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Reptiles emerged from the Paleozoic as humble creatures, but over time they grew into one of the largest life forms ever seen, stomping, swimming and gliding across the planet. This age of reptiles was a spectacular prehistoric epic, and it all took place during a single era: the Mesozoic.
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The references:
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/28/lystrosaurus-the-most-humble-badass-of-the-triassic/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982213015182
https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms15596
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.12255/full
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-11538-w
http://www.pnas.org/content/113/18/5036
^ http://www.sci-news.com/geology/science-deccan-traps-volcanism-dinosaur-extinction-02345.html
https://eps.harvard.edu/files/eps/files/renne.kt_.science.2013.pdf
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article-abstract/14/10/868/203906/detritus-feeding-as-a-buffer-to-extinction-at-the?redirectedFromPDF
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