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A Lystrosaurus struggling to survive the biggest mass extinction

Lystrosaurus (shovel-nose lizard) - is an extinct genus of herbivorous dicynodont therapsids from the late Permian and Early Triassic epochs (around 250 million years ago). It lived in what is now Antarctica, India, China, Mongolia, European Russia and South Africa. Four to six species are currently recognized, although from the 1930s to 1970s the number of species was thought to be much higher. They ranged in size from that of a small dog to 8 feet (2.5 meters) long.

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In The Great Dying[]

Many Lystrosaurus were shown being killed in the eruption of the Siberian Traps, but the genus made it out okay, despite being herbivores. One of their predators, the Gorgonpsid went extinct in the extinction, causing the Lystrosaurus to recover. Their descendants survived until the Triassic extinction.

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