These links have photos of Coracias garrulus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:European_roller.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eurasian_Roller.jpg...
  This link has an illustration and a fossil photo of Trachytherus. Clicking on the images will enlarge them. There is also a Mesotherium illustration. It...
  Bruce S. Rubidge, Douglas H. Erwin, Jahandar Ramezani, Samuel A. Bowring, and William J. de Klerk wrote an article titled High-precision temporal...
  You're welcome, Tom. The authors have brought up an important issue. Although it has been thought that volcanic eruptions were the culprits in the end...
Although we know there were volcanic eruptions during that period, I think there is sufficient evidence of more than one culprit in the cause of the Permian...
  Those are excellent points that you stated. The end Permian extinction event was most destructive catastrophe known to have ever occurred on this planet....
  I hadn't seen it. Thanks for posting the link to the article. It is indeed fascinating. I'm curious about the life forms that inhabited the sunken...
Thanks Neal, if I remember right I had one of these Titanoids in "Three Go Back". That's a great website, wish I could set the background on my Blog like this...
   You're welcome, Tom. There is a Titanoid in your novel Three Go Back. Those pantodont mammals are interesting. Due to their large body size, strong...
  This link has photos of Hermodice carunculata. http://www.fotokritik.com/arama/hermodice%20carunculata   Hermodice carunculata is a living relative...
There evidence for an asteroid impact at the end of the Permian is equivocal at best. Benton favored vulcanism but I think it was symptomatic of the problem,...
Sure, a long drawn out extinction event would rule out an asteroid as the principal agency and also a massive volcanic episode of short duration. I doubt the...
  It was indeed a nightmare; the amphibians that survived were fortunate enough to live in the few areas where moisture was available. Many genera and...
That's a nice write up, Neal. Scientists will continue arguing over the exact cause of the event, but I believe something extraordinary occurred to start the...
   Thanks, Tom. I agree; John's time machine would definitely come in handy. Life forms in some of the inland seas may have died out even before they dried...
  This link has a photo of Grylloblatta campodeiformis. http://bugguide.net/node/view/371062/bgimage   Grylloblatta campodeiformis is a living relative...
     Chauliodites was a genus of insects that lived during the Permian and Triassic. The systematic paleontology of Chauliodites is: Arthropoda...
  In doing the research for the messages that I posted, I came to some conclusions about insects of the Grylloblatodea suborder. As I mentioned in the post...
Good points. We have extreme weather and temperatures now. While in North Dakota, we often saw temperatures drop to 45 degrees below zero. North Dakota is not...
  Thanks, Tom. You also stated some good points about the survivability of creatures. A key point in relation to this is the importance of studying biology...
  This link has an illustration of Athenaegis chattertoni. http://avancna.deviantart.com/art/Athenaegis-chattertoni-33468651      Fossil photos of...
