
Destruction of ancient forests are part of the mass extinction that struck the earth millions of years ago. When the earth has a single continent called Pangea.
Scientists believe that the Permian mass extinction was caused by the eruption of volcanoes in the area now known as Siberia. From the area, gas and ash is released into the atmosphere, causing global climate change.
Other organisms recorded 95 percent and 70 percent of terrestrial organisms to extinction. But there are other factors that accelerate the Permian extinction.
A study of the Permian layers show vegetation types of conifers are the dominant vegetation in the forest at that time. In the same vein, scientists also found fossils of micro-shaped ribbons in abundance. The fossils were supposedly shaped fungus Rhizoctonia ribbon on his rest period. In the active period, the mushroom-shaped umbrella and attacking plants.

Post-extinction, conifer in semi-arid regions in the equatorial continent of Pangea was replaced by moss species likopoda more than 1 meter tall and fern seeds. Conifers have to wait 4-5 million years later to recover the vegetation. *** [PHYSORG | ANTON WILLIAM | TEMPO 3615]