The Triassic-Jurassic mass extinction event occurred 205 million years ago.  During this extinction, 23% of all families, 48% of all genera went extinct and about half of the species of Earth were wiped out.  This event happened around the time period that the supercontinent Pangea began to break into continents.  Scientists believe that this extinction …

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