Someone properly covering the Triassic!

[daniell]

It is hard to not admire these early dinosaurs. They were the trailblazers, the pioneers of what would follow them. They were the underdogs of their age, making their success all the more impressive.

[maurissauro]

Excellent video! As someone who works in the field, it's always nice to see Triassic getting the treatment it deserves. We still have a lot to unravel regarding the origin of dinosaurs, but it is impressive how our knowledge has advanced greatly in recent years. Keep up the good work!

[jensphiliphohmann]

This video is mind- blowing to someone like me who used to think that feathers were a relatively late development and dinosaurs were mostly adapted to warm climate first.

[TrajGreekFire]

Prosauropods might be the most underrated group of dinosaurs

[susannahdrazin]

Thank you for mentioning thecodontosaurus, the only dinosaur first discovered within walking distance of where I grew up!

[musicbyoakly]

Stumbled on this video because I let YT run on autoplay while watching YDAW, and I gotta say, I am happy that YT decided to show me this. What an amazing deep dive.

[УгаБуга-ня]

It is one of the best channels about paleontology and prehistoric animals! Thanks for video!

[ji]

This is fantastic, I've adored all of your crocodylomorph and other videos but the Triassic specifically interests me so much and I was thrilled to see this upload today. Fantastic work and I look forward to all the other great projects you'll put out in the future.

[DoodersDen]

What a lovely, informative, well edited, and downright inspiring video! Your content never ceases to entertain, inform, and incentivise my own development of content and just learning in general!! Keep up the great work, man!!

[SchAlternate]

It's interesting how dinosaurs were previously depicted as almost exclusively tropical animals that would've faired poorly in the cooler climates we have today, when in reality it was their ancestral resistence to cold that ultimately allowed them to attain their ecological supremacy.

[porschesbs]

it's amazing how the pseudosuchians and the dinosaurs evolved separately into the same niches at different times

[christiansherlock]

I'm stoked out of my mind to see Silesaurs getting exposure and acceptance as early Ornithischians. As a theory, it's not only being quickly accepted by scientific communities, but also if you think about it it just makes so much sense. If they are accepted as dinosaurs, I no longer have to struggle to think of my favourite dinosaur, because it's obviously some kind of Silesaur.

[joewesterland]

I loves the choise of pictures in this video. The extremely realistic and up to date palio art really helps when imagining that these animals were all real.

[JorshBrushTV]

What a video!!! Thanks for this research and so good presentation about early dinosaur and relatives!

[kuitaranheatmorus]

This was a delightful video on the Trassic Era.


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