Exceptional vertebrate biotas from the Triassic of China, and the expansion of marine ecosystems after the Permo-Triassic mass extinction

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 125, Issue , 2013, Pages 199-243

  Benton, Michael J ^a   Zhang, Qiyue ^b   Hu, Shixue ^b   Chen, Zhong Qiang ^c   Wen, Wen ^b   Liu, Jun ^b   Huang, Jinyuan ^b   Zhou, Changyong ^b   Xie, Tao ^b   Tong, Jinnan ^c   Choo, Brian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Fish; Macroevolution; Permo Triassic mass extinction; Recovery; Reptile; Triassic

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOTA; CONODONT; FAUNA; FISH; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRIASSIC; VERTEBRATE;

CHINA;

ANISIA; BIVALVIA; PELMATOZOA; PISCES; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84884301741     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.05.014     Document Type: Review

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