PBS's Eons Youtube Channel has great videos on this topic. Really, all their videos are amazing and very binge-able. Four that may be most relevant are:

The Last Time the Globe Warmed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldLBoErAhz4

When the Earth Was Purple: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIA-k_bBcL0

That Time it Rained for Two Million Years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1LdMWlNYS4

From the Cambrian Explosion to the Great Dying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDQa0okkpf0

The few things that we learn from paleontology is the Earth is Dynamic and that any one creature's life is fragile.