The fossils were thought to be nummulites, but afterwards they were shown to be crinoid ossicles of uncertain age. Fifty years later, E. J. Garwood found that the high range bordering Sikkim to ...

Learn more about the newly found fossils that show plant resilience during the “Great Dying.” ...

A new study reveals how ancient plant ecosystems recovered from the End-Permian mass extinction, Earth’s most catastrophic ...

A new study reveals that a region in China's Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or "life oasis," for terrestrial plants ...

Tetrapod skeletal fossils preserved in the South Taodonggou Section in Xinjiang, China date to approximately 150,000 years before the end-Permian mass extinction ...

The fossils showed a notable reduction in organism size compared to before the end-Permian extinction—a common indicator of extreme environmental stress. However, fossils from the Spathian stage ...

That's difficult—sediments containing fossils from the end of the Permian are rare and often inaccessible. One site that preserves the extinction's victims lies about a half day's drive inland ...

The fossils showed a notable reduction in organism size compared to before the end-Permian extinction – a common indicator of extreme environmental stress. However, fossils from the Spathian ...

Learn why the temnospondyls’ inability to evolve eventually did them in when mammals and dinosaurs appeared on the scene.

The mass extinction that ended the Permian geological epoch, 252 million years ago, wiped out most animals living on Earth. Huge volcanoes erupted ...