Thursday, July 6, 2017

Extinction event that wiped out dinosaurs cleared way for frogs

07/06/2017 04:01 PM EDT

a native of Madagascar, Boophis picturatus

The mass extinction that obliterated three-fourths of life on Earth, including non-avian dinosaurs, set the stage for the swift rise of frogs, a new study shows.


Full story at https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/extinction-event-that-wiped-out-dinosaurs-cleared-way-for-frogs/

Source
Florida Museum of Natural History


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