The base of the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone, Karoo Basin, predates the end-Permian marine extinction

Robert A. Gastaldo; Sandra L. Kamo; Johann Neveling; John W. Geissman; Cindy V. Looy; Anna M. Martini

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15243-7

Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

The base of the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone, Karoo Basin, predates the end-Permian marine extinction

Robert A. Gastaldo,
Sandra L. Kamo,
Johann Neveling,
John W. Geissman,
Cindy V. Looy,
Anna M. Martini

Affiliations

Robert A. Gastaldo: Department of Geology, Colby College
Sandra L. Kamo: Department of Earth Sciences, Jack Satterly Geochronology Laboratory, University of Toronto, Toronto
Johann Neveling: Council for Geosciences, Private Bag x112, Silverton
John W. Geissman: Department of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Dallas
Cindy V. Looy: Department of Integrative Biology, Museum of Paleontology, University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California–Berkeley
Anna M. Martini: Department of Geology, Amherst College

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15243-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The end-Permian is associated with major changes in both marine and terrestrial biodiversity. Here, Gastaldo et al. present high resolution dating of the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone in the Karoo Basin, South Africa, demonstrating that the marine crisis did not mirror a coeval event on land.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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