title: Palaeontology: Dinosaurs, Boneheads and Recovery from Extinction.
abstract: The Triassic was a time of turmoil, as life recovered from near-annihilation. Archosauromorph reptiles flourished and diversified as they filled empty ecological niches, and some of them presaged later dinosaurian inventions, such as thickened skull roofs.
authors.affiliation: School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK. Electronic address: Mike.Benton@bristol.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Benton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D025061:Dinosaurs / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005580:Fossils; D010163:Paleontology; D012104:Reptiles; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology