Shell life species not competitors as they adjusted to Earth ’ s largest extinction

One of the biggest crises in Earth history was marked by a revolution in the shellfish – brachiopods, sometimes called ‘ lamp shells ’ were replaced everywhere ecologically by the bivalves, such as oysters and clams. This happened as a result of the devastating end-Permian mass extinction which reset the evolution of life 250 million years ago.
Source: University of Bristol news - Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Research; Faculty of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, School of Biological Sciences; Press Release Source Type: news