Mass extinction 233m years ago caused by volcanic eruptions left dinosaurs to rule the world, experts claim – Brinkwire

A MASS extinction event 233million years ago left dinosaurs to rule the world, experts believe.
The devastation caused by a series of huge volcanic eruptions led to global warming and wet, humid weather lasting one million years.
And dinosaurs, then quite rare, went on to thrive, researchers think.
The Carnian Pluvial Episode is one of six mass extinctions another of which later wiped out the dinosaurs to be identified by researchers.
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