Pioneering research sheds new light on what shaped extinction pattern of prehistoric marine life – and size clearly mattered (IMAGE)

University of Bristol

Pioneering research sheds new light on what shaped extinction pattern of prehistoric marine life – and size clearly mattered

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Image shows microscopic marine plankton, which are larger in size and went extinct.

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Brian Huber Smithsonian

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