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The Triassic-Jurassic Extinction Event of 201 Million Years ago is less talked about at times than the Mass Extinction events at the end of the Permian and the end of the Cretaceous, but was still an incredibly significant extinction event in Earth’s geologic history. P. Olsen et al. Arctic ice and the ecological rise of the dinosaurs. Science Advances. Published online July 1, 2022. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abo6342. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abo6342 Caused by volcanic eruptions that would eventually break apart Pangea and form the Atlantic Ocean, about 23-43% of marine genera (including 96% of coral genera at the time) was wiped out alongside between 17-73% of plant genera at the time. On land, archosaur diversity was decimated. Phytosaurs, Aetosaurs, and many others primitive archosaur groups were wiped out. But one major group of archosaurs that survived were the dinosaurs (Dinosauria). Emerging first in the middle Triassic, dinosaur diversity was hit hard by the event. But the group was overall able to survive thanks to adaptations such as a mostly warm-blooded metabolism and (for theropod dinosaurs) feathers for warmth. Some of the first true mammals including Morganucodon also survived the event, but they would take more of a backseat until the end of the Mesozoic era. For the Dinosaurs, the survivors of the event would go on to diversify, increase in size, and dominate Earth’s terrestrial ecosystems for the next 135 Million Years as they become one of the most successful animal groups in Earth’s history. Here’s a list of all currently known Dinosaur genera and families that survived the Triassic-Jurassic Extinction Event. If I forget any examples, please let me know and I'll add the examples to the list promptly. Dinosauria Saurischa Theropoda (Theropod Dinosaurs) Coelophysidae Coelophysis (Late Triassic-Early Jurassic, 215-199.3 Million Years ago) https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=38520 https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicCollectionSearch?collection_no=47198 https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/peabody_museum_natural_history_postilla/169/ https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/11/973 https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(16)31124-1.pdf Lophostropheus (Late Triassic-Early Jurassic, 205.6-196.5 Million Years ago) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[73%3ATCLAGN]2.0.CO%3B2 https://www.theropoddatabase.com/Coelophysoidea.htm https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4720452/ Liliensternus (Late Triassic-Early Jurassic, 288-201.3 Million Years ago) https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=55542 https://archive.org/details/predatorydinosau00paul/page/266/mode/2up https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(16)31124-1.pdf ?Megapnosaurus (Late Triassic-Early Jurassic, 237.0-199.3 Million Years ago) https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=101006 M. A. Raath. 1972. First record of dinosaur footprints from Rhodesia. Arnoldia. 5(37):1-5. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?taxon_no=101006&max_interval=Triassic&country=Zimbabwe&is_real_user=1&basic=yes&type=view&match_subgenera=1 https://libres.uncg.edu/ir/asu/f/Heckert_A_2003_24_Coelophysids.pdf https://dinodata.de/bibliothek/pdf_p/2021/rsos.210915.pdf Dracoraptor (Late Triassic-Early Jurassic, 201.4-199.3 Million Years ago) https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=335179 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4720452/ Dilophosauridae https://morphobank.org/index.php/Projects/ProjectOverview/project_id/4332 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2021.1897604 (next sources for this part I recommend further analysis for their hypothesis of the genus Dilophosaurus itself (not just Dilophosauridae) emerging in the late Rhaetian stage of the Triassic in what is now Southern France) https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=231458 https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicCollectionSearch?collection_no=38886&is_real_user=1 https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicCollectionSearch?collection_no=126607&is_real_user=1 https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicCollectionSearch?collection_no=206455&is_real_user=1 https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=231458&is_real_user=1 https://libres.uncg.edu/ir/asu/f/Heckert_A_2005_29_Arizonas.pdf Eubrontes (Brazil species, Late Triassic-Early Jurassic, 228-201.3 Million Years ago) https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?taxon_no=66094&max_interval=Triassic&country=Brazil&is_real_user=1&basic=yes&type=view&match_subgenera=1 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235218239_Footprints_of_large_theropod_dinosaurs_and_implications_on_the_age_of_Triassic_biotas_from_Southern_Brazil Sauropodomorpha (Sauropod dinosaurs and their ancient sauropodomorph relatives) Massospondylidae https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-01120-w Massospondylus (Late Triassic-Early Jurassic, 200-183 Million Years ago) https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=38642&is_real_user=1 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/geological-magazine/article/abs/sedimentology-and-palaeontology-of-the-upper-karoo-group-in-the-midzambezi-basin-zimbabwe-new-localities-and-their-implications-for-interbasinal-correlation/BF94CA760FCD32F6708001EF18B5299E https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-vertebrate-paleontology/volume-29/issue-4/039.029.0401/A-New-Basal-Sauropodomorph-Dinosaur-from-the-Upper-Elliot-Formation/10.1671/039.029.0401.short Melanorosauridae Melanorosaurus (Late Triassic-Early Jurassic, 216.5-201 Million Years ago) https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=38648 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281466716_The_first_complete_skull_of_the_Triassic_dinosaur_Melanorosaurus_Haughton_Sauropodomorpha_Anchisauria https://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/server/api/core/bitstreams/5d876b0c-8599-4ee4-8b75-d4078290f8c2/content Lessemsauridae https://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/items/95d33ada-766c-4446-a71b-33fd37fadad4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-01120-w Plateosauridae Plateosaurus (Late Triassic-Early Jurassic, 208.5-199.3 Million Years ago) https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=38644 https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicCollectionSearch?collection_no=191140 https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(16)31124-1.pdf What do you guys think? 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Found more tracks! Been digging out and flipping these big chunks of rock since all the tracks are on the underside. I stand corrected on my loose amateur term dinosaurs - archosaurs is the correct term.

Rauisuchians are some of my favorite prehistoric beasts, rather specific but I'm wondering if anyone on here on the forum has any material to show I'd love to see. So far I've been only able to obtain postosuchus teeth and recently begrudgingly missed out on some Batrachotomus kupferzellensis.