Triassic+2

First dinosaurs and mammals || 248-227 mya || [|**Late**] 227-206 mya ||
 * **[|Triassic Period]**
 * 248 - 206 mya**
 * 248 - 206 mya**
 * **Early - Middle**

Animals that appeared:

 * frogs **
 * birds **
 * turtles **
 * crocodiles[[image:http://www.enchantedlearning.com/cgifs/Continentaldrift.gif width="269" height="213" align="right" caption="Continental Drift"]] **
 * dinosaurs **
 * mammals **
 * cocdyloformes **
 * flies **

**Plants that appeared:**

 * cycods **
 * monkey-puzzle trees **
 * ginkgoes **
 * conifers **
 * cycids **
 * ferns **

**Plants or animals that went extinct:**

 * labryrinthodont **
 * amphibians **
 * conodonts **
 * all marine reptiles except for ichthysaurs **

**Important events:**

 * After the extinction of many animals, dinosaurs expanded into other enviroments. **
 * Earlier dinosaurs became bigger and more ferocious. **
 * Dinosaurs eliminated many larger reptiles leaving only small reptiles. **
 * Web sites used: **
 * [] **
 * [|http://www.earthsci.org]. **