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triassiC world

arms were
much shorter
than the legs Long taiL was held
straight for balance
, EoraPtor
A lightly built, agile hunter just 3 ft (1 m) long,
Eoraptor was one of the first true dinosaurs.
It had slender jaws with many small,
sharp teeth and probably preyed
on smaller reptiles such as lizards.

Long neck was
slender and flexible

CoEloPHYsis .
The slender, long-legged form
of Coelophysis shows that it was a
fast-moving hunter—one of the
earliest of the theropod dinosaurs
that culminated in the mighty
Tyrannosaurus. It lived near the
end of the Triassic Period. Hind foot had
three long toes

tHECodontosaurus .
One of the most primitive
plant-eating dinosaurs, and
just 7 ft (2.1 m) long, this
Late Triassic species
probably walked on its
hind legs like a hunter.

fossiLized ginkgo leaves
have a distinctive
fan-shaped form

tHe continents
are in different
places today
GinKGo .
Triassic forests consisted of
cycads, conifers, and other
primitive trees like the ginkgo.
These plants still thrive
today, and the fan-shaped
leaves of modern ginkgoes
are little changed from
those in Triassic fossils.
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