Size variation of conodont elements of the Hindeodus-Isarcicella clade during the Permian-Triassic transition in South China and its implication for mass extinction

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 264, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 176-187

  Luo, Genming ^a   Lai, Xulong ^a   Shi, G R ^b   Jiang, Haishui ^a   Yin, Hongfu ^a   Xie, Shucheng ^a   Tong, Jinnan ^a   Zhang, Kexin ^a   He, Weihong ^a   Wignall, Paul B ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conodont; Hindeodus Isarcicella; Multi episode mass extinction; Permian Triassic transition; Size reduction; South China

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CLADISTICS; CONODONT; MASS EXTINCTION; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU; MEISHAN; SHANGSI; ZHEJIANG;

BRACHIOPODA; HINDEODUS; ISARCICELLA;

EID: 45049085782     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.04.015     Document Type: Article

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