Appalachian State professor finds Triassic-period fossil in the Triangle

Appalachian State professor Andrew Heckert and a team of researchers from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences recently discovered fossils–two partial aetosaur specimens–in the Triangle, which date back 200 million years to the Triassic Period.

Photo from Appalachian State University

In the last 20 years, there have been several fossil discoveries in the Triangle, including protodinosaurs, microfossils and a pre-mammalian jaw.

For more information, read The Daily Tarheel’s story on Eckert.