Triassic fossils of Upper Silesia
The Triassic is the oldest period of the Mesozoic Era – a time when reptiles dominated Earth. It lasted approximately 252 to 201 million years ago and occurred immediately after the greatest ecological catastrophe to hit our planet – the Permian-Triassic extinction event. This prompted nature to rush to fill the void left by the extinct organisms. The Triassic was a period of numerous evolutionary experiments and rapid evolutionary radiation (…)
Recently added specimens
- Nothosaurus sp., vertebral neural arch, 17/LMK
- Parhybodus plicatilis, anterior tooth, 8/UMK
- Acrodus sp, tooth, 7/UMK
- Pistosaurus longaevus, vertebra, 6/UMK
- Ichthyosauria indet. (cf. Mixosaurus sp.), vertebra centrum, 16/LMK
- Sauropterygia cf. Nothosaurus, rib, 15/LMK
- Sauropterygia cf. Nothosaurus, vertebra centrum, 14/LMK
- Sauropterygia cf. Nothosaurus, tooth, 5/UMK
- Acrodus lateralis, tooth, 4/UMK
