When Giant Amphibians Reigned

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9th October 2018 10 mins Season 2 Episode 36

Temnospondyls were a huge group of amphibians that existed for 210 million years. And calling them ‘diverse’ would be putting it mildly. Yet in the end, two major threats would push them to extinction: the always-changing climate and the amniote egg.

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