The geological persistence of biotic assemblages and their reorganization or destruction by
mass extinctions are key features of long-term macroevolutionary and macroecological …

Permian–Triassic rocks of the Transantarctic Basin provide an unparalleled record of high
latitude paleoenvironments and terrestrial vertebrate faunas. Here we summarize the …

Abstract Fossil discoveries from South Africa have greatly expanded knowledge of the
development of life on Earth. In particular, the enormous palaeontological wealth of the …

The main Karoo Basin of South Africa contains the most abundant, diverse, and time
expansive record of terrestrial vertebrates around the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic transition. This …

The sedimentology and taphonomy of in-situ fossils from earliest Triassic strata (Induan) in
the southern Karoo Basin of South Africa is presented as evidence for episodes of drought …

Abstract The Cynognathus Assemblage Zone is the youngest tetrapod biozone of the
Beaufort Group (Tarkastad Subgroup, Karoo Supergroup). It is situated between the …

Abstract The earliest Triassic (Induan) Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone has long been
recognised as a particularly significant biozone in palaeoecological and …

Cynodonts are an important component of Triassic tetrapod faunas and are frequently one of
the dominant groups. A summary of their record during the Triassic of Gondwana is …

The Clouston Farm locality, assigned to the Lo**ian Epoch and occurring within the
Normandien Formation of the northeastern Karoo Basin, provides evidence for a community …

The mass extinction that occurred at the end of the Permian Period approximately 251Mya is
widely accepted as the most devastating extinction event in Earth's history. An estimated 75 …