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Abrupt extinctions at end of Triassic.
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September 5, 1987|
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Abrupt extinctions at end of Triassic
As the Triassic period closed, about 200 million years ago, large families of animals started dying off in record numbers, forever changing the character of life on earth and paving the way for the age of the dinosaurs. Scientists previously had thought that these extinctions occurred gradually over the course of 15 million to 20 million years. However, an analysis of fossil finds in Nova Scotia now suggests that they happened quite suddenly and may have resulted from the impact of a large meteor.
Paul E. Olsen of the ...
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