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  • Reptile 'cousins’ shed new light on end-Permian extinction (parareptile survivors)

    05/05/2011 4:28:50 PM PDT · by decimon · 12 replies
    University of Bristol ^ | May 5, 2011 | Unknown
    The end-Permian extinction, by far the most dramatic biological crisis to affect life on Earth, may not have been as catastrophic for some creatures as previously thought, according to a new study led by the University of Bristol.An international team of researchers studied the parareptiles, a diverse group of bizarre-looking terrestrial vertebrates which varied in shape and size. Some were small, slender, agile and lizard-like creatures, while others attained the size of rhinos; many had knobbly ornaments, fringes, and bony spikes on their skulls. The researchers found that, surprisingly, parareptiles were not hit much harder by the end-Permian extinction than...