Abrupt and gradual extinction among late permian land vertebrates in the Karoo basin, South Africa

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5710, 2005, Pages 709-714

  Ward, Peter D ^a   Botha, Jennifer ^b   Buick, Roger ^a   De Kock, Michiel O ^d   Erwin, Douglas H ^e   Garrison, Geoffrey H ^a   Kirschvink, Joseph L ^c   Smith, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^e SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATCHMENTS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; ISOTOPES; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBON ISOTOPES; EXTINCTION; LATE PERMIAN LAND VERTEBRATES; VERTEBRATE FOSSILS;

BIODIVERSITY;

CARBON;

EXTINCTION; FOSSIL; PERMIAN; VERTEBRATE;

ARTICLE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BOUNDARY LAYER; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL; PALEONTOLOGY; PERMIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STRATIGRAPHY; TRIASSIC;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MAGNETICS; PLANTS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME; VERTEBRATES;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KAROO BASIN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 13244252214     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1107068     Document Type: Article

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