Blooming of March Spring. The Saga of the Triassic. Rival relatives

During the first half of the Triassic, however, dinosaurs were still a long way from ruling the Earth. They had a variety of competitors, including close relatives from the same animal group that dinosaurs themselves belonged to, the archosaurs ("ruling reptiles"). Crocodile-like terrestrial predators were among the most successful of these archosaur rivals but they had died out by the end of the Triassic.