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Fresh fossil finds in Africa shed light on the era before Earth's largest mass extinction

University of Washington

Aug 11, 2025

An artistic rendering of an evening approximately 252 million years ago during the late Permian in the Luangwa Basin of Zambia. The scene includes several saber-toothed gorgonopsia…

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Fresh fossil finds in Africa shed light on the era before Earth's largest mass extinction

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