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Podcast: The Common Descent Podcast
Episode: Episode 95 – The Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse
Description: This episode marks the end of our extinction series, but on the bright side, Aly’s here!
Most of the extinction events we discuss are very animal-focused, but the end of the Carboniferous Period featured one of history’s worst plant extinctions. This event wiped out the famous ecosystems of the Carboniferous, reshuffled ecosystems, and ushered in a more familiar world of plants. In this episode, as usual, we discuss what happened, why, and how it impacted the world.
In the news: a croc-bitten sloth, a dinosaur embryo, dinosaur dimorphism, and ancient hibernation.
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