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Cretaceous extinction
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How Ancient Crocs Survived Two Apocalypses
While modern crocodilians are impressive survivors, their ancestors—from armored plant-eaters to swift two-legged hunters—used entirely different strategies to survive ancient apocalypses and conquer the world.
Ancient fossils show how the last mass extinction forever scrambled the ocean’s biodiversity
Even bivalves looked different during the time of the dinosaurs, as these fossils of an ultra-fortified oyster, left,…