After Earth's Greatest Mass Extinction: 5 Million Years of Hell | Triassic Documentary

After Earth's Greatest Mass Extinction: 5 Million Years of Hell | Triassic Documentary 252 million years ago, Earth witnessed the greatest catastrophe in the history of complex life: The Permian-Triassic mass extinction, known as "The Great Dying." Over 90% of all life vanished. The ancient oceans suffocated, forests collapsed, and the supercontinent of Pangaea became a scorched volcanic wasteland. Yet, this cinematic documentary is not about how the world ended—it is about the nightmare that followed. For five million years, Earth existed in an agonizing biological crisis. There were no dinosaurs yet, no giant predators, and almost no ecological stability. Through extreme global warming, toxic oceans, and relentless volcanic hellscapes, a handful of resilient survivors—from the burrowing Lystrosaurus to early archosaurs—clung to survival. Discover how 50 million years of evolutionary experimentation transformed a broken, barren planet into a thriving battleground, paving the way for the rise of marine monsters, flying reptiles, and ultimately, the first dinosaurs that would inherit the Jurassic. --------------------------------------------------- TIMESTAMPS / CHAPTERS: 00:00:00 - The Day the Earth Died (The Great Dying) 00:13:30 - The Wounded Planet: A World Stripped Down 00:26:45 - The Disaster Taxa & Claraia's Empty Seas 00:40:15 - Lystrosaurus: The Pig of the Apocalypse 00:54:30 - 5 Million Years of Hell: The Great Recovery Gap 01:08:20 - Oceans of Death: Anoxia and Poisoned Waters 01:22:10 - Supercontinent Pangaea: Climate of Extremes 01:36:00 - The Return to Water: Rise of Marine Reptiles 01:48:30 - The Archosaur Revolution & Upright Locomotion 02:01:15 - The Carnian Pluvial Episode: The Great Rain 02:14:00 - The First Dinosaurs (Eoraptor & Herrerasaurus) 02:20:45 - The CAMP Catastrophe: End-Triassic Extinction 02:24:30 - The Dawn of the Dinosaur Age --------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS DOCUMENTARY: A deep-dive, fact-checked prehistoric documentary chronicling the complete history of the Triassic Period, the Siberian Traps volcanic eruptions, the evolution of archosaurs, and the real scientific story behind the origin of dinosaurs. #prehistoric #dinosaurs #triassic #documentary #paleontology #evolution #earthhistory #extinction