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The 'Great Dying' — the worst mass extinction in our planet’s history — didn’t reach this isolated spot in China
The End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have ...
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The Permian extinction—when life nearly came to an end
About 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian period, something killed some 90 percent of the planet's species. Less than 5 percent of the animal species in the seas survived. On land ...
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Few Permian Targets Remain After Diamondback’s Latest Deal
Permian Basin-focused Diamondback Energy emerged as the region’s reigning independent producer giant a year ago following its $26 billion buyout of privately-held Endeavor Energy Resources. That ...
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Triassic Period
The giant ocean called Panthalassa surrounded Pangaea. Areas near the coast were ... and sea urchins that survived the Permian extinction and were quickly diversifying. The first corals appeared ...