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When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time
When Life Nearly Died The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time
Author: M. J. Benton, Michael J. Benton, Michael Benton
Today it is common knowledge that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a meteorite impact 65 million years ago that killed half of all species then living. Far less well-known is a much greater catastrophe that took place at the end of the Permian period 251 million years ago: 90 percent of life was destroyed, including saber-toothed reptiles and the...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780500051160
ISBN-10: 050005116X
Publication Date: 5/2003
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Thames Hudson
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Reads almost like a mystery novel. Has great new ideas on the causes of the Permian/Triassic extinction when 90% of life disappeared from the planet. The biggest extinction of all. If your into Paleontology this book is for you.


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