"The ecology and geography of temnospondyl recovery after the Permian—Triassic mass extinction" published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, their findings suggest the amphibians ...

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...

the timespan that followed the Permian. "One of the great mysteries has been the survival and flourishing of a major group of amphibians called the temnospondyls," explained lead author Aamir ...

That distinction belongs to the Permian-Triassic extinction or the ... Namely, a group of primitive amphibians called the temnospondyls. They may have survived the Great Dying by feeding on ...

A key line of research has been to focus on the survivors and their fate in the Triassic, the timespan that followed the Permian. “One of the great mysteries has been the survival and flourishing of a ...

The Early Permian dissorophid Cacops displays its fearsome dentition as it preys on the hapless reptile Captorhinus. (Credit: Illustration by Brian Engh (dontmesswithdinosaurs.com)) The dissorophid ...

Five 'mass extinctions' have decimated our planet since it was formed - now scientists claim the answers to two could be ...