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Extinction event that wiped out dinosaurs cleared way for frogs


July 3, 2017

Boophis marojezensis from Madagascar The mass extinction that obliterated three-fourths of life on Earth, including non-avian dinosaurs, set the stage for the swift rise of frogs, a new study shows. Brian Freiermuth Full Story

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Florida Museum of Natural History

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