Permian-Triassic land-plant diversity in South China: Was there a mass extinction at the Permian/Triassic boundary?

Paleobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 157-167

  Xiong, Conghui ^a,b   Wang, Qi ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b Peking University   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOBOTANY; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHINA;

ANISIA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 78650883782     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/09029.1     Document Type: Article

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