University of Michigan: Mammals on the Menu - Snake Dietary Diversity Exploded After Mass Extinction 66 Million Years Ago
October 15, 2021
October 15, 2021
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 15 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:
Modern snakes evolved from ancestors that lived side by side with the dinosaurs and that likely fed mainly on insects and lizards.
Then a miles-wide asteroid wiped out nearly all the dinosaurs and roughly three-quarters of the planet's plant and animal species 66 million years ago, setting the stage for the spectacular diversification of mammals and birds that fol . . .
Modern snakes evolved from ancestors that lived side by side with the dinosaurs and that likely fed mainly on insects and lizards.
Then a miles-wide asteroid wiped out nearly all the dinosaurs and roughly three-quarters of the planet's plant and animal species 66 million years ago, setting the stage for the spectacular diversification of mammals and birds that fol . . .