The divergent patterns of Permian–Triassic mass extinction (PTME) have been extensively documented in varying water depth settings. We here investigated fossil assemblages and sedimentary microfacies ...

The new study deciphered the single-most greatest mass extinction on Earth driven by a natural calamity that still exists.

These plants and animals died off at about the same time, during the end of the Permian period—around 252 million years ago—and the beginning of the Triassic Period. That’s how we know there was a ...

Paleontological evidence shows that many mass extinctions were triggered by drastic climate changes. Whether caused by volcanic activity, asteroid impacts, or shifts in ocean currents, these events ...

Image by jarous via Depositphotos. Horseshoe crabs are living fossils, having existed for over 450 million years. These ancient arthropods have survived multiple mass extinction events, including the ...

The Triassic-Jurassic transition, occurring around 202 million years ago, marks a significant period in Earth's history characterized by a mass extinction event that led to the disappearance of ...

Crocodile relatives, like the predatory Saurosuchus, were hit hard by the Triassic-Jurassic extinction. Kentaro Ohno CC BY 2.0 As with all mass extinctions, of course, paleontologists have long ...

We hope to have demonstrated that trying to compare or equate the end-Permian marine invertebrate mass extinction in terms of taxonomic diversity dynamics with the Permo-Triassic plant biotic crisis ...

rexes to hummingbirds. Because yes, birds are dinosaurs, she says. They were the only group of dinosaurs to survive the Cretaceous mass extinction around 65 million years ago (not to be confused with ...

rexes to hummingbirds. Because yes, birds are dinosaurs, she says. They were the only group of dinosaurs to survive the Cretaceous mass extinction around 65 million years ago (not to be confused with ...

Reduced contribution of sulfur to the mass extinction associated with the Chicxulub impact event. Nature Communications , 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55145-6 Cite This Page : ...