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[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It means our knowledge of their ancestry cuts off at that point. Anything else is speculation without additional information.

[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That is exactly what the comic says but its not true, fossil records for ferns go back to the devonian several 100 million years before the Cretaceous

https://www.ontariobeneathourfeet.com/dinosaur-salad-ancient-extant-ferns

https://www.amerfernsoc.org/about-ferns

[–] turtlesareneat@piefed.ca 11 points 2 months ago

That's why he's so cranky in frame 4, he's realizing his piece of shit brain lied to him again.