The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Reef
This is episode 3 of our 6-part series, Eons: Life and Death on Pangea. You can watch the whole series right now on https://www.pbs.org/eons or if you prefer to watch on YouTube check back here weekly for new episodes!
Life in the Middle Permian Period flourished. Gigantic reef complexes stretched for hundreds of kilometers in what’s now the Texas desert, while strange mammal-relatives and huge reptiles thrived on land. But this epoch ends in a crushing extinction.
00:00 The Permian Reef
03:07 The Middle Permian
03:55 Fossils Below Our Feet
05:46 Helicoprion
08:53 Dinocephalians
14:46 Therocephalians
17:16 End-Capitanian Extinction
22:25 Earth's Mass Extinctions
25:06 Next Time
25:36 Credits
Eons is a production of Complexly for PBS Digital Studios.
Super special thanks to the following Patreon patrons for helping make Eons possible:
A.B. Heckert, Aaditya Mehta, Albert Folsom, Alex Hackman, Alli and Harry Meneses, AllPizzasArePersonal, anaïs wren, Annemiek Arkema, Betsy Radley, Brian Bertrand, Brian Clubb, Christopher Samuel, Collin Dutrow, Concavenator Amigo, Deanna Hernandez, Dennis Dawson, Duane Westhoff, Eric Edwards, Eric Franklin, Eric Younge, Gizmo, HannahCQ, Heathe Kyle Yeakley, Hillary Ryde-Collins, Irene Wood, Jason Rostoker, Jeff Graham, Jennifer Courtemanche, John Celio, Karen Farrell, Kerry Conneely, Kevin Lacson, Lea Nisay, Lianne Lairmore, Lycoperdon perlatum, Mary Sammartino, Mary Tevington, Melodie Chen-Glasser, Nathan Paskett, Nick A, Nick Ryhajlo, Nomi Alchin, Nquiztor, Rachel Godwin, raus, Roatana, Ruth Orr, Sara Lance, Sarah Ellis, Sarah Grunow-Mau, SKS PHD, Stephanie Schlea, Stephen A Muth III, Steve Hill, Steven Kern, Steven S Thompson, Susan Freund, tara thara, TranquiliT, Walter Ray-Dulany, William Sunderland, Willie, Yu Mei, Zach L
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Life in the Middle Permian Period flourished. Gigantic reef complexes stretched for hundreds of kilometers in what’s now the Texas desert, while strange mammal-relatives and huge reptiles thrived on land. But this epoch ends in a crushing extinction.
00:00 The Permian Reef
03:07 The Middle Permian
03:55 Fossils Below Our Feet
05:46 Helicoprion
08:53 Dinocephalians
14:46 Therocephalians
17:16 End-Capitanian Extinction
22:25 Earth's Mass Extinctions
25:06 Next Time
25:36 Credits
Eons is a production of Complexly for PBS Digital Studios.
Super special thanks to the following Patreon patrons for helping make Eons possible:
A.B. Heckert, Aaditya Mehta, Albert Folsom, Alex Hackman, Alli and Harry Meneses, AllPizzasArePersonal, anaïs wren, Annemiek Arkema, Betsy Radley, Brian Bertrand, Brian Clubb, Christopher Samuel, Collin Dutrow, Concavenator Amigo, Deanna Hernandez, Dennis Dawson, Duane Westhoff, Eric Edwards, Eric Franklin, Eric Younge, Gizmo, HannahCQ, Heathe Kyle Yeakley, Hillary Ryde-Collins, Irene Wood, Jason Rostoker, Jeff Graham, Jennifer Courtemanche, John Celio, Karen Farrell, Kerry Conneely, Kevin Lacson, Lea Nisay, Lianne Lairmore, Lycoperdon perlatum, Mary Sammartino, Mary Tevington, Melodie Chen-Glasser, Nathan Paskett, Nick A, Nick Ryhajlo, Nomi Alchin, Nquiztor, Rachel Godwin, raus, Roatana, Ruth Orr, Sara Lance, Sarah Ellis, Sarah Grunow-Mau, SKS PHD, Stephanie Schlea, Stephen A Muth III, Steve Hill, Steven Kern, Steven S Thompson, Susan Freund, tara thara, TranquiliT, Walter Ray-Dulany, William Sunderland, Willie, Yu Mei, Zach L
If you'd like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards!
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PBS Eons
Join hosts Hank Green, Kallie Moore, and Blake de Pastino as they take you on a journey through the history of life on Earth. From the dawn of life in the Archaean Eon through the Mesozoic Era — the so-called “Age of Dinosaurs” -- right up to the end of t...