Triassic revolution

MJ Benton, F Wu - Frontiers in earth Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Triassic has long been recognized as a time during which marine and terrestrial
ecosystems modernized dramatically, and it seems to have been a two-step process. First …

Walking—and running and jum**—with dinosaurs and their cousins, viewed through the lens of evolutionary biomechanics

AR Cuff, OE Demuth, K Michel, A Otero… - Integrative and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Archosauria diversified throughout the Triassic Period before experiencing two mass
extinctions near its end∼ 201 Mya, leaving only the crocodile-lineage (Crocodylomorpha) …

Distinctive volcanic ash–rich lacustrine shale deposition related to chemical weathering intensity during the Late Triassic: Evidence from lithium contents and isotopes

Q Liu, P Li, L Jiang, Z **, X Liang, D Zhu, Q Pang… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The Late Triassic Carnian Pluvial Episode (CPE) witnessed enormous climate change
closely associated with volcanic activity. However, the coupling relationship between …

Calibrating the zenith of dinosaur diversity in the Campanian of the Western Interior Basin by CA-ID-TIMS U–Pb geochronology

J Ramezani, TL Beveridge, RR Rogers, DA Eberth… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The spectacular fossil fauna and flora preserved in the Upper Cretaceous terrestrial strata of
North America's Western Interior Basin record an exceptional peak in the diversification of …

Intensified lacustrine turbidite deposition as a response to the Carnian Pluvial Episode: Insights from the Triassic Ordos Basin in North China Plate

P Chen, B **an, M Li, L Fang, NU Rahman, J Liu… - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Carnian Pluvial Episode (CPE) is a period during which the rainfall was
extremely intense and greatly influenced the deposition in different sedimentary …

Climax in Wrangellia LIP activity coincident with major Middle Carnian (Late Triassic) climate and biotic changes: Mercury isotope evidence from the Panthalassa …

X **, Y Tomimatsu, R Yin, T Onoue… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Carnian Pluvial Episode (CPE,∼ 233 Ma) was characterized by multiple
negative carbon-isotope excursions, turnovers in marine and terrestrial biota, and a Tethys …

Global diversity dynamics in the fossil record are regionally heterogeneous

JT Flannery-Sutherland, D Silvestro… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Global diversity patterns in the fossil record comprise a mosaic of regional trends,
underpinned by spatially non-random drivers and distorted by variation in sampling intensity …

Orbitally-paced climate change during the Carnian Pluvial Episode

Q Zhang, X Fu, J Wang, A Mansour, H Wei… - Earth and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Global climate change has profound implications for human survival and prosperity. The
Carnian (early Late Triassic,∼ 233 Ma) was a time of global environmental perturbations …

Palaeoenvironmental changes in the Late Triassic lacustrine facies of the Ordos Basin of Northwest China were driven by multistage volcanic activity: Implications for …

M Lin, K **, Y Cao, X Niu, W Ma, X Wang… - Palaeogeography …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Carnian Pluvial Event (CPE) induced an intense carbon-cycle disturbance and
biological crisis at a global scale. The eruption of the Wrangellia Large Igneous Province (W …

Inertinite in coal and its geoenvironmental significance: Insights from AI and big data analysis

L Shao, J Zhou, TP Jones, F Hua, X Xu, Z Yan… - Science China Earth …, 2024 - Springer
Inertinite, as an important and abundant maceral group in coal, is critical for the study of
palaeowildfires and their roles in the Earth's ecosystems. Recently, there has been a …