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Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains

Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains

23 April 2018

A pair of mass extinctions struck in quick succession just before the dinosaur era, and the birth of a mountain range in South Africa may have been partly to blame
This is the oldest fossil of a plesiosaur from the dinosaur era

This is the oldest fossil of a plesiosaur from the dinosaur era

13 December 2017

A nearly complete skeleton of an early long-necked plesiosaur has been found in a clay pit in Germany, and reveals they survived a mass extinction
Geese-like birds seem to have survived the dinosaur extinction

Geese-like birds seem to have survived the dinosaur extinction

23 October 2017

A bird group named the Vegaviidae, which resembled modern loons and geese, is the first identified with members that lived before and after the Cretaceous extinction

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