Gondwana from top to base in space and time

TH Torsvik, LRM Cocks - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
Gondwana is reviewed from the unification of its several cratons in the Late Neoproterozoic,
through its combination with Laurussia in the Carboniferous to form Pangea and up to its …

The dynamic evolution of the Palaeozoic geography of eastern Asia

LRM Cocks, TH Torsvik - Earth-Science Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
New palaeogeographical reconstructions are presented for eleven time intervals through the
Palaeozoic of the eastern Asia region from the Middle Cambrian at 510Ma to the end of the …

High-precision U-Pb age constraints on the Permian floral turnovers, paleoclimate change, and tectonics of the North China block

Q Wu, J Ramezani, H Zhang, J Wang, F Zeng… - …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Permian marine-terrestrial system of the North China block provides an exceptional
window into the evolution of northern temperate ecosystems during the critical transition …

When and how did the terrestrial mid-Permian mass extinction occur? Evidence from the tetrapod record of the Karoo Basin, South Africa

MO Day, J Ramezani, SA Bowring… - … of the Royal …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A mid-Permian (Guadalupian epoch) extinction event at approximately 260 Ma has been
mooted for two decades. This is based primarily on invertebrate biostratigraphy of …

Carboniferous and Permian integrative stratigraphy and timescale of North China Block

B Shen, S Shen, Q Wu, S Zhang, B Zhang… - Science China Earth …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Carboniferous-Permian strata in the North China Block (NCB) contain
abundant fossils, coals and natural gases. Establishing a high-resolution timescale for the …

A geomagnetic polarity timescale for the Permian, calibrated to stage boundaries

MW Hounslow, YP Balabanov - Geological Society, London …, 2018 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The reverse polarity Kiaman Superchron has strong evidence for at least three, or
probably four, normal magnetochrons during the early Permian. Normal magnetochrons are …

End Permian to Middle Triassic plant species richness and abundance patterns in South China: Coevolution of plants and the environment through the Permian …

Z Xu, J Hilton, J Yu, PB Wignall, H Yin, Q Xue… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study reviews plant species richness and abundance change from the End Permian to
Middle Triassic in South China and examines the co-evolutionary relationship between the …

Permian tetrapod extinction events

SG Lucas - Earth-Science Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Four substantial tetrapod extinctions have been identified during the Permian, but only one
of these is an apparent mass extinction. Analyses of global compilations of the family-level …

The plant fossil record reflects just two great extinction events

B Cascales‐Miñana, CJ Cleal - Terra Nova, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Five great taxonomic extinctions (the so‐called 'Big Five Mass Extinctions') are widely
recognized in life history, at the end of the Ordovician, Frasnian (Late Devonian), Permian …

Terrestrial paleoenvironment characterization across the Permian–Triassic boundary in South China

A Bercovici, Y Cui, MB Forel, J Yu, V Vajda - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2015 - Elsevier
Well-preserved marine fossils in carbonate rocks permit detailed studies of the end-Permian
extinction event in the marine realm. However, the rarity of fossils in terrestrial depositional …