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Line 10: − ;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permian_extinction Permian extinction in OTL] − ;[http://www.peabody.yale.edu/explore/aor/reptiles_04.html One artist's conception of Permian scenery]+ − ;[http://universe-review.ca/I10-32-Permian.jpg Another artist's idea] − ;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permian The OTL Permian period according to Wikipedia] − ;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permian_tetrapods Animals that might have evolved into ATL "people" or been used for food or as beasts-of-burden] − − Large animals included [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgonopsia gorgonopsians] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicynodont dicynodonts], including the major large animal that survived the OTL extinction, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lystrosaurus lystrosaurs]. − − Seafood included (possibly) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollusk mollusks], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachiopod brachiopods], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonite ammonites], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilobite trilobites], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalopod cephalopods], and various other critters. − − Vegetation included (in what is now South China in OTL) swampy plants such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidodendron lepidodendron trees] that lived in swamp forests and (elsewhere) plenty of conifers, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo ginkgo trees], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycad cycads] (cycads probably occurring in tropical and other warm areas, which may have been practically everywhere in the warmer parts of the extinction period). − − − ==Map== − [[Image:Permian world map (Permian Extinction-Civilization).jpg|thumb|right|350px|The map.]] − [[:Image:Permian world map (Permian Extinction-Civilization).jpg|World map (yeah, rudimentary, but I'll work at it)]]
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, 21:17, March 26, 2007major edit, to relieve some of the bizareness in the text, and to restore appropriate perspective.
== Resources ==
== Resources ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permian-Triassic_extinction_event]