Rapid turnover of top predators in African terrestrial faunas around the Permian-Triassic mass extinction

CF Kammerer, PA Viglietti, E Butler, J Botha - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Catastrophic ecosystem disruption in the late Permian period resulted in the greatest loss of
biodiversity in Earth's history, the Permian-Triassic mass extinction (PTME). 1 The dominant …

Early Triassic terrestrial tetrapod fauna: a review

M Romano, M Bernardi, FM Petti, B Rubidge… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Permian-Triassic mass extinction (PTME, ca. 252 Mya) was one of the most
severe biotic crises of the Phanerozoic, eliminating> 90% of marine and terrestrial species …

[HTML][HTML] Late Permian (Lopingian) terrestrial ecosystems: a global comparison with new data from the low-latitude Bletterbach Biota

M Bernardi, FM Petti, E Kustatscher, M Franz… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
The late Palaeozoic is a pivotal period for the evolution of terrestrial ecosystems.
Generalised warming and aridification trends resulted in profound floral and faunal turnover …

Progress, problems and prospects: An overview of the Guadalupian Series of South China and North America

S Shen, D Yuan, CM Henderson, Q Wu, Y Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Guadalupian Epoch is marked by the formation of the Pangean supercontinent,
global sea-level change, rifting and drifting of the Cimmerian continents, formation of large …

[PDF][PDF] The sauropodomorph biostratigraphy of the Elliot Formation of southern Africa: Tracking the evolution of Sauropodomorpha across the Triassic–Jurassic …

BW McPhee, EM Bordy, L Sciscio… - Acta Palaeontologica …, 2017 - bibliotekanauki.pl
The latest Triassic is notable for coinciding with the dramatic decline of many previously
dominant groups, followed by the rapid radiation of Dinosauria in the Early Jurassic. Among …

Biostratigraphy of the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone (Beaufort Group, Karoo Supergroup), South Africa

PJ Hancox, J Neveling, BS Rubidge - South African Journal of …, 2020 - journals.co.za
Abstract The Cynognathus Assemblage Zone is the youngest tetrapod biozone of the
Beaufort Group (Tarkastad Subgroup, Karoo Supergroup). It is situated between the …

Biostratigraphy of the Massospondylus Assemblage Zone (Stormberg Group, Karoo Supergroup), South Africa

PA Viglietti, BW McPhee, EM Bordy… - South African Journal …, 2020 - journals.co.za
Abstract The Massospondylus Assemblage Zone is the youngest tetrapod biozone in the
Karoo Basin (upper Stormberg Group, Karoo Supergroup) and records one of the oldest …

Permian-Triassic vertebrate footprints from South Africa: Ichnotaxonomy, producers and biostratigraphy through two major faunal crises

L Marchetti, H Klein, M Buchwitz, A Ronchi… - Gondwana …, 2019 - Elsevier
The fossil record of mid to late Permian terrestrial vertebrates in the South African Karoo
Basin is regarded as the most abundant and diverse in the world. Despite the extensive …

The cranial morphology, phylogenetic position and biogeography of the upper Permian dicynodont Compsodon helmoedi van Hoepen (Therapsida, Anomodontia)

KD Angielczyk, CF Kammerer - Papers in Palaeontology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Compsodon helmoedi is an obscure dicynodont originally described based on a single
specimen from the upper Permian of the Karoo Basin. The discovery of three new …

Ecological persistence, incumbency and reorganization in the Karoo Basin during the Permian-Triassic transition

PD Roopnarine, KD Angielczyk, A Weik… - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
The geological persistence of biotic assemblages and their reorganization or destruction by
mass extinctions are key features of long-term macroevolutionary and macroecological …