Fresh Fossil Finds in Africa Shed Light on the Era Before Earth’s Largest Mass Extinction

Fresh Fossil Finds in Africa Shed Light on the Era Before Earth’s Largest Mass Extinction

An international team of paleontologists, led by researchers at the University of Washington and the Field Museum of Natural History, is identifying the animals that thrived in southern Pangea — the planet’s single supercontinent at the time — just before the so-called “Great Dying” wiped out about 70% of terrestrial species, and an even larger fraction of marine ones.

New Fossils from Tanzania and Zambia Shed Light on End-Permian Mass Extinction

Paleontologists have identified the myriad of animals that thrived in southern Pangea just before the end-Permian mass extinction, about 252 million years ago. The post New Fossils from Tanzania and Zambia Shed Light on End-Permian Mass Extinction appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.