Pattern of vertebrate extinctions across an event bed at the Permian-Triassic boundary in the Karoo Basin of South Africa

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1147-1150

  Smith R M H , Ward P D ^a  

^a IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Karoo Basin; Permian Triassic extinction; Therapsids; Vertebrate extinction patterns

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTIONS;

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; ROCKS; SEDIMENTATION;

GEOLOGY;

MASS EXTINCTION; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; VERTEBRATE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84874975791     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<1147:POVEAA>2.0.CO     Document Type: Article

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