Published 19:49 IST, September 26th 2020
Mass extinction due to global warming triggered the rise of dinosaurs and modern tetrapods
A recently published research has found that a massive explosion hit the earth millions of years ago, and triggered the rise of dinosaurs on Earth.
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A recently published research has found that a massive explosion h hit earth millions of years ago, triggering rise of disaurs on planet earth. It was found that huge volcanic eruptions triggered ar level of mass extinction of tetrapods and herbivores. eruptions, kwn as ‘Carnian Pluvian Episode’ happened 233 million years ago and pumped carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapours which eventually heated planet to unbearable levels.
research which was published in Science Magazine revealed that it was this mass extinction event that killed many tetrapods and heralded dawn of disaurs on planet. CPE killed as many species as giant asteroid did many years ago.
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Gave foothold to modern Tetrapods
According to study, ecosystems were destroyed and oceans and planet got warmer and drier. Annihilation of plants and herbivores, and declining numbers of plant-eating tetrapods triggered of disaurs, which stretched for 165 million years. In dition, to disaurs, event also gives a foothold of modern tetrapod groups, such as turtles, lizards, crocodiles and mammals date back to this newly discovered time of revolution.
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Meanwhile, a separate study found that Lystrosaurus species that roamed with disaurs went into hibernation and survived Earth’s largest mass extinction that wiped out 70 per cent of species on Earth. According to a study published in journal Nature, scientists at University of Washington found that Lystrosaurus somehow survived for ar 5 million years into subsequent Triassic Period on continent, Pangea, present day Antarctica. four-legged forrs helped scientists understand phemen and history of hibernation of species in polar regions that get through tough conditions like food scarcity, temperatures fall, and dark environment and still survive.
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19:49 IST, September 26th 2020