A Mesozoic fossil lagerstätte from 250.8 million years ago shows a modern-type marine ecosystem

X Dai, JHFL Davies, Z Yuan, A Brayard, M Ovtcharova… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Finely preserved fossil assemblages (lagerstätten) provide crucial insights into evolutionary
innovations in deep time. We report an exceptionally preserved Early Triassic fossil …

A review of carbon isotope excursions, redox changes and marine red beds of the Early Triassic with insights from the Qinling Sea, northwest China

H Li, PB Wignall, H Jiang, M Zhang, X Wu, X Lai - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Early Triassic was an interval characterized by frequent, large global carbon
isotope excursions (CIEs), multiple and widespread anoxic phases, and generally high but …

Thalattosauria in time and space: A review of thalattosaur spatiotemporal occurrences, presumed evolutionary relationships and current ecological hypotheses

D Bastiaans - Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 2024 - Springer
In the wake of the greatest mass extinction in Earth's history, the End-Permian Mass
Extinction, the Triassic was a time of recovery and innovation. Aided by warm climatic …

Palaeoenvironmental variability and carbon cycle perturbations during the Smithian-Spathian (Early Triassic) in Central Spitsbergen

FR Blattmann, E Schneebeli-Hermann, T Adatte… - Lethaia, 2024 - idunn.no
The Early Triassic Smithian and Spathian time intervals are characterized by perturbations
in the global carbon cycle, fluctuations in sea surface temperature, high turnover rates of …

A Unitary Association-based conodont biozonation of the Smithian–Spathian boundary (Early Triassic) and associated biotic crisis from South China

M Leu, H Bucher, T Vennemann, B Bagherpour… - Swiss Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Smithian–Spathian boundary (SSB) crisis played a prominent role in resetting
the evolution and diversity of the nekton (ammonoids and conodonts) during the Early …

Spatiotemporal dynamics of nektonic biodiversity and vegetation shifts during the Smithian–Spathian transition: conodont and palynomorph insights from Svalbard

M Leu, E Schneebeli-Hermann, Ø Hammer… - Lethaia, 2024 - idunn.no
The Smithian–Spathian transition (~ 249.2 Ma) is marked by profound environmental
changes, carbon cycle perturbations, and the stepwise loss of nektonic biodiversity …

Timing and provenance of volcanic fluxes around the Permian‐Triassic boundary mass extinction in South China: U‐Pb zircon geochronology, volcanic ash …

O Edward, AN Paul, H Bucher, C Vérard… - Geochemistry …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Anomalous mercury (Hg) contents recorded near the Permian‐Triassic boundary (PTB) are
often linked to Siberian Traps Large Igneous Province (STLIP) volcanism and the Permian …

Heterogeneous selectivity and morphological evolution of marine clades during the Permian–Triassic mass extinction

X Liu, H Song, D Chu, X Dai, F Wang… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Morphological disparity and taxonomic diversity are distinct measures of biodiversity,
typically expected to evolve synergistically. However, evidence from mass extinctions …

Frequent high-temperature volcanic combustion events delayed biotic recovery after the end-Permian mass extinction

R Saito, K Kaiho, L Tian, S Takahashi - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Early Triassic after the end-Permian mass extinction was a time of repeated
environmental degradation, which delayed biotic recovery. Although repeated volcanic …

A massive magmatic degassing event drove the Late Smithian Thermal Maximum and Smithian–Spathian boundary mass extinction

Y Du, H Song, TJ Algeo, H Song, L Tian, D Chu… - Global and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
The role of volcanism as a driver of climate change remains widely debated. Following the
end-Permian mass extinction, the protracted Early Triassic recovery interval was …