'Proof' of Little-Known Mass Extinction Found

Wednesday, July 8, 2015 - 09:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Scientists have evidence that a mass extinction killed up to about 80 percent of all land vertebrates about 260 million years ago. This catastrophic die-off coincided with the onset of volcanism in what is now southern China.

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