All adults remember being exposed to their first books and pictures of dinosaurs and giant sea creatures , and the deep-rooted awe they inspired in children’s imaginations, but what was not so popular were the smaller forerunners, the ancient life forms that cut their way between and around the giant predators of the seas. Donning virtual diving helmets and following the evolutionary chains of ancient sea creatures, both great and small, through the published research of scientists, still captures the imagination.
Recent Realigning The Extinction Of The Dinosaurs
In a June 2021 research paper, published in the journal
Nature Communications Dr Fabien Condamine, from the University of Montpellier, and coauthor Professor Mike Benton from University of Bristol, reveal that about 76 million years ago , 10 million years before the famous asteroid collision in Chicxulub in modern Mexico that wiped out the dinosaurs, “
THAT Asteroid Only Accelerated Inevitable Dinosaur Extinction ancient-origins.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ancient-origins.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Researchers at the University of Bristol found that plant eaters diversified quickly after mass extinctions to eat different kinds of plants, and the ones that were able to chew harsher materials, which reflected the drying conditions of the late Triassic, became the most successful. These tougher herbivores included some of the first dinosaurs.
Following the largest mass extinction of all time, the end-Permian mass extinction, ecosystems rebuilt from scratch during Triassic times, from 252-201 million years ago paving the way for new species, and many new kinds of plants and animals emerged. In a new study published in
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The evolution of herbivores is linked to the plants that survived and adapted after the ‘great dying’, when over 90% of the world’s species were wiped out 252 million years ago.
Researchers at the University of Bristol found that plant eaters diversified quickly after mass extinctions to eat different kinds of plants, and the ones that were able to chew harsher materials, which reflected the drying conditions of the late Triassic, became the most successful. These tougher herbivores included some of the first dinosaurs.
Following the largest mass extinction of all time, the end-Permian mass extinction, ecosystems rebuilt from scratch during Triassic times, from 252–201 million years ago paving the way for new species, and many new kinds of plants and animals emerged. In a new study published in Nature Communications and led by Dr Suresh Singh of Bristol’s School of Earth Sciences, fresh evidence has emerged of the complexity of th
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