June 15 , 2016
Summary
Why ichthyosaurs — marine Mesozoic reptiles — disappeared before the dinosaur extinction has remained a mystery. New research suggests they may have gone extinct stepwise, during one of the most extreme greenhouse periods in the history of complex life-forms.
Ryosuke Motani (2016)
Palaeobiology: Born and Gone in Global Warming.
Current Biology 26(11): R466–R468
doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.04.014
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