The Triassic Period (That We Know Of) ft. Paleo Analysis

We have finally arrived at the Triassic period! The beginning of the Age of the Dinosaurs. But I hope this video serves as a reminder that this time was much more than just that. The world was going through a global reset after the Permian mass extinction, so things got...weird. I'm gonna introduce you to some of these Mesozoic weirdos, and show you what life was like at the beginning of the reign of the dinosaurs. Enjoy!!

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0:00 - Introduction and mention of the Triassic period
0:23 - Overview of the Triassic (252-201 million years ago)
1:23 - Global conditions during the Triassic
2:11 - Context of mass extinction before the Triassic
3:16 - Guest segment by Paleo Analysis about adaptive radiation
8:43 - Plants in the Triassic
10:13 - Insects in the Triassic
14:27 - Marine life, including corals and fish
17:51 - Amphibians
19:25 - Shift from synapsids to sauropsids
19:42 - Introduction to dinosaurs and archosaurs
29:43 - Land-dwelling archosaurs
37:26 - Flying reptiles (pterosaurs)
39:21 - Marine reptiles
44:00 - End-Triassic extinction event

[PaleoAnalysis]

Hey Lindsay! Thanks so much for having me on! 👀

[AFNacapella]

so basically a long time ago a critter went "what's all that green crap growing all over my hunting grounds?" bit into it in frustration and figured the veggie lifestyle isn't too bad

[andrewguerra-kgzh]

I sure hope that later time periods don't end with the dinosaur's extinction.

That'll be a bummer.

[isabellavansant]

As a bio major and woman in stem it is so validating to hear you say stuff like, "i know nothing about plants" or "chemistry is not my thing". Sometimes i feel like i need to know everything about science or like all the sciences to be validated as a scientist. Thanks for reminding me thats not the case. Youre the best Lindsay!

[dianabriggs]

One of my favorite “internet stories” was from a guy studying zoology, whose ornithologist advisor had taken some students out to dinner. In the middle of dinner, the professor’s phone rings. He answers and hears a man shouting over what sounds like a noisy bar.
Guy: “Hello, is this the bird professor??”
Prof.: “Uh, yes?”
Guy: “Do hummingbirds have feet??”
Prof.: “Uh, yes, hummingbirds have feet.”
[Sounds of bar erupting in cheers over phone]

[StrafeHunter]

Lindsay’s sheer disappointment at there being no cool sharks is such a vibe

[hannahrosa]

Having steve saying "that we know of" is gold

[bingusbangusbunguseatmywingus]

Speaking of hummingbirds - during Hurricane Ian I saw a hummingbird feeding on one of our bushes.
The way it would accurately track the flowers as the bush was being whipped back and forth in the CAT 4 HURRICANE FORCE WINDS was one of the wildest things I've ever seen.

[BongoBaggins]

You're funny. Probably the best chilled out dinosaur educator on YouTube.


That we know of.

[safaiaryu]

I love that an eleven year old kid just stumbled across the jaw bone of one of the largest animals to ever exist, that we hadn't discovered yet. She'll be riding that high for the rest of her life. Also, I LOVE the long video! All the details are so interesting! My only concern is that creating this length of video takes so much time, and from what I understand, the YouTube algorithm is not very forgiving.

[thebuuddhist]

black guy raised by a single mom in the ghetto with no interest in anything like this but i found your channel a few months ago and watched everything. for some reason it’s just nice learning evolution and how everything happened.

[Thorax]

thanks so much for making these. my autistic inner child who wanted to be a paleontologist is having a great time :) anyone else weirdly nostalgic for these times we can never access? i just want to be an observer and see their lives and the environment

[germanbeavers]

I saw a robin win a fight with a squirrel, so you could say he's pretty cool

[mrwalter]

I wish more people truly understood that volcanic activity from tectonic activity could just start and not decide to stop for longer than humans have even been alive. I love deep time so much

[AccidentalNinja]

It occurs to me that the apparent extinction & reappearance of corals might have been an effect of shallow-water corals dying off & deep-water corals (which wouldn't have as much of a presence in the fossil record) expanding into the vacated niches.

[ethandollarhide]

We honestly just need a whole documentary focused on the Triassic. Most documentaries about Mesozoic life either only have one episode/segment focused on the Triassic ( Walking with Dinosaurs, When Dinosaurs Roamed America, Etc.) or no episodes focused on it ( Prehistoric Planet, Planet Dinosaur, etc). It deserves way more representation.

[abyoyo]

Love the longer format, it's perfect to listen to while I'm making dinner and getting the dishes done

[MogamiKyoko]

Pterosaurs are just heinous and I love them so much. They look so odd and like long pelicans, and then you find out how freaking big they were. Absolutely terrifying. 11/10. Would never want to meet one in real life.

[tyronesquare]

Imaging prehistoric megafuna walking around today is an exciting and terrifying thought.

[PatTheFox]

When I heard the name "Lisowicia" I immiedietly thought about the fact that the "ci" at the end is pronounced like a Polish "ci" and then 10 seconds after I was shown why. So weird to think that here where I live there once were creatures like that walking the same ground as me today. This is one of the reasons why I love paleontology so much.