Study shows extinction of pseudosuchians may have helped dinosaurs flourish
Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 06:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(Phys.org) —A pair of researchers from Germany's Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität have published a paper in the journal Biology Letters, suggesting that the mass extinction of pseudosuchians approximately 201 million years ago, helped dinosaurs thrive. Paleontologists Olja Toljagić and Richard Butler write that the one lone pseudosuchian line that survived the extinction event, likely also benefited by the demise of their cousins.