Triassic Period ended with a ‘lost’ mass extinction
Dec 29, 2020
2 minutes
Words by Brandon Specktor
Before the dawn of the age of dinosaurs, a heavy rain descended upon the supercontinent Pangaea, and it kept raining for more than a million years. This epic rainy spell, known now as the Carnian Pluvial Episode (CPE), occurred roughly 233 million years ago and was a
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