What happened to the world's forests between the Permian and the Triassic?
Question 2Answer
A.
There was no large diversity drop in plants, but angiosperms displaced Glossopteris-dominated forests
B.
Angiosperms probably first evolved although their oldest fossils are younger; meanwhile, gymnosperms such as Gnetales and conifers stopped evolving
C.
Ferns continued to dominate despite the Permo-Triassic mass extinction, but gymnosperms also became common
D.
There may have been no large extinction, but forests full of tree ferns, lycophytes, and Glossopteris gave way to conifer-dominated forests