Evolutionary dynamics of the Permian-Triassic foraminifer size: Evidence for Lilliput effect in the end-Permian mass extinction and its aftermath

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 308, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 98-110

  Song, Haijun ^a   Tong, Jinnan ^a   Chen, Z Q ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body size; Extinction; Foraminifer; Palaeoecology; Permian; Triassic

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ANOXIA; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL RECORD; GLOBAL WARMING; MASS EXTINCTION; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; OUTCROP; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PROTOZOAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

FORAMINIFERA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 79960360985     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.10.036     Document Type: Article

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