[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  James Harris [@WormsofWrath](/creator/twitter/WormsofWrath) on x 1116 followers Created: 2025-07-18 06:52:04 UTC The spike beginning XXX Ma has it's own story. Got to consider oxygen levels. The Age of Salamanders/Age of Giant Insects (The Permian) was >25% oxygen suppressing plants, along with low CO2 suppressing plants. Suppressed plants = suppressed animals. When oxygen dropped the larger skin-breathers (arthropods, salamanders, griffinflies) did not survive. Fungi and moss ceased to dominate the landscape. Plants and animals flourished instead. I think it misleading to call that an extinction, as there was more life after than before and smaller versions of everything basically survived. I'd call it a takeover instead.  [Post Link](https://x.com/WormsofWrath/status/1946100642726203818)
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James Harris @WormsofWrath on x 1116 followers
Created: 2025-07-18 06:52:04 UTC
The spike beginning XXX Ma has it's own story. Got to consider oxygen levels. The Age of Salamanders/Age of Giant Insects (The Permian) was >25% oxygen suppressing plants, along with low CO2 suppressing plants. Suppressed plants = suppressed animals.
When oxygen dropped the larger skin-breathers (arthropods, salamanders, griffinflies) did not survive. Fungi and moss ceased to dominate the landscape.
Plants and animals flourished instead. I think it misleading to call that an extinction, as there was more life after than before and smaller versions of everything basically survived. I'd call it a takeover instead.
