Mass origination versus mass extinction: The biological contribution to the Pliensbachian-Toarcian extinction event

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-60

  Aberhan, M ^a   Fursich F T ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communities; Evolution; Jurassic; Mass extinctions; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; MASS EXTINCTION; PLIENSBACHIAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOARCIAN;

ANDEAN BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0006292462     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.157.1.55     Document Type: Article

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