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Natural Science Forum / Biology / Paleontology / November 2008TV Program about Permian extinction and early Dinosaurs
Hello, last weekend I watched a television program on my local PBS station of Georgia Public Television about the Permian extinction and early Dinosaurs and the extreme lack of evidence about dinosaurs of this geological period. I tried to find out the name of he program to tell one of my colleagues in the Geology Dept and for the life of me I can not find out the mane.( GPTV's schedule does not keep programs already broadcast on the Web page.) I also looked for it using various search words and phrases; No Luck. I think it might have been on Nature or a BBC program, because most of the folks that appeared on it had English and Scots accents. Harold A. Climer Dept Of Physics Geology & Astronomy U.T. Chattanooga Room 406A Engineering,Math & Computer Sicence Building 615 McCallie Ave. Chattanooga TN 37403 Harold-Climer@utc.edu the Permian > extinction and early Dinosaurs and the extreme lack of evidence about > dinosaurs of this geological period. I'm not an expert in this area but as far as I know, the first dinosaurs didn't appear until well into the Triassic era. The Permian era ended 251 million years ago, and as far as I know, the first Dinosaurs appeared about 220 million years ago. The creatures you're thinking of and calling Dinosaurs are if I understand you correctly, in fact Synapsids aka "Mammal-like Reptiles". > the Permian >> extinction and early Dinosaurs and the extreme lack of evidence about [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > era ended 251 million years ago, and as far as I know, the first > Dinosaurs appeared about 220 million years ago. 228: Eoraptor and Herrerasaurus. > The creatures you're > thinking of and calling Dinosaurs are if I understand you correctly, > in fact Synapsids aka "Mammal-like Reptiles". I believe I know the programme in question and IIRC, I watched it on the History channel. But you could do a search over at YouTube and use the search terms "Permian extinction". |
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