Giant gar from directly above the Cretaceous–Palaeogene boundary suggests healthy freshwater ecosystems existed within thousands of years of the asteroid impact
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DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2022.0118
Abstract: The Cretaceous–Palaeogene (K–Pg) mass extinction was responsible for the destruction of global ecosystems and loss of approximately three-quarters of species diversity 66 million years ago. Large-bodied land vertebrates suffered high extinction rates, whereas small-bodied vertebrates… read more here.
Keywords: freshwater; asteroid impact; cretaceous palaeogene; freshwater ecosystems ... See more keywords