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Dozens of amphibians perished together on an ancient floodplain around 230 million years ago, according to a new study.

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Dozens of amphibians perished together on an ancient floodplain around 230 million years ago, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS One by Aaron M. Kufner of the ...

A skull of Buettnererpeton bakeri “sees” the light for the first time in 230 million years. This side of the specimen was uncovered in the fossil preparation lab at the University of Wisconsin Geology ...

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Credit: Dave Lovelace, CC-BY 4.0 Around 230 million years ago, at least 19 alligator-size amphibians expired together on an ancient floodplain in what is now Wyoming. The animals' fossilized ...