The end-Permian extinction decimated marine life on an unprecedented scale. However, an analysis of the lifestyles of the surviving genera shows that very little functional diversity was lost at the sea floor.
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Aberhan, M. Ecological diversity maintained. Nature Geosci 7, 171–172 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2085
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