Terrestrial 'life oasis' from end-Permian mass extinction period discovered in China
A new study reveals that a region in China's Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or "life oasis," for terrestrial plants ...
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'Life oasis' provided refuge for plants during Earth's worst extinction event
A region in China’s Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium - or “life oasis”- for terrestrial plants during the end-Permian ...
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A Life Oasis Protected Plants During the Permian Mass Extinction Event
Learn more about the newly found fossils that show plant resilience during the “Great Dying.” ...
Chinese basin may have been a refuge during largest mass extinction. Do we need another?
Researchers say Turpan-Hami Basin in Xinjiang hosted diverse plant life throughout end-Permian mass extinction 252 million years ago.
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Earth's biggest extinction event didn't actually kill off everything, boffins discover
Some scientists have now branded the “Great Dying” as a “crisis on land, not an extinction” after new fossil discoveries led ...
The remote locale that shielded plants during Earth’s biggest mass extinction
About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin, life persisted and ...
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The Permian extinction—when life nearly came to an end
To understand this extinction, I wanted first to get a sense of its scale. That's difficult—sediments containing fossils from the end of the Permian are rare and often inaccessible. One site ...
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China discovers terrestrial "Life oasis" from end-Permian mass extinction period
A new study reveals that a region in China’s Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or “Life oasis” for terrestrial plants ...
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Scientists Discover a Lost World in China That Survived Earth’s Greatest Mass Extinction
Scientists have uncovered a hidden prehistoric ecosystem in China that defied Earth's deadliest mass extinction, revealing a ...