Some early plants may not have been extinct because rock formations from the onset of mass extinction of the endopermian showed a decrease in pollen and spores as well as a decrease in plant species. Other species were rare as they were less conserved than others. The team did not automatically assume the rarity of plants that were not fossilized.
There were plant species that became victims of great deaths, but analysis of spores and pollen-mediated species told the team that only about 21% of them succumbed to extinction.
Life can’t be held back
Fossils also revealed the presence of plant species known to grow near lakes. This means the environment most likely to provide drinking water to animals living on the land. From what once on the shores of ancient lakes and the edges of lake plains, fossilized spores suggest that they were surrounded by gymnasium forest forests, including conifers, ginkgo biloba and ferns.
Researchers have discovered so many spores from plant species known to grow in humid climates, and believe that pre-extinction regions are humid, subhumid and rainy. It was a lush environment that saw a dry period during the mass extinction event, but not completely devastated.
Despite the disappearance of several species of plants, those found to survive after extinction most belonged to conifers and pteridosperms (current plant plants similar to ferns). study.
The drought turned out to be temporary. The young rock formations were found to be rich in pollen and spores from species grown during the extinction event. The plant species represented suggests a potentially returning and more habitable climate.
Fossils of animals found on the site support their role as a heaven in life. From herbivorous lystrosaurus (Not a dinosaur), looked like a walrus with legs and shovel face, carnivorous Years It resembles a giant lizard, feeding insects and small amphibians, and now Shinjiang continues his life.
Both Flora and Fauna will soon spread again into the terrestrial environment. Life on the land flourished just 75,000 years after the mass extinction of Permians, so life really found its way.
Advances in Science, 2025. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ads5614
