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After Extinction: The Rise of the Triassic Dinosaurs

The Triassic Period began roughly 252 million years ago after Earth’s most devastating extinction event. The Permian-Triassic extinction event wiped out an estimated 57% of biological families and 81% of marine species. But from this apocalyptic landscape emerged one of the most remarkable evolutionary success stories in Earth’s history. Out of the ruins came strange ...