Permian Extinction - V2

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Artwork depicting Lystrosaurus seen against the backdrop of the Permian extinction or 'Great Dying'. This was the most devastating extinction in Earth's history, occurring 252 million years ago, wiping out 83 percent of genera worldwide, and was most likely caused by the emission of gasses by the eruption of the large igneous province called the Siberian Trapps over a period of tens of thousands of years. Lystrosaurus - which was one of the lucky few to have survived the extinction - is not a dinosaur, but lived much earlier, during the Late Permian and Early Triassic Periods, 255-250 million years ago. Species have been found in places as diverse as Antarctica, India, China, Mongolia and South Africa. Belonging to a group of animals called dicynodonts, Lystrosaurus had only two front tusk-like teeth, used for biting off tough vegetation. Depending on the species, the animal varied in length between 0.6 and 2.5 metres (2 to 8 ft).

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Title: Permian Extinction - V2

Date: 6 Apr 2022

Medium: Photoshop, Blender

Category: Paleo

Keywords: Adobe Photoshop, animal, Blender 3D, devastation, dicynodont, Early Triassic, eruption, extinct, fauna, Great Dying, herbivore, Late Permian, lava, Lystrosaurus, magma, mass extinction, paleoart, paleontology, Permian extinction, Siberian Trapps, volcano