Slower evolution and climate change drove ichthyosaurs to extinction

Tuesday, March 8, 2016 - 11:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Ichthyosaurs - shark-like marine reptiles from the time of dinosaurs - were driven to extinction by intense climate change and their own failure to evolve quickly enough, according to new research by an international team of scientists.

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