A globally distributed durophagous marine reptile clade supports the rapid recovery of pelagic ecosystems after the Permo-Triassic mass extinction

Yu Qiao; Jun Liu; Andrzej S. Wolniewicz; Masaya Iijima; Yuefeng Shen; Tanja Wintrich; Qiang Li; P. Martin Sander

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-04162-6

Communications Biology (Nov 2022)

A globally distributed durophagous marine reptile clade supports the rapid recovery of pelagic ecosystems after the Permo-Triassic mass extinction

Yu Qiao,
Jun Liu,
Andrzej S. Wolniewicz,
Masaya Iijima,
Yuefeng Shen,
Tanja Wintrich,
Qiang Li,
P. Martin Sander

Affiliations

Yu Qiao: School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, 193 Tunxi Road
Jun Liu: School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, 193 Tunxi Road
Andrzej S. Wolniewicz: School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, 193 Tunxi Road
Masaya Iijima: School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, 193 Tunxi Road
Yuefeng Shen: School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, 193 Tunxi Road
Tanja Wintrich: Section Paleontology, Institute of Geosciences, University of Bonn, Nussallee 8
Qiang Li: School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, 193 Tunxi Road
P. Martin Sander: School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, 193 Tunxi Road

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04162-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Further evidence for an explosive marine reptile diversification event in the Early Triassic is presented via morphological analysis of a new Sclerocormus specimen.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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