The Age of Reptiles in Three Acts

PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateEons ↓ More info below ↓ Reptiles emerged from the Paleozoic as humble creatures, but in time, they grew to become some of the largest forms of life ever to stomp, swim, and soar across the planet. This Age of Reptiles was a spectacular prehistoric epic, and it all took place in a single era: the Mesozoic. This episode (as well as most episodes of Eons) features beautiful paleoart from Studio 252mya. We dare you to try to not spend hours looking at their work: http://252mya.com And thanks as always to Nobumichi Tamura for allowing us to use his wonderful paleoart: http://spinops.blogspot.com/ Produced for PBS Digital Studios. Want to follow Eons elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/eonsshow Twitter - https://twitter.com/eonsshow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/eonsshow/ References: http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/28/lystrosaurus-the-most-humble-badass-of-the-triassic/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982213015182 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms15596 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.12255/full https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-11538-w http://www.pnas.org/content/113/18/5036 http://www.sci-news.com/geology/science-deccan-traps-volcanism-dinosaur-extinction-02345.html https://eps.harvard.edu/files/eps/files/renne.kt_.science.2013.pdf https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article-abstract/14/10/868/203906/detritus-feeding-as-a-buffer-to-extinction-at-the?redirectedFrom=PDF