After the Extinction of the Dinosaurs Came the Rise of Frogs (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

After the Extinction of the Dinosaurs Came the Rise of Frogs

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A new frog tree of life shows the three main clades of modern frogs -- 88 percent of living species -- arose simultaneously on the heels of the mass extinction that wiped out non-avian dinosaurs.

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Brian Freiermuth

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