Comments on: Earth’s Worst Mass Extinction Allowed Dino Ancestors to Emerge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/06/earths-worst-mass-extinction-allowed-dino-ancestors-to-emerge/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Tue, 22 May 2012 14:26:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: fatkid http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/06/earths-worst-mass-extinction-allowed-dino-ancestors-to-emerge/comment-page-1/#comment-334413 fatkid Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:54:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=21058#comment-334413 With vast tracts of land left denuded of animals, mega fauna could make a comeback! Only now it could be 3 ton Sparrows, and the giant Skunk. With vast tracts of land left denuded of animals, mega fauna could make a comeback! Only now it could be 3 ton Sparrows, and the giant Skunk.

]]> By: megan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/06/earths-worst-mass-extinction-allowed-dino-ancestors-to-emerge/comment-page-1/#comment-332359 megan Thu, 07 Oct 2010 06:20:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=21058#comment-332359 >>So since humans are causing a big mass extinction event and the CO2 will make it much hotter, perhaps the dinos will reign again!<< You mean the specialized ones called BIRDS? I'd think rodents and small reptiles would fill in the lost taxa environmental niches faster. >>So since humans are causing a big mass extinction event and the CO2 will make it much hotter, perhaps the dinos will reign again!<<

You mean the specialized ones called BIRDS? I’d think rodents and small reptiles would fill in the lost taxa environmental niches faster.

]]> By: Chris http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/06/earths-worst-mass-extinction-allowed-dino-ancestors-to-emerge/comment-page-1/#comment-331092 Chris Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:26:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=21058#comment-331092 So since humans are causing a big mass extinction event and the CO2 will make it much hotter, perhaps the dinos will reign again! So since humans are causing a big mass extinction event and the CO2 will make it much hotter, perhaps the dinos will reign again!

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