Rewritten Narrative on the Evolution and Diversity of Reptiles
Reptiles enjoyed a massive coming-out party some 250 million years ago, during the conclusion of the Permian and the beginning of the Triassic.
Source: azocleantech.com
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60 million years of climate change drove the evolution and diversity of reptiles
Just over 250 million years ago during the end of the Permian period and start of the Triassic, reptiles had one heck of a coming out party.
Tiagor Sim Thomasd Cabot Museum Of Comparative Zoology Stephanie Pierce Science Advances Associate Professor
Source: newswise.com
Climate change 'triggered age of the dinosaurs' 250 million years ago
A new study by Harvard researchers challenges this theory that the explosion in diversity of reptiles was triggered by two of mass extinction events, around 261 and 252 million years ago.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Reptile boom 250 million years ago may have been due to global warming
A spike in global temperatures could have been the trigger for the rise of reptiles towards the end of the Permian Period, not a mass extinction of mammals as had been thought
Source: newscientist.com
Scientists Find Fossilized Ancestor of All Scaled Reptiles, And It's Absolutely Tiny
Scientists have bridged a missing link in the reptile tree of life.
Source: sciencealert.com