Ancient "Life Oasis" in China Survived Earth's Deadliest Mass Extinction

Ancient "Life Oasis" in China Survived Earth's Deadliest Mass Extinction

Fossils from China’s Turpan-Hami Basin reveal it was a rare land refuge during the end-Permian extinction, with fast ecosystem recovery driven by stable climate conditions. A new study has found that a region in China’s Turpan-Hami Basin acted as a refugium, or “life oasis”, for terrestrial plant

About 252 million years ago, the largest mass extinction in the history of the earth took place. Marine life in particular suffered greatly: 80 percent died out. But there were also survivors. And they colonized the world. After the great wave of extinction, a mysterious period of several million years followed in which marine animals all over the earth […] More science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl .