Biosedimentological features of major microbe-metazoan transitions (MMTs) from Precambrian to Cenozoic

ZQ Chen, C Tu, Y Pei, J Ogg, Y Fang, S Wu… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biotic activities are involved in almost all sedimentation processes throughout the
evolutionary history of life on our planet. However, deep-time organism-induced …

Mercury contents and isotope ratios from diverse depositional environments across the Triassic–Jurassic Boundary: Towards a more robust mercury proxy for large …

JA Yager, AJ West, AM Thibodeau, FA Corsetti… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mercury is gaining prominence as a proxy for large igneous province (LIP) volcanism in the
sedimentary record. Despite temporal overlap between some mass extinctions and LIPs, the …

A new correlation of Triassic–Jurassic boundary successions in NW Europe, Nevada and Peru, and the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province: a time-line for the end …

S Lindström, B van De Schootbrugge… - Palaeogeography …, 2017 - Elsevier
Understanding the end-Triassic mass extinction event (201.36 Ma) requires a clear insight
into the stratigraphy of boundary sections, which allows for long-distance correlations and …

The Triassic–Jurassic transition–A review of environmental change at the dawn of modern life

SD Schoepfer, TJ Algeo, B van de Schootbrugge… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Triassic–Jurassic transition, which is here broadly defined as extending from
the Late Triassic through the Early Jurassic (~ 237 Ma to 174 Ma), was an important interval …

Molecular and isotopic evidence reveals the end-Triassic carbon isotope excursion is not from massive exogenous light carbon

CP Fox, X Cui, JH Whiteside, PE Olsen… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - pnas.org
The negative organic carbon isotope excursion (CIE) associated with the end-Triassic mass
extinction (ETE) is conventionally interpreted as the result of a massive flux of isotopically …

[HTML][HTML] The last giants: New evidence for giant Late Triassic (Rhaetian) ichthyosaurs from the UK

DR Lomax, P de la Salle, M Perillo, J Reynolds… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Giant ichthyosaurs with body length estimates exceeding 20 m were present in the latest
Triassic of the UK. Here we report on the discovery of a second surangular from the lower …

The Ediacaran–Cambrian transition in the southern Great Basin, United States

EF Smith, LL Nelson, N O'Connell, A Eyster… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Ediacaran–Cambrian boundary strata in the Great Basin of the southwestern
United States record biological, geochemical, and tectonic change during the transformative …

Synchronized changes in shallow water carbonate production during the Carnian Pluvial Episode (Late Triassic) throughout Tethys

X **, P Gianolla, Z Shi, M Franceschi… - Global and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Quantitative petrologic analysis on carbonates was carried out on stratigraphic sections
encompassing the Carnian Pluvial Episode from northwestern Sichuan Basin, South China …

The missing mass extinction at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary

SG Lucas, LH Tanner - The Late Triassic World: Earth in a Time of …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The Late Triassic was a prolonged episode characterized by high rates of biotic
turnover and discrete extinction events due to elevated extinction rates for some biotic …

Microbial mats in the terrestrial Lower Triassic of North China and implications for the Permian–Triassic mass extinction

D Chu, J Tong, DJ Bottjer, H Song, H Song… - Palaeogeography …, 2017 - Elsevier
Evidence for microbial mats has been reported repeatedly from marine Lower Triassic rocks,
but scarcely mentioned in post-mass extinction terrestrial facies. Here, we report from the …