Quantifying the process and abruptness of the end-Permian mass extinction

• Published in: Paleobiology Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 113 - 129
• Main Authors: Wang, Yue, Sadler, Peter M, Shen, Shu-zhong, Erwin, Douglas H, Zhang, Yi-chun, Wang, Xiang-dong, Wang, Wei, Crowley, James L, Henderson, Charles M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA The Paleontological Society 01.01.2014; Cambridge University Press; Paleontological Society
• Subjects: Asia; Biodiversity; China; Chordata; Endangered & extinct species; Extinction; Far East; faunal studies; floral studies; Fossils; Gondwana; Indian Peninsula; Invertebrata; Living conditions; Lower Triassic; Mass extinctions; Mesozoic; Pakistan; paleoecology; Paleontology; Paleozoic; Permian; Permian-Triassic boundary; Plantae; s; sampling; Signor-Lipps effect; southern China; Species diversity; Species extinction; Statistical analysis; stratigraphic boundary; Studies; Triassic; Upper Permian; Vertebrata

Studies of the end-Permian mass extinction have suggested a variety of patterns from a single catastrophic event to multiple phases. But most of these analyses have been based on fossil distributions from single localities. Although single sections may simplify the interpretation of species diversit...