Mass Extinctions Don't Favor Large Vertebrates (2 of 2) (VIDEO)

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Lauren Sallan describes her research on body-size trends in fishes before and after the Hangenberg event, a mass extinction that occurred 359 million years ago.

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[University of Pennsylvania]

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