A new trace-fossil assemblage from the Lower Triassic of Western Australia

The catastrophic event occurring at the end of the Palaeozoic Era destroyed a vast majority of animal species, both terrestrially and in the oceans. There is growing evidence that paleoecologic approaches are powerful in studying biotic mass extinctions and their subsequent recovery. In particular,...

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Published inJournal of earth science (Wuhan, China) Vol. 21; no. Suppl 1; pp. 115 - 117
Main Authors Bolton, Cynthja, Chen, Z. Q., Fraiser, Margaret L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences 01.06.2010
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Animal species
Biogeosciences
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth science
Earth Sciences
Extinction
Fossils
Geochemistry
Geology
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Mass extinctions
Oceans
Paleoclimate science
Paleoecology
Paleozoic
Trace fossils
Triassic
Triassic Boundary
Mass Extinction
Gondwanaland
Lower Triassic
Trace Fossil
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Summary:The catastrophic event occurring at the end of the Palaeozoic Era destroyed a vast majority of animal species, both terrestrially and in the oceans. There is growing evidence that paleoecologic approaches are powerful in studying biotic mass extinctions and their subsequent recovery. In particular, trace fossil assemblages are crucial to revealing the timing and pattern of ecologic recovery after the greatest death of earth life.
ISSN:1674-487X
1867-111X
DOI:10.1007/s12583-010-0184-z