As other species disappeared during Earth’s most extreme known extinction event 252 million years ago, one species of saber-toothed apex predator went on an epic journey, recent research suggests.
, a tiger-sized mammal thought to have elephant-like skin, in South Africa. The only previous such fossil find was in Russia, suggesting that the animals migrated across what was then the supercontinent Pangaea in search of more livable habitat.
They had good reason. The fossils date from the late Permian period, an era of mass extinction so extreme that it is known as the “Great Dying.” During the extinction, 9 out of 10 species is thought to have died.The event, triggered by climate change and fueled by volcanic eruptions, would have made it difficult for large predators such asto find food. As a result, researchers write, the species probably migrated to a place where there was “an open niche for a top predator.
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