Permian-Triassic Extinctions and Rediversifications

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Abstract

Ammonoids were a major component of Permian marine faunas, but were on the verge of extinction during the Permian-Triassic crisis ~ 252 myr ago. Despite the severity of this extinction, their recovery was explosive in less than 1.5 myr. By Smithian time, they had already reached levels of taxonomic richness much higher than those of the Permian. The causes for the rapid Early Triassic diversification and proliferation of these organisms still remain elusive, but the evolution of their spatio-temporal diversity and disparity patterns closely correlates with the numerous environmental changes recorded during this time interval.

Keywords

Ammonoids Permian-Triassic mass extinction Recovery 
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Acknowledgments

We thank D. Korn, J. Jenks and K. Bylund for their constructive comments and suggestions. The CNRS INSU Interrvie supported A.B. for his study. This is also a contribution to the ANR project AFTER (ANR-13-JS06-0001). H.B. acknowledges the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation (project 200021_135446).

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.UMR CNRS 6282 BiogéosciencesUniversité de BourgogneDijonFrance
  2. 2.Paläontologisches Institut und MuseumUniversität ZürichZürichSwitzerland

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